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| Killing Season | 
 enlarge | Artist: Death Angel
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 70455
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 12082
UPC: 727361208226
EAN: 0727361208226
ASIN: B0012E6R5U
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Surprisingly Good! April 8, 2008
After a 14 year "hiatus" Death Angel returned with 2004's 'The Art Of Dying". An album that was filled with light, highly polished unfocused material throught out the album. Truly a let down in every aspect. If it took them this long to produce something this horrid I had no hope left at all for these old school thrashers. Fast foward to 2008 and after a couple of years of touring the band has tightend up it's sound. To be truthful I was hesistant about this release. With tracks titled 'When Worlds Collide','Soulless', 'Buried Alive' and the title of the album being "Killing Season' you would think the songs would be just as unoriginal as their titles. This conclusion is incorrect. In fact 'Killing Season' is a solid consistent album from start to finish.
The first thing the listener will notice is the raw sound of the album. Actually this is the opposite of what is heard on 'TAOD' This time around the band feels like they know what they want and just needed the right producer (Nick Raskulinecz) to get there. It just seems like they just wanted to rock out on this one. Thrash guitar amid breakdowns that lead to a few acoustic passages which in turn offer a wide variety on the album without sounding redundent. But the one thing that truly shines on 'Killing Season' is Mark Oseguda vocals. With just the right amount of high end with a raspy delivery Mark sounds the best he ever has.....period. A crowning acheivement for him along with Rob Cavestany busting out the leads.
So is 'Killing Season' a thrash-back to the days when bands like Testament,Forbidden and Nuclear Assault were tearing up the underground scene......no...not exactly. But "Killing Season' is a step in that direction.
They sound different, but still like Death Angel April 17, 2008
Blending some modern approaches with their trademark style, the CD is a blend of Act3 as some have mentioned with more modern treatments...interestingly I can hear some Skinlab in the riffs, another killer band from California. CHeck out their SkinnedAlive live CD to hear some brutal metal from Skinlab.Skinned Alive
And the return of true metal continues April 23, 2008
It is about time that awesome old school thrash bands are returning stronger than ever. Let me tell you this is another notch on the belt of classic metal. Killing Season will keep you rocking hard all the way through. Though not as fast as some of their earlier material, it still displays a great effort by a band who was once forgotten and replaced by poser bands like A7x or Atreyu. Lately people have been trading in their old nu metal and metalcore albums for something a bit more real. Lord of Hate starts the album off to an awesome,neo-classical start and breaks into an old school metal triplet riff. Sonic Beatdown is also a great track. You can almost hear the Kill em All era influence in this song in particular. Dethroned can be put in the hall of fame of coolest metal lyrics ever. The intensity here lets up for a bit but then gets rolling again with face-melters and drum breaks that will have you thrashing about your room or busting out your old skateboard and trying to stunt.Buried Alive is my favorite track of this whole album. You will love the classic rolling open guitar riff which may be cliche to some fans but, I love music like this. All in all what does it remind you of you ask? Motorhead met Iron Maiden and then found Metallica and Slayer and they all had a metal orgy together. Go out and buy it if you like old school metal without all the headache-inducing screaming.\m/
 Thrash Metal at its Finest! April 29, 2008
As a die-hard Death Angel fan, I thought "The Art of Dying" would be hard to top, but I thought the same with TOAD compared to their original releases, and TOAD was a cut above. To my delight, "Killing Season is a brutal, though melodic, extremely well-played and well-engineered CD that really does offer Death Angel at their best! I won't repeat the track list, but suffice to say that in my opinion, this is their strongest release to date (and I have all of them, even from the Swarm and Organization days, as well as Rob Cavestany's solo CD). IMO, "Killing Season" is a MUST for any thrash fan, especially those who enjoy the distinctive Bay Area thrash sound. The sound itself is powerful, the band is tight, and the lyrics (available on their website) are thought-provoking; I can hardly wait to see them live in LA next month playing tracks off this latest offering. This band is unique in that most of them (all but Ted, a long-time fan who now takes Gus Pepa's place on guitar!) are related, and the familial ease with which they interact really comes through on stage as well as on the CD. It's easy to see and hear that they enjoy playing music together, most especially live. I can't recommend "killing Season" highly enough! It's all that thrash metal should be, executed with maturity, skill, passion, and conviction.
Kick Arse Metal! May 2, 2008
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This my first experience w/ Death Angel, and it won't be my last!
Terrific metal, done up old school. Call it Thrash or whatever, this simply ROCKS in a major way. Every band member contributes to the overall sound and it's clearly evident this is an in-sync veteran band enjoying themselves. Purchase w/o reservation!
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