GUTTED - Bleed For Us to Live (REPULSIVE ECHO - CD 2015)
This won’t be a real review,
to be honest, since I already written my proper review of Gutted’s classic
album “Bleed For Us to Live” four or five years ago. But here’s a special occasion
to remind you about this album, because it’s been re-released on CD by
Repulsive Echo. It’s definitely great news for death metal fans, especially
those who would love to have this album, but just couldn’t imagine spending so
much money as the vultures from Ebay or Discogs actually ask for it (200
euros?? Come on! It’s just CD!). Now you can forget about getting bankrupt and
fights with your wife (“so, how much did you spend on CD? Are you fuckin
crazy??!!” haha) and get… hmm, I don’t wanna say a cheaper replacement, because
it sounds stupid. But let’s say that if you’re not a crazy collector, who says “only
first press is real” and other such bullshit, then do yourself a favour and
grab a copy of “Bleed For Us to Live” from Repulsive Echo. Definitely this
label did a killer job with this reissue. I like the packaging a lot, with
better quality artwork, nice digipak package and fold out booklet. The quality
is perfect! And the music… damn, just listen to this album! It’s crushing old
school US death metal! Originally released in 1994, it may have never got the
recognition it deserves in my opinion, but I personally think it’s just as
killer as Morta Skuld, Baphomet, Demented Ted, Morpheus Descents, Morgue, Accidental
Suicide and other great acts from the old days. Gutted had very, very good
songs, with such hits like “Death Before
Dismember” or “Skeletonized”, they had fantastic presentation and basically everything
sounds crushing. So, why they never got more popular? I suppose this question
is so easy to answer that I don’t have to do that here. Anyways, for me
personally “Bleed For Us to Live” is among my favourite US death metal albums
from the old era, I like it more than many records from the death metal stars
like Obituary or Suffocation and surely will always recommend it. I have the
original press CD of “Bleed For Us to Live”, but it’s just so great to see this
album re-released now. And I do hope to see a vinyl version one day also.
So, contact Repulsive Echo,
grab a copy of this CD and enjoy it!
Final rate: 90/100
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