Cancerfaust - Let the Earth Tremble

CANCERFAUST - Let the Earth Tremble (GODZ OV WAR - CD 2020)

It took me some time to get a copy of Cancerfaust’s debut album "Let the Earth Tremble", released by Godz ov War. But there was always something else coming... As they say, it’s better late than never, right? So, I’ve been playing this album quite a lot in the last couple of days and I can definitely say that it wasn’t a wasted time. And knowing previous Cancerfaust releases, I was rather sure that this album will be a good effort. 

First of all, there's a massive sound quality improvement, if you compare "Let the Earth Tremble" to the previous Cancerfaust recordings. Everything here sounds more massive and brutal, more powerful and crushing - just as such death metal should really. It doesn’t mean that I didn't like how such "Killing Spree" sounded, because I still do like this demo a lot. But for a debut album Cancerfaust really took more care to achieve that meaty, dense production, which would make every riff and drum pattern sound like a hammer. Good stuff. And as for the music, "Let the Earth Tremble" continues the previous Cancerfaust materials, delivering a nasty, brutal old school death metal, alike to Vomitory, Aborted, Sinister, Deicide and... you name them. Sinister feels the closest comparison, in my opinion, maybe because vocals do remind me what Aad Kloosterwaard does in this band a lot. 

Obviously Cancerfaust doesn't reinvent the wheel and their music is far from original. But I like such young bands with that traditional sound and style, so listening to "Let the Earth Tremble" is just a pure pleasure. This music is very intense, mostly fast, it’s savage and brutal to the bone, but with that straight forward, relentless attitude comes ability to incorporate some nice, sometimes slightly more melodic bits or leads. Oh, such “Into the Void” with its solo section is something absolutely fantastic, especially when they come with all these ferocious riffs. “To the Pyre” even has a small Swedish death metal influence, which is also something I always greed with a big smile on my face. So, there's nothing really what would sound bad or what I would change, "Let the Earth Tremble" is just a very solid, neckbreaking death metal album, which should speak to all fans of the traditional brutal styles of this music. Howhg! 

Standout tracks: “Into the Void”, “To the Pyre” 

Verdict: 75/100