192 - Vital Remains Icons of Evil 2007

Vital Remains formed 1989 in Providence, Rhode Islands, and set up camp early on in an underground Death Metal scene. Currently signed to Century Media, 3 members undertake the task of upkeeping the band's name, with “Deicide’s” Glen Benton on vocals, Tony Lazaro on Guitars and Dave Suzuki playing the drums and guitars. A prospering career spurred the band to start work on their 2003 opus, “Dechristianize”, which once again proved that the bands ability to play brutally never held back. "Icons of Evil" fully delivers what we've come to expect from Vital Remains by now: an album packed with furious, energetic, blastbeat-driven songs full of hate and brutality. To break the monotonicity of nonstop blastbeats, there are also slower parts of crushing doominess, melodic guitar leads and even the occasional acoustic guitar scattered throughout the songs. The songs are long (six to nine minutes) and the lyrics deal with the rising of Hell's legions and the destruction of Christianity.