Scalpture - Panzerdoktrine (2016, Final Gate Records)
When every
Death Metal enthusiast got around Sonoran
Depravity lately and jizzed his pants a couple of times at the upcoming
tour of Gatecreeper, the Germans of Scalpture took a spin at the sound of
Death Metal from Bolt Thrower to the
Swedish buzzing sound of Entombed. This
is another take on the classics of the genre.
As many have
been able to observe, we are not the most enthusiasts when it comes to Melodic
Death Metal. Scalpture is not the in
this mold and most of the songs are old school Death Metal with a war theme.
The Bolt Thrower influence is everywhere
and for good. It is exactly how we like our DM to be played : loud,
groovy, and dirty.
The fact is,
I got this record on repeat for the last two weeks and I’m struggling to
actually write and pinpoint what got me into this record. There’s nothing
really new or fresh in this interpretation of the genre but it is done in a very
effective fashion. Is it better than Gatecreeper’s?
No, but it has something like the aforementioned Arizonians that plays a
special chord; the nostalghia of the golden age of DM. Despite the fact that I
hate the term nosthalgia to describe a record, I feel that this is the aspect
that gets me going over and over again to Panzerdoktrine.
7.5
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