This is why it's double the pleasure being part of the new albums and then listening to them from a fan's point of view. Actually I was, and still am, a rabid fan of their material – without question. I obviously am not the original vocalist of Dehumanized. I view us as a brutal death metal band with some flayva. Honestly, I don't think of us as a 'slam' band per se. They are arguably the grooviest death metal band in history and that is what drew my attention back in the late '90s. MIKE: Being the lead vocalist for Dehumanized holds double the rewards for me personally. While we are on the topic of the new album (which is fucking phenomenal), check out the new track "Black Market 2099" below, and then head over to the Dehumanized Facebook page and give 'em a well-deserved like! With that in mind, we've invited frontman, Mike Centrone, into the realm of our dank to fill us in on all things Dehumanized – which includes some tidbits about the new album, as well as a peek into Mike's personal playlist (bands that have influenced him, and what he has been spinning recently). Here we are, four years later, faced with a brand new album, Beyond The Mind, that reinforces the why and how of Dehumanized. Unfortunately, it would be another fourteen years before the band followed-up with their sophomore effort, Controlled Elite (with one solid-as-hell demo in the interim). If the title of the album is any indication, Prophecies Foretold was an album that had a BIG hand in laying down the foundation of what was yet to come – and why you are all here reading these words… SLAM. But, above all else, it was daring, adventurous and – to be honest – refreshing. There was an edge to this that spoke directly to the underground, more so than anything else coming out at around the same time, and it was presented in an immediately palatable package. Membership to this exclusive club includes the aforementioned club overseers, and two initiate bands who had something to prove, being Skinless (South Glen Falls, NY), and the topic of today's dankness – Dehumanized (from Floral Park, NY).ĭehumanized, in an effort to vary shit up, took the sickness to new heights with their 1998 debut full-length, Prophecies Foretold, which was packed to the brim with festering, brutal, slammin slams. That said, there are a handful of pivotal bands that bridged that narrow gap between New York brutal death metal and slam as we know it today. Of course, there is no argument from us that bands such as Suffocation and Mortician aren't slam (they aren't – plain and simple). Now, this is where shit gets a little tricky.
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