Comments on: Ulcerate – Everything Is Fire

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Blog › Teeth of the Divine Staff Picks of 2009 › Teeth of the Divine — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:11:27 +0000

[...] 10. Ulcerate – Everything Is Fire [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:33:18 +0000

Best death metal album since Gorguts’ Obscura, and the best snare sound I’ve heard in years (especially comes through in the clean parts).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:42:20 +0000

I was very lukewarm with their last album, but this is a great write up. I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Obscura for a while now, so I suppose it’s time to start digesting this beast.

By: vugelnox

vugelnox — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:22:49 +0000

wow no kidding this is damn good! Vastly superior to their previous efforts by a rather large margin. Right on with the DSO reference and for the rawer sound and more claustrophobic atmosphere I detect a bit of the mighty Immolation, a very good thing!

Not usually a fan of technical death metal but already for 09 this, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Obscura have scored a lot of points with me. Warms my heart to see a few bands pulling this stuff off so well!

By: Barfneck

Barfneck — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:56:15 +0000

Surprised there wasn’t a nod to post metal since there’s obviously a huge influence on the sound of this album. Best death metal album in years.

By: Stiffy

Stiffy — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:52:10 +0000

I’m into this and this is totally not my thing.

By: vugelnox

vugelnox — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:52:48 +0000

I was unimpressed by the scattershot, very clinical and unfocused sound of Of Fracture and Failure but this sounds much more promising, I shall be giving it a listen!

By: slimylimey

slimylimey — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Great review Erik. I just checked these guys out and holy shit that’s some freakishly good stuff. Guess I’m getting my wallet out too…

By: Rev

Rev — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:32:14 +0000

Holy hell, Erik. That’s an epic review. Time to open the wallet…

By: loxodont

loxodont — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:15:16 +0000

This album will not be topped by any other death metal album this year. It is simply impossible. It is no stretch to compare Everything is Fire to Alters of Madness or Effigy of the Forgotten, it is simply that amazing, that genre-defining. Roughly 20 listens are needed to begin to grasp the work. The title track has to be the most monolithic death metal track I have ever heard. If Immolation has not heard this record they must. They would simply applaud; comforted by the fact that another collective has chosen the murkier path of technical death metal–one where a song is more than a few parts, an album more than a couple of songs. Everything is Fire is a must listen. Spot on review.

By: Larry "Staylow" Owens

Larry "Staylow" Owens — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:47:48 +0000

Nice write up Erik. I should check this out.