Sarmat - Determined To Strike
| Release date: | 16 June 2023 |
| Style: | Jazz, Avantgarde metal, Technical death metal |
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01. Formed From Filth
02. Landform
03. Arsenal Of Tyranny
04. Enervated
05. Determined To Strike (Dead Hand Cycle Part 1)
06. Disturbing Advances
02. Landform
03. Arsenal Of Tyranny
04. Enervated
05. Determined To Strike (Dead Hand Cycle Part 1)
06. Disturbing Advances
Produced by James Jones and Cotter Champlain.
Engineered by Zachary Blaksee Reid and Cotter Champlain.
Additional engineering by Steve Blanco and Matt Hollenberg.
Mixed by Chris Andrews.
Mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves.
Cover art by Andrew Tremblay.
22.06.2023
| 22.06.2023 |
The aesthetics scream early 90s technical thrash/death, the music is the Painkiller/Naked City extreme jazz metal, so the end result is a loose and improvisational death metal album that feels as chaotic and manic as the sci-fi world depicted on the cover art. With involvement from members of Imperial Triumphant, Artificial Brain, and Cleric, and it being released on I, Voidhanger, Sarmat melt death metal to create something more free-flowing. RaduP's picks | More picks ›› |
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Found in 13 lists
Top lists
| AndyMetalFreak | Andy's top 2023 | #430 |
| Guib | A Brutal Poem Of Technicalities (Ordered By Years) | #212 |
| musclassia | 2023: Jan-Jun | #84 |
| Vellichor | My Favorite Albums Of 2023 | #217 |
| F3ynman2000 | F3ynman's Checklist | #154 |
| Jacob Butcher | 2023 | #87 |
| Vurlok | 2023 | #62 |
| PapiIguana | My Personal Top Metal Albums Of 2023 | #741 |
Comments
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7041  |
Curious that Voidhanger released two jazzy avantgarde death metal albums on the same day in this and A.M.E.N. - The Book Of Lies - Liber I; for me, Sarmat is a significantly more compelling fusion
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Staff Posts: 8630  |
Written by musclassia on 20.06.2023 at 09:10 If I didn't read the genre tags, by the title of this thing I'd have just assumed it was a thrash metal album
---- Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking One day there will be no heart at all?
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| ChapuLviz Tropical Goat Contributor Posts: 320  |
I like the music but the production kills me. What happened? it sounds like a demo, the drums sound like it was recorded with a smartphone. The production literally ruined this album; Determined To Strike needs a re-recorded version.
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| suryanshkalia Posts: 39  |
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 4750  |
I greatly admire the quality musicianship on this, there's some serious talent in their ranks, and the instrumentation is of such a high standard. However, it's just not my cup of tea (personally), the technicality for me does become more of an annoyance than something I can actually enjoy on repeat listening. It's one of those albums I think, wow these guys are impressive, but musically it's not for me, I prefer a more simplistic and melodic approach, but it's still a quality performance all round, I'm certainly not taking that away from them.
---- http://Andy's 2024 album ranking
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| nikarg Staff Posts: 7053  |
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 866  |
I’d probably like this as much as Imperial Triumphant if the themes and aesthetics were just as cool and not the same boring old 90s sci-fi tech death schtick. Music is absolutely kicking though, as expected from the lineup. They really let those horns cook.
---- "Change the world. My final message. Goodbye." ~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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| Guib Thrash Talker Posts: 3068  |
Love this release. Great fucking debut. Edit: This rating is criminally low, what the fuck.
---- - Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff - Guib's List Of Essential Albums - Also Thrash Paradise Thrash Here
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