Review by Ben for Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991)

Dismember to me will always be a band that sounds just like Entombed. This comparison in some ways may be unfair today as Entombed moved away from this sound a long time ago, whereas Dismember have stuck to the tried and tested formula for a long time now. But back in 1991, this sounded extremely similar to Entombed's Left Hand Path that came out a year earlier. But none of this is to say that Like An Everflowing Stream is not a good album, because that's definitely not the case. It's just hard for me to consider it to be influential or essential when it is easier to view it as a very good clone.

The main difference between the two albums is that Dismember's is a fair bit more brutal. The riffs flow thick and fast, the drumming is much more rapid with more blast beats, and generally, the production is heavier. In fact, I'd have to say that I enjoy this album more than Left Hand Path, but not more than Entombed's second release Clandestine. It's short and sweet at 31 minutes (at least it was before all the bonus tracks in recent years) and has enough classics to make me come back for more regularly. Highlights are Bleed For Me and in particular Dismembered with it's fantastic melody and blasting, but it's all pretty solid stuff.