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    Chords of the Grave

    (1998)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Cross Rhythms MusicHM Magazine #76March 1999
    death metalgrindcorehardcoremetal

    Here's a Cross Rhythms sampler disc, put out by someone who knows extreme music - Alan Tregoning, who moved to Dallas from Australia 5 or 6 years ago to join Oblation. That's death metal loyalty! Here we get to feast on some meaty and solid metal. We get 4 tracks by Obliteration, 3 by Evisceration, 3 by Disencumbrance, 4 by Oblation, and a live track from Alan's old Aussie band - Flesh Walker. For ordering info, write: Cross Rhythms Music, 11408 Audelia Rd #4786, Dallas TX 75243

    Other coverage for this album

    The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Chris KingCross Rhythms Music (CRM) has done the extreme Christian metal underground a big favor in releasing this compilation. Chords of the Grave is essentially the re-release of demos by four different death metal bands. Obliteration starts the compilation off with a killer, brutal death metal sound. Despite not breaking much new ground, their classic American death metal growling and playing is done…

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