Heavy Hitting Noise

The East Coast is a hub of some brutal and heavy music. The New York hardcore scene and New York death metal are just two of several. Internal Bleeding have “been all about slam” since the beginning, having been referred to as a pioneer of the style. The band has been given credit for forging the paths for bands who would later define present-day death metal and death-core bands alike. Starting it all in 1991 in Long Island, New York and remaining a staple in the scene until their hiatus in 2004, in 2012 they started all up again and fans are eating it up.

The most interesting element to this CD is the trilogy tracks, which go on to a heavy story. “Patterns of Force: 1, 2 and 3” will make R. Kelley’s “Trapped in the Closet” look like an over extended line of anguish, deceit and realization. Metal has always been better for that line of emotional delivery anyway. Concluding the nine-track album is “Castigo Corpus Meum.” For what Death Metal offers, this is almost operatic; the final few seconds wrap up the album in its entirety, leaving the listener to remain complacent with the amount of anger and tertiary so he can now move on from this experience, until the next time.

“Placate the Ancients” is a classic newly delivered. If one track were to be selected for audience appreciation, this would surely be it. Almost sounding like two in one, its delivery is both familiar and crisp.

Internal Bleeding is definitely smart in their music. Drummer Bill Tolley is precise and fierce with his precision of purcussionary delivery. Guitarists Chris Perveils and Brian Hobble bring some sharp and bitting elements to their instruments and chords. While Vocalist Keith DeVito and Bassist Jay Liff keep the bottom hand punctuation heavy. Imperium deserves High Fidelity for coming back with some heavy hitting noise.