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Deathbeds Get to the Core of the Matter

Posted in Reviews on May 19th, 2010 by JJ Koczan

Philly five-piece (now four) Deathbeds seem to be interested in offering as little bullshit as possible on their latest EP, No Funeral, so I’ll see if I can’t follow suit in my review. Originally released in an issue of 300 green 7” vinyls by Young Lungs Ltd. in January, the band has it up as a pay-what-you-want download and No Funeral also got a cassette pressing (it’s the latest) of 50 courtesy of Be at Peace Records. So it’s out there. There are three tracks – “No Funeral,” “Tyranny of Will” and “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death” – and you’re done in just under 12 minutes. On the off chance you’re interested, I got the cassette so I could play it in my car.

Deathbeds occupy the curious space between stoner riffing – generally thought of in more of a rock context – and heavier, more aggressive music. Vocalist Mike Murro definitely has a -core feel to his growling, whether it comes from deathcore, hardcore, metalcore or whatever the kids are calling it this week, I don’t know, but he changes up the approach with tradeoffs to high-pitched screams that remind me of a new school interpretation of Chris Barnes, but, you know, over doom. The guitar work of Stephen Edelson and Eric Saccomanno (the latter no longer in the band) offers few frills but plenty of memorable riffing, offering a lockstep groove for the rhythm section of Chris Cherasaro (bass) and Dave Cherasaro (drums) – gee, I wonder if they’re related – to fill out with suitable rumble and crash.

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