Description
The new wave of American death metal needs a breakout album, and ‘Dark Superstition’ is it.
Gatecreepers third full-length sees the Arizona death metal specialistsvocalist Chase H. Mason, guitarists Eric Wagner and Israel Garza, drummer Metal Matt Arrebollo and bassist Alex Browncarving out their own path. The bands first album for Nuclear Blast is more concise, melodic, and memorable than anything theyve done in the past. We refined the song structures, Mason says. Were getting better at what we do.
Think of Dark Superstition as Gatecreepers answer to Entombeds ‘Wolverine Blues’ or Dismembers ‘Massive Killing Capacity’, pivotal albums on which the songs got tighter and more rock influenced. Or even Paradise Lost, who went even further in a rock direction with albums like ‘Icon’ and ‘Draconian Times’. In the mid-90s, all those bands were evolving into doing their own thing, Mason says. I feel like weve incorporated that timeline into Gatecreeper.
‘Dark Superstition’ was recorded at God City Studios in Salem, Massachusetts, with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, who also mixed the album. The record is a direct result of Gatecreepers experience, musical refinement, and commitment to death metal. Theres a lot of bands in our lane, Mason says. But were trying to create our own.
CD jewel case version
Tracklisting:
1. Dead Star
2. Oblivion
3. The Black Curtain
4. Masterpiece Of Chaos
5. Superstitious Vision
6. A Chilling Aura
7. Caught In The Treads
8. Flesh Habit
9. Mistaken For Dead
10. Tears Fall From The Sky
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