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Embalmer- Emanations From the Crypt

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Welcome to Mocata’s Den of Horror.   As the name would imply, I will be posting about horror and horror-related topics, however I will also discuss metal music, mostly death metal and black metal, just because, along with horror, that is one of my favorite topics. To start off, I would like to discuss a new release from a long-time favorite band of mine, Embalmer. If you are not familiar with Embalmer, you should be able to look the band up and learn its history.   Right now, I want to focus on the band’s newest release, and already one of my favorite releases of the year, Emanations From the Crypt . Like the band’s classic material from the 1990s, this album is aggressive yet memorable.   Unlike a majority of modern death metal, which is often focused on being “brutal, technical” death metal, the songs on Emanations do not blur together in one big long stream of thrown together notes, which may be difficult to play, but are generally tedious to listen to. The lyric