Immolation: Acts of God

Immolation is a seminal death metal band from New York. It’s been 5 years since their last studio album (a decent enough gap for sure), but then again, Immolation favour Quality over Quantity.

I won’t beat around the bush; Acts of God is probably my favorite death metal release of the year to date. It is absolutely crushing in its delivery but is also catchy enough to warrant repeat listens, and varied and complex enough to keep me on my toes.

Acts of God sounds particularly vital and energetic to my ears, particularly when you consider that this is a band formed in the 1980’s. Immolation continues to produce the goods despite being veterans of the genre, and given their standing I certainly appreciate the fact that they don’t just churn out rehashed ideas-Acts of God straddles the line between ‘old school’ and modern death metal perfectly for my taste.

The album contains 15 tracks but it doesn’t overstay its welcome at all because most of the tracks are only 3-4 minutes long; they’re short, sharp & potent. Immolation have always known how to write great death metal riffs and this album is no different. The vocals are really good too-Ross Dolan has almost the perfect growl for evil sounding Death Metal. Steve Shalaty has laid down some incredible drumming on this release which anchors the brutality in fine fashion.

It’s a well-worn cliché but Acts of God is All Killer, No Filler. It’s absolute no-brainer for fans of death metal, and will no doubt be on many end of year lists.

Tracklist
1 - Abandoned
2 - An Act Of God
3 - The Age Of No Light
4 - Noose Of Thorns
5 - Shed The Light
6 - Blooded
7 - Overtures Of The Wicked
8 - Immoral Stain
9 - Incineration Procession
10 - Broken Prey
11- Derelict Of Spirit
12- When Halos Burn
13- Let The Darkness In
14 - And The Flames Wept
15- Apostle

Added: April 9th 2022
Reviewer: Chris Reid
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