Deadtide
Soaked with hate and murder The Dying Plan whips
out a surprisingly fresh album of death-thrash hybridization. This
is another one of those albums this year that has gotten much
acclaim. Being the opportunist I am I just had to get a taste of it
myself.
Straight off the bat it tastes very good. The title track opens in
mid-tempo gloom and transitions into a speedier section...Read More
Aversionline
Hell yeah, this'll do it. By far one of the most anticipated
metal releases of the year for me, the sophomore full-length from
The Dying Light is indeed a benchmark release for 2005, if not the
decade, taking technical death metal about as far as it's gone in
quite some time in terms of overall songwriting quality and
individual uniqueness. Here they take the death/thrash roots of
their...Read More
Into Obscurity
When I kept hearing that the new album from The Dying Light was a
masterpiece of technical death metal, I had envisioned something
totally different. I should've been tipped off by the lineup, which
features ex-members of Cattlepress, Hemlock, Ripping Corpse and Dim
Mak. But I still have this preconceived notion that technical death
metal has to sound like Necrophagist, or on the other end of...Read More
Metal Review
This is just the album Willowtip needed to release. While the
latest offerings from Gorod,
Alarum, and Circle of Dead
Children were very good, The Dying Light
possess the same uncanny distinction from its peers as many of the
acts that have made Willowtip Records the go-to label for lovers
of death and grind. The Killing Plan is
the rare kind of record that is smart enough to avoid any type...Read More
Decibel
New York embraces all that's novel and cutting-edge, yet there
are a surprisingly low number of homegrown extreme acts. Maybe
that's 'cause when things do take on a metallic flavor, they have a
hard time getting hipsterati or media attention unless they sport a
high quotient of trendiness or irony-such as quasi-joke metal acts
the Giraffes or Satanicide. (Khanate is one of the few heavy...Read More
Lambgoat
Death metal has always been kind of finicky. Since its
inception, it seems like there have been waves of talent in which
multiple great bands emerge, and then barren stretches where only a
dedicated few carry on the flame. Even though there are many good
bands today, it feels like we're in a barren stretch. But fear not,
bands like the Dying Light will never let the American styled...Read More
Delusion Envelope
Not being a big death metal fan, I was somewhat skeptical about the
quality of this album. But alas, The Dying Light did not let me
down. With "The Killing Plan", The Dying Light's sophomore release,
they have included all that I like about Death Metal, and have left
out all of Death Metal's discouraging elements.
When I listen to Death Metal, I like to hear diverse drumming
with the...Read More
Digital Metal
Willowtip strikes again. Though new to me, a band Boasting past
members of Cattlepress, Ripping Corpse, and Dim Mak, certainly
captured my interest and did not fail to impress. Lurking
menacingly between black metal, brutal death metal, grindcore,
technical death metal and thrash, The Killing Plan is a
shape shifting chameleon of an album, able to bludgeon you with
heaviness and slice you...Read More
Exclaim!
After releasing some of the best metal records to come from a
relatively unheralded label, Willowtip certainly doesn't disappoint
with its latest offering. Boasting some heavy hitting "ex" members
(Cattlepress, Ripping Corpse, Dim Mak and Hemlock), the Dying Light
deliver on all expectations of awesome. Strange and prolonged
technical pieces - reminiscent of Death's affinity...Read More