Static Live Magazine February 2019

A Metal Year to Look Forward to !
2018 was certainly a great year for metal releases, as well as for Florida showcasing acts from around the globe. Now
that we are well on our way into 2019 there seems to be a lot on the horizon with all styles of Metal and such in our
grasp this coming year. 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise kicks off the year with a bang at the end of January (which I, Jeff
Watson, am stoked to be going on), heavy metal greats Tesla at the House of Blues, Queensryche and Fates Warning at
Plaza Live. Then the Haven bringing harder acts like Hypocrisy, Fleshgod Apocalypse , and Thrashers Flotsam and Jetsam
. T.S.O.L. in Deland. Ozzy (Farewell tour maybe) with Megadeth and Slayer (sayin’ goodbye.... again with friends) at
the Florida fairgrounds . Kiss’s last tour (yeah, right) and Morbid Angel with Immolation in Tampa. With that said, stock
up on ear plugs and neck braces folks!
New School Album of the Month
Bane Esoteric Formulae
Photo credit Jeff Watson
Hipocrisy photo credit - Nuclear Blast Records
Bane album photo credit- Black market Metal label
For fans of Dissection, Behemoth, Hate etc. this album released in 2018 is a solid
example of melodic blackened death forged through music. This band is by
far not to be mistaken as the straight edge hardcore band Bane that shares its
name. Hailing from Montreal and originally from Serbia, the band proves with
these nine tracks of chaos that they have the goods. Released on Black Market
Metal Label with standout tracks Beneath the Black Earth, Wretched Feast, and
Reign in Chaos I suggest you pummel yourself with this album immediately.
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Old School Album of the Month
Evil was abound on Hypocrisy’s 1992 debut Penetralia. Founded by guitarist
Peter Tagtgren and paired with vocalist Magnus Broberg’s bowel wrenching
growls, Penetralia mixed early Florida style death metal with European band
influences like Entombed and Dismember. With lyrics solely based on
anti -Christianity and Satanism, this first outing released on Nuclear Blast
Records by the legendary Swedish band has become a brutal and merciless
metal classic. The
album is full of double bass blasts with some creative solos and riffing. Some
punishing blows to the eardrum are the tracks Impotent God, Nightmare,
To Escape Is to Die, Take the Throne and title track Penetralia. Whilst listening,
pray for forgiveness!
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