This week's throwback is going to be short but sweet. Or should I say short and sour! Although Autopsy are veterans of American death metal who are on the scene since 1987, they do not release a whole lot of albums. Recently I came across their fifth full length record Macabre Eternal that came out in 2011. Actually, I didn't come across, my friend recommended it to me because he knows I love death metal. Let's see If we are into same death metal or we're not going to be friends anymore. Kidding.
After returning to studio in 2009 to record two songs for re-release of cult album Severed Survival, Autopsy realized that they were hungry for playing and recording and decided to create something new, more out of fun than out of passion or adrenaline. Luckily, that didn't affect the length, the number and the quality of songs on Macabre Eternal. Twelve songs were put together and converged into 65 minutes of full blooded death metal. You see what I did there? Blood and death? Anyhow, back to album. After mirthful intro Hand of Darkness, I expected the same freshness, but I encountered the opposite. Monotony, same tempo, dullness, boredom. It wasn't until the 8th track Born Undead that I felt the momentum of death metal rising to the occasion again. These two songs are the only songs I was able to enjoy listening to because they have substance, dynamics, and solid vocal.
I would understand If this album was thirty minutes long. But to obtain over-an-hour duration and not to play with structures is simply tedious to me. The only question worth asking is am I going to continue being friends with the guy who recommended me this trash. The answer is - YES. Music is meant to connect people, and not to disconnect. We all have different tastes, and that's just fine. So this throwback was more of a reminder of what good axiology is, because we need a lot of moral reminders nowadays.
