Malevolent Reprisal

BLOOD GORE!!! FUCKING WAR!!! Masterful Magazine Dublin, Ireland death metal combo Warpath debuted commendably in 2008 with their "Gorefare" album. Where their debut suffered from typical beginners mistakes "Malevolent Reprisal" seems to rectify most of these earlier errors. Opening with a sample from the 2000 Ridley Scott sword-and-sandal epic "Gladiator" (like Kataklysm did previous on their 2002 album "Shadows & Dust") Warpath has something to offer for fans of the genre, young and old. Musically, this reminds mostly of the chunky death metal a la Aborted's "Engineering the Dead" or American acts such as Chris Barnes-era Cannibal Corpse, Fleshgrind, Jungle Rot, Obituary and the likes.