Fearless Undead Machines

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This album is often tagged `death metal` though is way more M-E-T-A-L than one might think based on band name, cover and song titles alone; the morbidity of the subject matter (the world being helpless in the face of a zombie outbreak) being largely accountable for that description.

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Description: Not a bad way to start an album: "It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder." The line is from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, and it kicks off "The Silent Creature" from Deceased's Fearless Undead Machines. A screwball-concept project that revolves around the three Romero Dead films, the record is nearly as tastelessly entertaining as the shopping-mall murder-scene from Dawn of the Dead. And while the lyrics are regurgitated with typical death metal grace, songs like "From the Ground They Came" and "Night of
Not a bad way to start an album: "It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder." The line is from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, and it kicks off "The Silent Creature" from Deceased's Fearless Undead Machines. A screwball-concept project that revolves around the three Romero Dead films, the record is nearly as tastelessly entertaining as the shopping-mall murder-scene from Dawn of the Dead. And while the lyrics are regurgitated with typical death metal grace, songs like "From the Ground They Came" and "Night of the Deceased" are imbued with striking melodies reminiscent of Running Wild, Mercyful Fate, and even early Iron Maiden. --Jon Wiederhorn

Album Details
Eleven piece concept album inspired by George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead trilogy. Producedby Jim Barnes (Mindrot, Morgion), this release contains complicated guitar arrangements & a sinister ambience for a true dark metal sound.

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