Post Mortem – Message From The Dead

Releasedate: 2009
By: Sabine van Gameren

Post Mortem plays some Thrash and Death metal, with a bit of punk combined. “Message From The Dead” came out in 2009 but the band has a history that goes back to 1982.

While Post Mortem never remained quite underground in the 80′s and early 90′s, to go into hiatus for a long time after that. It took until 1993 until the band got reformed and the band was ready to record a new album, but unfortunately the band lost their front man John Mc Carthy on a heart attack. With the help of guest singers the album finished later, so the fans had something to hold on to.
An album with a tragic story and perhaps it may be fair to say it is a tribute that should be respected, but without hearing the actual story behind the album appears a bit messy. Not all songs are leaving a good impression and “Pray Before You Die” is one of those examples of a song that takes too long. When you reach the point of thinking ‘yes, I ‘v e heard it can we go on now’, you know the song is repeating too much of the words and considering that this songs comes quite early on the track list it is quite a break down. The positive points in this album lay more in the heavy riffing, the deep, doom atmosphere that comes with it and the fact that fans will appreciate it much more than anyone who doesn’t know the band at all.

Line Up:
John Alexander – Guitar
Jay Scheffler – Guitar
Colon Hewson – Lead
Mark Kelley – Bass
Rick Mclver – Drums

Guest vocalists:
Mirai Kawashima
Ryan Travis
Mike Perun
Alex Bijazic
Mike Keller

Tracklist: 01. Message From the Dead 02. Dana Hersey 03. Crispy Monsters 04. Human Pinata 05. Pray Before You Die 06. Field Trip 07. Never Rat 08. Babble On 09. A Happy Life 10. Forthright Tuna 11. Oh So Evil 12. Message From the Dead (Bonus) 13. Field Trip (Bonus) 14. Never Rat (Bonus) 15. A Happy Life (Bonus) 16. Oh So Evil (Bonus)

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