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Black Breath - Sentenced to Life

Review by Philip Bloomfield

A surefire contender for metal album of the year and certainly worthy of some crossover recognition.»

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southern lord is proud to unleash the second album from seattle's barbaric wrecking crew that is black breath! 'sentenced to life' is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the band's raging 2010 debut album, 'heavy breathing'. the new album projects an even more vile, metallic sonic attack than it's predecessor... with a bit less rock and roll swagger and more full-on crushing death metal rage. this is a product of furious creativity jammed into a short span of time, written in the seemingly endless winter after returning from their november 2010 european tour. bearing 10 thunderous tracks in just under 33 minutes, 'sentenced to life' features such smashing black breath hits as 'feast of the damned', 'doomed', 'forced into possession', 'home of the grave' and of course the title anthem, 'sentenced to life'. the band once again recorded at god city studios with kurt ballou (converge, nails, high on fire), and had the finished product mastered by alan douches at west west side. easily the band's most thunderous recording to date, black breath sentence every listener to a life of headbanging after spinning this motherfucker!
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