This 35-minute slab of brutal death metal isn’t a bad start for Portugal’s Annihilation. “Against the Storm” is tailor-made for fans of Malevolent Creation, Dying Fetus and the whole US death metal scene as it sees the band specialize in the kind of death attack that is set to create maximum aural damage and is completely devoid of melody or other fancy tricks. This isn’t to say that Annihilation are merely carbon copying albums from the aforementioned acts.
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