Signing with Nuclear Blast seems to have been a bad business and musical choice for Death Angel. Trying to play old-school thrash with this modern, very plastic production quality is a recipe for failure. But then again Death Angel, ever since reuniting in 2001 has only been preoccupied with dishing one average/crap album after another with no real intention to actually stray from this formula or even attempt to make something a bit more creative. Another AC/DC of thrash metal. The Evil Inside showed that if they try, they can release 2-3 decent tunes, but on Humanicide there is little to offer in terms of musical quality. On top of that the album is plagued by mixing issues too. Thrash metal is a young man's game. Expecting these old fogies who have always been a 2nd tier thrash band to become relevant now when they are slowly reaching (or have reached, dunno) their 50s is like pulling a lottery win ticket.
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