When i found out about a new Death Angel album I was pretty shocked, shocked in a good way! Death Angel has always been a favorite of mine but somehow always manage to slip under the Radar.Killing Season is a very different album from the Art of Dying, it's closer in roots to Death Angel's stuff before they broke up in 1991, but with better production. I always wondered how different Death Angel's history would have been had The Ultra Violence sounded a bit clearer. This album is proof that Death Angel can sound great and could maybe take advantage of the current resurgence in old school Metal.
As with previous Death Angel albums each song stands on its own with some great rifs and powerful changes. The opening track Lord of Hate is one of the best openers on an album in a long time and sets you up for a very enjoyable experience. Death Angel clearly aren't afraid to express themselves and don't care what people think and there are some powerful lyrics throughout the album that prove this point, In Carnal Justice Mark Osegueda screams with brutal conviction, "Obsessed erotic with a mind possessed, Hug the blade one last caress, Cut the hand gouge the eye, Hung and whipped and burnt alive".
If you like old school Thrash Metal Killing Season is definately for you!
9/10
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