MEGASCAVENGER - As Dystopia Beckons (CD)

MEGASCAVENGER are known for having big names guesting on their albums and the latest one is no different. Their new album, ?As Dystopia Beckons?, released on Selfmadegod Records, again features a star-studded line up with band members of HAIL OF BULLETS, ex-MASSACRE, ex-MANTAS, ex-BENEDICTION, ex-BOLT THROWER, ECHELON, FLESHCRAWL, ENTRAILS, SINISTER, CRYPTICUS and others playing an important role in forming the sound of this band. Unlike ever before, Rogga Johansson, who is helming this project with authority and confidence, uses industrial sounds to lend to this album a futuristic, bold image that few bands dare to go for. While most stick to the tried-and-tested sound of bands like BOLT THROWER, ASPHYX, GRAVE, DISMEMBER, Rogga here is able to successfully meld the powerful and mighty death metal sound with the futuristic industrial touches reminiscent of bands like GODFLESH, PITCHSHIFTER, THE BERZERKER, OVERFLASH, MISERY LOVES CO., and even STRAPPING YOUNG LAD. The result is jaw-dropping old school death metal metamorphosed into something that retains the right elements while taking a huge step forward - this could very well mean a quantum leap for the whole state of death metal, and will definitely go down in history as a very important and significant release. Albums like these don't come out often and the scale here is pretty much unmatched. A must have.

"The industrial metal meets old school death metal sounds refreshing." - Metal Gallows (80%)

"As Dystopia Beckons leaves the senses wasted and imagination alive with emotions in total agreement." - The Ring Master

"You usually know more or less what to expect but lately he has been getting that bit more adventurous, as with 'As Dystopia Beckons', the third full length from his 'Megascavenger' project, where he has completely surprised me and no doubt many others and gone for an Industrial edge to the sound and it's astoundingly good." - MetalTalk 5/5

"...gives you that feeling of The Terminator or Robocop" - MetalBulletin "Annihilating death metal." - Noise Reduction 9/10

"Such innovation and progressive thinking must definitely be applauded, and despite the minor inconsistencies on the record, I?d heartily vouch for this one (...)" - Tometal

"This is what happens when Rogga checks out Terminator and totally digs it!" - Echoes And Dust

"Megascavenger is the right blend of industrial futuristic composition with heavy death metal structure." - The Kalidiaries

Tracklisting:
1. Rotting Domain (Sven Gross of Fleshcrawl)
2. The Machine That Turns Humans Into Slop (David Ingram of Hail of Bullets, Echelon, ex-Benediction, ex-Bolt Thrower)
3. Dead City (Jocke Svensson of Entrails)
4. As The Last Day Has Passed (Teddy Möller of Loch Vostok, The Experiment No.Q, The Hidden)
5. The Hell That Is This World (Kam Lee of ex-Massacre, ex-Mantas, Bone Gnawer, The Grotesquery)
6. Dead Rotting And Exposed (Brynjar Helgetun of Crypticus, Johansson & Speckmann, Just Before Dawn)
7. Steel Through Flesh Extravaganza (Adrie Kloosterwaard of Sinister)
8. The Harrowing Of Hell (Kam Lee ex-Massacre, ex-Mantas, Bone Gnawer, The Grotesquery)
9. As Dystopia Beckons