This is a 1997 release of this American thrash-metal band. You might wonder why I review it now. Well, because I received it recently! Life Machine contains fifteen songs with some solid playing, and sounding heavy. The album starts with a grunting voice quoting a Biblical verse. Don't get off-track by this because this is not death-metal at all. Music-wise this is thrash, though not very fast (only now and then). The vocal style on this album is more a cross between screaming and singing. Singer Dan Davis has a raw way of singing. It sounds distinctive. In a song like Scars Within he sounds like Metallica's James Hetfield in the verses but for the rest he's different. Some of the riffs here make me think of Tourniquet. So, the playing on Life Machine is good, though not exceptional. The sound is likewise and there are good ideas that I like on this album. However, the song-structures could be a bit more exciting to attract my attention from the beginning till the end. You can order this CD if you like by sending checks or money-orders, made payable to Chris Breece, M.I. Productions, PO Box 704, Holgate, Ohio 43527, USA (US residents 12 dollars, others 14 dollars).
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #74Reviewed by Chad OlsonCheck these guys out on issue #73's sampler cd. Pretty much thrash-like technical stuff with various vocal effects thrown in for good measure. Also some good grooves from time to time.The Phantom Tollbooth 1998Reviewed by Josh SpencerThe Christian underground metal scene seems to be at its strongest point ever these days, with the likes of Deuteronomium, Extol, Necromanicide, and Teramaze on the foreign front and Eternal Decision, Lucid, Death List, and Faithbomb on the U.S. side. Mortal Immunity joins the latter group, working from an aggressive '80s thrash foundation and adding on more modern vocals and varied song…Similar sounding releases
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