The Body “Hail to Thee, Everlasting Pain”

11 Feb 2014 — Evelyn Malinowski

I am so relieved to come across this type of music, this death metal electronica. A local figure in the music scene, his speciality being electronica, was lecturing me the other day about how dubstep has changed the standard design of electronic music forever, and that from now on sustained bass is a must, causing a rather gritty, black metal attitude to join the ranks. While I didn't agree with him at all, especially because he was narrow-mindedly looking over house archetypes and other factors that haven't participated in the dubstep movement, I feel somewhat satisfied in finding his examples almost spot-on available in The Body's "Hail to Thee, Everlasting Pain." With their cut-and-pasted compositions, lain over with proper guttural metal screaming and sometimes perforated guitar, I'd say it's laughable how convincingly this work qualifies as an actual metal release.

The Body's full-length I Shall Die Here is out via RVNG Intl. on April 1.