Lista de Bandas Death Metal Scorched Earth (USA) Mars

Seattle is the undisputed grunge rock mecca of the world. The death metal band, Scorched Earth, also hail from Seattle. They formed in 1995, a time when the grunge markets were proliferating in the USA. This band and consequently the metal fans were overlooked by the greedy music labels, who were looking to cash in on the next multi-million selling grunge hit. At that time, the American labels had successfully suckered thrash legends, like Metallica and Megadeth into compromising their styles in an attempt to sell more records that were FM (radio) friendly. This trend continued into the early 2000's, until Scandinavian metal was made more accessible in the USA. This helped to revive the American metal scene, it also sparked an interest with the record labels, who finally recognized that there still was a market for metal music.

With no support from the labels, Scorched Earth had to self release their first 2 albums, Thy Kingdom Crushed (2000), and Gods, Kings, and Conquerors (2003). Both of these albums were sold out, because of their popularity in the Northwestern metal circuits. Then they eventually got signed to Conqueror Wyrm Records. In 2007, they released Devils in Iron, their first production with that label. This year (2010), they've released their 2nd album with that label, it's entitled Mars. The intricately detailed album art was done by Sean Mcgrath, who's also worked with Impaled, Ghoul, and Engorged.

With Mars, they've kicked up the element of speed, a couple of notches. There are a lot of Venom and Slayer influences on this album, as are evinced on songs like; The Gods Themselves, Devils in Iron(this song isn't on their preceding album "Devils in Iron"), Spearhead From Space, and The Dead Of Winter. Bassist, Sandy Johnson, displays a lot of Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) style on songs like The Dead Of Winter and especially with his ominous bass leads on Warlords Of Mars. Hell On Mars shreds faster than a skilled country banjo picker, with incredible intensity, that gives Pig Destroyer some tough competition. Out Of The Violent Planet begins with slow hypnotic guitar picking. Then breaks out with some fiercely energetic guitar shredding, an interval with an interesting guitar melody, and then the song ends with a scorching hot guitar solo.

Their previous album, Devils in Iron, rocked slower and heavier, compared to this new album. But I think that both of these albums are equally as good. It's encouraging to see that they are progressing their musical style in a headbanging manner, but that's what they should be doing anyway. It's been about 3 years since their previous release. Everyone else is in concensus that this is death metal, but it hits my ears more like 1980's thrash, like Venom or Slayer. This album and Devils in Iron (2007) are both good listens and worth the money. I am a satisfied customer.