Grotesquery, The - Tales of the Coffin Born (2010)^{Release ID: 11234}

Upon listening to the opening track from The Grotesquery's debut album "Tales Of The Coffin Born", I became very excited about this release. "Coffin Birth" is everything I love about death metal. A seriously raw & crunching guitar sound with powerful mid-paced riffs. Former Massacre front man Kam Lee's vocals were sounding as aggressive as ever & I love the sound overall. However as the album continues the song-writing begins to get weaker & weaker. The rhythm guitars are very sloppy for a band of this stature & there are quite a few obvious mistakes that have been left in. I'm not a fan of concept albums in general & (although I actually quite enjoy the twisted interludes between each track) I find the lyrics to be fairly immature. There are some really fantastic riffs on here that are let down by some very ordinary ones & some poor musicianship.