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THE DYING LIGHT

the killing plan

Willowtip
[WT-037]
CD $14.00 $7.00

Description

Boasting past members of Cattlepress, Ripping Corpse, and Dim Mak, The Dying Light slaughter all pretenders to the throne with their sophomore album and Willowtip debut, The Killing Plan. The Killing Plan showcases intricate three-dimensional guitar interplay and chemical burn blasterbatory percussion filtered through concise, to-the-point songwriting. Masterfully produced by Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel, Ripping Corpse), the frantic thrash of The Killing Plan climbs and shimmers like towers of dark quartz rising out of the desert floor.


Reviews

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

The Dying Light - The Killing Plan
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Track List

1. The Killing Plan MP3
2. All Crowns Fall
3. Jaws Of Dis
4. Freezing The Spirit MP3
5. Serve The Hidden Masters
6. The Bodiless
7. Haunting Recollections
8. This World Is Sinking