Death (album)

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Death
Teitanblood - Death.jpg
Studio album by Teitanblood
Released 13 May 2014 (2014-05-13)
Genre
Length68:33
Label
Producer J. Félez
Teitanblood chronology
Seven Chalices
(2009)		Death
(2014)

Death is the second studio album by Spanish extreme metal band Teitanblood. It was released on 13 May 2014 through The Ajna Offensive and Norma Evangelium Diaboli record labels. [1]

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal and visual transgression".

Teitanblood is a Spanish extreme metal band formed in 2003. Based in Madrid, the band currently consists of NSK and J (drums). The band released its debut album, Seven Chalices in 2009. Its follow-up, Death, was released 13 May 2014 via The Ajna Offensive and Norma Evangelium Diaboli record labels. The latter record was included on Decibel magazine’s list of Top 40 Albums Of 2014 as number 26.

The Ajna Offensive

The Ajna Offensive is an American independent record label which releases extreme metal, experimental music and neofolk records, and books related to occultism, ritual work, magic theory and meta-history. The proprietor of the label is Tyler Davis, who had met a man with a music project called Plecid and who subsequently worked with Stephen O'Malley on the black metal fanzine Descent. O'Malley was later involved with the development of The Ajna Offensive record label.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [2]

Pitchfork critic Kim Kelly described the record as "a complete homage to extremity and regression, yet it pushes boundaries that lesser bands never thought to look for." Kelly further stated: "Teitanblood grimly bring order to chaos, and with Death, have surpassed themselves once more." [2]

Pitchfork's Brandon Stosuy also listed the album as number 19 on his list of "The Best Metal Albums of 2014". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Anteinfierno" – 4:57
  2. "Sleeping Throats of the Antichrist" – 12:27
  3. "Plagues of Forgiveness" – 9:43
  4. "Cadaver Synod" – 11:20
  5. "Unearthed Veins" – 3:46
  6. "Burning in Damnation Fires" – 9:44
  7. "Silence of the Great Martyrs" – 16:36

Personnel

Album personnel as adapted from album liner notes. [4]

Teitanblood
Guest musicians

Chris Reifert is an American death metal musician, and one of the pioneers of the death/doom genre. Although his music is more death metal than doom metal, he is one of the first musicians that blended the two styles. He played drums on the Death debut album, Scream Bloody Gore. Since he parted ways with Chuck Schuldiner in 1987 after Schuldiner moved back to Florida, Reifert decided to stay in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in 1987 he formed his own band, Autopsy. In this band, he played not only drums but handled the vocals as well. After several albums, Autopsy split up in 1995 and Reifert and bandmate Danny Coralles began playing in their side-project, Abscess, full-time. After Abscess dissolved in 2010, Autopsy reformed and is currently planning to tour and record new material.

Other personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Kelly, Kim. "Teitanblood Invite You to 'Death' By "Anteinfierno"". Noisey Vice . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Kelly, Kim (13 May 2014). "Teitanblood - Death". Pitchfork . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (29 December 2014). "The Best Metal Albums of 2014". Pitchfork . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Teitanblood – Death album liner notes
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