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Impending Doom
The Serpent’s Servant
Impending Doom battled the dark side of humanity on their gorship heavy full-length debut, Nailed.Dead.Risen. back in 2007, but despite strong melodies and bass lines, they came across as another band stuck in a cramped, and stagnant, metal scene. Still under the influence of Christ, the California-based quintet takes on a tougher foe in developing their signature sound on their sophomore set The Serpent’s Servant and it’s an enormous victory. Though Impending Doom had fairly decent songwriting, their craft has dramatically improved. While there is still an abundance of catastrophic bass resonance, the inspirational grunts have become clearer and the guitar melodies are sharper than before. Quite simply, this rhythmic metal chaos makes highlights "City Of Refuge" and "More Than Conquerors" top-notch. Despite a few similar hardcore-influenced compositions like "When I Speak" and "In The House Of Mourning," which sour on their flavor, Impending Doom manhandles another batch of demons on The Serpent’s Servant and inches closer to perfecting their identity. [Facedown] Bear Frazer


DVP rating: 4.0
Writer rating: 4.0




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