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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Wales-based death metal band led by Larissa Stupar was produced by Tom Dring and Arthur Rizk.
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- Record Label: Prosthetic Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
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Jun 4, 2019What Venom Prison have done is humanised this music by holding up a mirror to a cruel world and viewing people as more than simply walking dummies full of guts, but sentient beings worthy of life, rather than a grisly, gory death. In doing so, they’ve made something more powerful and worthy of your respect than a million meaningless blastbeats. [1 Jun 2019, p.53]
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Jun 4, 2019Venom Prison makes songs that are just as musically violent as the stuff their deathgrind peers churn out, often thrillingly so. But the Welsh band lifts the subgenre out of the thematic gutter. ... This is a terrific record.
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Jun 4, 2019While none of Samsara is necessarily bad, there are moments where tracks start to blend together and lose focus. This doesn't necessarily take away from the amazing moments of the album, but as a whole it could use a bit more variance. That being said, the record makes it clear that Venom Prison are destined to join the top of the new-school death metal pack
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The WireJun 4, 2019Tracks have potent moments, but they’re slapped together with little thought for overall flow. [Jun 2019, p.60]
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Jul 15, 2019
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