Prophecy – Our Domain

This band plays a fairly archtypal variety of TXDM where slam is certainly an influence though not at all the predominant one and equal weight is given to blast and groove. The primary influences that seem to be present are from NYDm artists, primarily Dying Fetus and Internal Bleeding. The tremolo riffing is exceedingly amelodic in nature (or at least only melodic in a very death metal sense), and there’s never a burst of melodic lead guitar or anything that would make you think these guys are capable of softening up. Song structures are dominated by blast beats, tremolo riffs, and a rather strained-sounding grunt for vocals, with NYDM-style grooves coming in at regular intervals to release tension. It’s a very conventional method of death metal songwriting, but it’s tried and true and doesn’t fail here.