General Article name: Cleansing
Genre: Metal Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Century Media Records Number of tracks: 42 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Suicide Silence - Revelations [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 2. Suicide Silence - Unanswered [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 3. Suicide Silence - Hands of a Killer [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 4. Suicide Silence - Price of Beauty [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 5. Suicide Silence - Fallen [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 6. Suicide Silence - No Pity for a Coward [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 7. Suicide Silence - Disease [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 8. Suicide Silence - Bludgeoned to Death [Vinyl Mastering 2016] Suicide Silence - Girl of Glass - vinyl mastering 2016 2:52 Suicide Silence - In A Photograph - vinyl mastering 2016 4:32 Suicide Silence - Eyes Sewn Shut - vinyl mastering 2016 2:59 Suicide Silence - Green Monster - vinyl mastering 2016 5:45 Suicide Silence - A Dead Current - vinyl mastering 2016 3:41 Suicide Silence - Destruction of a Statue - vinyl mastering 2016 3:44   Tracklist LP - 2 9. Suicide Silence - Girl of Glass [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 10. Suicide Silence - In a Photograph [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 11. Suicide Silence - Eyes Sewn Shut [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 12. Suicide Silence - Green Monster [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 13. Suicide Silence - Dead Current [Vinyl Mastering 2016] 14. Suicide Silence - Destruction of a Statue [Vinyl Mastering 2016] Suicide Silence - The Disease 4:22 Suicide Silence - Bludgeoned to Death 2:34 Suicide Silence - Girl of Glass 2:52 Suicide Silence - In A Photograph 4:32 Suicide Silence - Eyes Sewn Shut 2:58 Suicide Silence - Green Monster 5:49 Suicide Silence - A Dead Current 3:38 Suicide Silence - Destruction of a Statue 3:44   Tracklist CD - 3 15. Suicide Silence - Revelations (Intro) 16. Suicide Silence - Unanswered 17. Suicide Silence - Hands of a Killer 18. Suicide Silence - Price of Beauty 19. Suicide Silence - Fallen 20. Suicide Silence - No Pity for a Coward 21. Suicide Silence - Disease 22. Suicide Silence - Bludgeoned to Death 23. Suicide Silence - Girl of Glass 24. Suicide Silence - In a Photograph 25. Suicide Silence - Eyes Sewn Shut 26. Suicide Silence - Green Monster 27. Suicide Silence - Dead Current 28. Suicide Silence - Destruction of a Statue   Description Description

Despite its reputation for skullcrushing brutality, extreme metal can be melodic and musical in some cases. Melodic death metal and symphonic black metal are two examples of extreme metal striving for musicality, songcraft, and nuance. But there is nothing even remotely melodic or nuanced about Suicide Silence's first full-length album, The Cleansing, which strives for vicious, head-kicking sensory assault and does so without an iota of mercy. This extreme metal CD offers a toxic mixture of math metal, death metal (including grindcore), black metal, and metalcore. Suicide Silence thrives on the angularity of math metal; tempo changes are frequent, and lead singer Mitch Lucker constantly fluctuates between death metal's deep, guttural "cookie monster" growl and black metal's sinister, demonic-sounding rasp. Lucker makes it sound like a vocal duet, but in fact, he is the only lead singer on this 2007 release. Put all of those things together, and you have a caustic brew that is as chaotic as it is vicious. Whether this Southern California band is playing at breakneck speed or going for a breakdown, The Cleansing is downright exhausting -- which, of course, is exactly what Suicide Silence is going for. A perfect example of sensory assault for the sake of sensory assault, The Cleansing is certainly not for everyone; music this abrasive is definitely an acquired taste. But moshers who do appreciate the noisy-for-the-sake-of-noisy approach will find it to be a competent example of metal carried to a ridiculously harsh extreme. ~ Alex Henderson

Alex Henderson

Contributors Artist: Suicide Silence Record Label: Century Media