The Highest Level

Florida-Death made in Tokyo ist nur das grobe Motto der 1992 gegründeten Death-Metal-Urgesteine DEFILED: In der Tat weist die Band stilistische Reminiszenzen auf - man nehme nur das herrliche Morbid-Angel-Chaos-Solo in ´Inquisition´ -, doch DEFILED sind seit je auch weit mehr als das. Durch technische und auch atypische Einschübe, die sich sowohl in spannenden Rhythmen

The early days of death metal, we are talking about the mid to late eighties through the early nineties, were predominantly based in the West, obvious suspects like AUTOPSY, DEATH and OBITUARY in the US, and the likes of ENTOMBED, CARCASS and CADAVER in Europe. This isn't to say that there weren't impressive heavy hitters elsewhere. Look no further than SADISTIK EXEKUTION in Australia, MORTEM in Peru, or SARCOFAGO and SEPULTURA in Brazil. Looking further East, Japan's DEFILED was spouting its...