Pestilence are a band who will need no introduction if you have done at least minimal research regarding Dutch death metal. They've progressed through several genres, from rough thrash to death metal to jazz-death, and in all of them they created remarkable albums. They've been slacking the past 15 years (they released a live album and apparently some rehearsal compilation but nobody cares about those) and have just reformed in 2008, so the comeback album was bound to piss off a lot of old fans regardless of the new style they choose. Resurrection Macabre is a death metal album with a considerably cleaner sound than their earlier effort with the most similar style (namely Consuming Impulse) and instead of jazz influence, we have what we today call tech death. It's not full blown wankery, but they noticeably made an effort to make the album have a "mind-boggling" sound overlayed with varying midtempos and blastbeats, which is another thing unusual for Pestilence. Of course, they'll never get back to playing the exact same kind of music they did in the late 80s, but the new album isn't bad, it depends on if you get used to the new sound or not.
Pestilence are a band who will need no introduction if you have done at least minimal research regarding Dutch death metal. They've progressed through several genres, from rough thrash to death metal to jazz-death, and in all of them they created remarkable albums. They've been slacking the past 15 years (they released a live album and apparently some rehearsal compilation but nobody cares about those) and have just reformed in 2008, so the comeback album was bound to piss off a lot of old fans regardless of the new style they choose. Resurrection Macabre is a death metal album with a considerably cleaner sound than their earlier effort with the most similar style (namely Consuming Impulse) and instead of jazz influence, we have what we today call tech death. It's not full blown wankery, but they noticeably made an effort to make the album have a "mind-boggling" sound overlayed with varying midtempos and blastbeats, which is another thing unusual for Pestilence. Of course, they'll never get back to playing the exact same kind of music they did in the late 80s, but the new album isn't bad, it depends on if you get used to the new sound or not.