...and all is perfect in Germany
When you first see the album cover for Deadsoil’s latest album, you will be expecting Black Metal so fast and destructive your brain will force you to slowly curl up into a shivering, gibbering ball on the floor. Instead the listener will be pleasantly surprised – Deadsoil’s technicality and impressive vocals mean that even the most morbidly depressed of listeners will be left more than ecstatic after listening to “The Venom Devine”
The one element of a Deadsoil song that vaults the band far above half of the hardcore rubbish you hear nowadays is that they don’t seem to feel the bizarre urge to play every damn second of their music at twice the speed of light, Deadsoil actually let you hear something else within one hundred feet of your CD player at times.
But that’s not to say there isn’t some very, very loud and strong music here – because there is, and whilst it doesn’t hit the same speed that bands like Darkest Hour do, but there’s still enough ferocity here to make your brain scream.
Deadsoil are very much in the same vein as bands like Darkest Hour, The Haunted or, to a lesser extent, Hatebreed. However there’s something uniquely different here, the strong technicality of this music makes it much more enjoyable to listen to, and the band as a result start to lean towards influence from Poison the Well without shaking off their German hardcore roots.
Tracks that need special attention are Hellsphere, an exceptional hardcore track that blends both melody and speed together beautifully, and the somewhat traditionally named “Hate” which packs a punch so strong you may suffer a nosebleed purely through the power of music.
You can’t help but become excited about Deadsoil, because German hardcore never sounded so great. The album is somewhat short, falling just below forty minutes, but if you’re looking for a short, sharp blast of powerful hardcore, “The Venom Devine” is an obvious choice.