Vader - Litany

What the hell is wrong with me? How am I not a huge Vader fan already? I'm almost positive I've tried listening to this album years ago and for some reason didn't like it. Maybe it was the singer, it has taken me a bit to get into these more traditional death metal vocalists from bands such as Vader, Entombed, or Dismember. Even then, vocals are usually the least important element of metal to me, and unless its a really annoying power metal singer, I can hear past the singer and enjoy the music. And there's nothing about Vader's music to not enjoy. It's just heavy, heavy, and more heavy. Vader does a fantastic job at keeping it short and to the point, so as not to bore the listener. I think they understand that it can be difficult at times to listen to an entire hour of this brutality. This full length clocks in at 31 minutes, even with 11 tracks.

So that wasn't really a review of the album, but oh well. My excitement about getting into Vader should be enough to know that this 2000 release is a death metal classic.