Tennessee Murder Club - Official Website
Carving A Legacy |
United States
![]() |
---|


Review by Krys on October 2, 2012.
It was a while since I wrote my last review on this site but being unconscious for long periods of time is not something I was expecting after hearing this most ungodly creation that hit the music stores in decades. Well, let's get to the beginning...
It seem just like yesterday when I hit the play button expecting some great death metal (judging by its predecessor) but what I got was a knee shot to my face and last thing I remember was swallowing couple of my teeth and falling into a pool of my blood. For fuck's sake can this album come with a label 'Place Front To The Enemy' instead of 'Explicit Lyrics'? This ladies and gentlemen is how death metal should be played. Brutal, blasphemous and I wish not so much in-your-face sonic assault on humanity. I'm not going to describe each track cause we live in 21st century and you can hear samples of each on the Internet but what I'll tell you is that last time I raped the repeat button was when Slayer released 'Reign In Blood' and that in itself is something I though would never happen. It's been over 6 month that nothing else tormented my psyche and I still love it - with 'love' being a very poor choice of words when describing the context of this release.
This is an instant classic where every song holds a true meaning of the word composition with well though out structures, breathtaking riffs, harmonies, solos and thunderous drums. That perfect cocktail is served with just impeccable dose of melody and tastefully delivered vocals spitting the Vatican's 'friendly' lyrics to feel like innocent, beautiful butterflies dropping grenades. If you ever wondered how music sounds after selling your soul this is it...
Oh shit, not again! Another knee to my face...
Categorical Rating Breakdown
Musicianship: 10
Atmosphere: 10
Production: 10
Originality: 10
Overall: 10
Rating: 10 out of 10
Review by JD on April 28, 2012.
Out of the sleepy state of South Dakota, where usually the most fun that you can ever have is getting drunk and pushing over sleeping cows under a full moon or try to impregnate your neighbours daughter without the father catching you comes a band that puts ‘blood, guts and gore’ back into the metal lexicon, and then some as well. Alcohol paralysed Hillbillies and the mentally slow need to beware - the Tennessee Murder Club is looking for its next victim...er...fan.
This may be nothing out of the ordinary for Death Metal, but Tennessee Murder Club is in a blood soaked and murderous category all by themselves, pounding out very solid old school Death Metal with an added ferocity that usually comes from extreme Black Metal. Each horrific song lyric that tell the tale of suffering, eradication and how to do killings, seems to top any of the Stephen King masterpieces, yet seems to always lead into another story of perverse disembowelment and the humans capable of such sadistic things.
Listening to the bloodletting that every Tennessee Murder Club song gives, shows that a new crop of Death Metal is alive and kicking ass. Each eviscerating word and brain spattered thought send with the bludgeoning music is 100% pure blood-letting Death Metal. Nastiness comes on a disk with eleven of the most gore splattered songs ever. They have not done anything new to Death Metal, but they have firmly defined it once again.
I have been waiting for some true Death Metal to re-appear and set the bar higher in the scene for people to strive for and now my wish has become true. Looks like the Tennessee Murder Club has truly brought it back with no nonsense Death Metal at is glorious and blood splattered best.
Categorical Rating Breakdown
Musicianship: 9.5
Atmosphere: 9.5
Production: 9
Originality: 8
Overall: 9
Rating: 9.0 out of 10