Trample the Weak Hurdle the Dead

Skinless | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relapse
• ASIN: B000FG5OLY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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"One of the hardest working and most powerful live acts in the world."

"Ferocious"

Product Description

On Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead, New York powerhouse SKINLESS pile-drives the standard death metal formula and rallies fans with the forward-charge of wreckage-provoking vocals, demolishing beats, and ravaging riffs. SKINLESS Trample The Weak, [and] Hurdle The Dead to lay claim to death metal's reign by any means necessary.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars God, this is good stuff, June 17, 2006

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A. Stutheit "Teyad" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

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It shouldn't take you more than ten seconds of listening to the first song ("Overlord") on Skinless' fourth disc ("Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead") for you to realize two things: a) this is some seriously heavy stuff; and b) this band isn't just another death-grind imitator, this is the real deal. From beginning to end, this album is a monstrous, relentless attack on the listener's eardrums. Subject matter such as dismemberment and war are complimented well by grizzly vocals, weird movie samples (i.e. "War--it's fantastic!"), and almost deafening rhythms composed of savage riffs and furiously beating drums. The aforementioned "Overlord" is a bludgeoning affair which is backed by ferocious, blinding guitar riffs and fast, pummeling drums. The onslaught continues for tracks two and three: "A Unilateral Disgust" ties booming guitar noise with machine gun drumming; and "Deviation Will Not Be Tolerated" boasts a slower, pounding, churning, but equally as brutal rhythm and is capped off by a shriek that makes you think the singer is being skinned alive. Skinless' cover of Black Sabbath's "Wicked World" (which closes out the album) is one of the most interesting and individually memorable songs, but the thunderous, Deicide-esque title track, which is driven by more amp-destroying guitar shredding and a walloping double bass, might very well be the record's best song. "Trample The Weak" wears a little thin towards the end, but if you want some great, no-frills death-grind metal, or if you want the far-and-away most brutal album of 2006 so far, you'll definitely need to pick this disc up. And if, for some reason, you've stopped liking death metal or grindcore, one listen of "Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead" will remind you why you once liked it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pounding thunderous stomping grinding f#@$% METAL!!!!, December 20, 2006

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Nexus05 (MD, USA) - See all my reviews

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You cant go wrong with this cd, the sound is VERY rough, not for the weak....Great theme great lyrics, GREAT COVER, its Death Grind/core to the max, all songs rock, dont know of their past cd's but- you blast this s h i t and you'll find yourself in the midsts of one of the greatest death metal albums of the decade!!!!!!!!! DoNt miss it, i certaintly havent!!!! ROCK ON SKINLESS

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brutality by the ton, November 29, 2006

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ShredMaster "still shredding" (The 'Burgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trample the Weak Hurdle the Dead (Audio CD)

Perhaps one of the greatest onslaughts my ears have ever beheld. A non-stop brain melting assault. I've been listening to metal since the mid-80's (Overkill, Testament, Napalm Death, Death Angel), and never felt like jumping into the pit as much as I do while listening to this CD. This raises the bar as high as it gets. In the running as the best of this decade.

I need more, who else, besides Nile (have them), fits this style of music?