Cadaver Circulation has its moments and certainly captures a dank, rotten atmosphere with a sense of impending doom but in the end the album lacks energy overall and the vocals are just not that memorable. The first track starts things off with a ton of energy and after that Krypts just lose steam. While the commonplace downtempo, funeral-esque chord progressions spattered with dissonant leads provide the creepy setting they often feel like they are wandering aimlessly and overextend themselves. People will argue but while this is certainly death metal, it might as well be equal parts death and slow doom. It seems in the latter half of the album, every-time the band spends 30 seconds in uptempo riffs they compliment it with several minutes of half/quarter note chords. It feels like right when they get your attention they end up losing it in their next riff in many cases. Very high marks for the eerie atmosphere but less than captivating vocals and sloppy songwriting.
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