Review: Dying Flesh – Burning Legion (EP)
By Seth Metoyer, Heaven’s Metal Magazine
From the ashes of Buffalo rises a sound equal parts sermon and battlefield. Dying Flesh’s debut EP Burning Legion is a death-metal homily drenched in distortion, a vision of spiritual warfare set to blast beats and jagged riffs.
The influences are stitched like scars. You’ve got some of Mortification’s holy violence, Bloodbath’s groove-filled riffs, and even whispers of early Metallica in the shadows. The snare cuts through like a whip in a storm, anchoring riffs that churn and gallop with relentless drive. Solos flare up like sparks in the darkness, brief but vital.
What elevates this record isn’t technical perfection, it’s conviction. You can hear the urgency in every growl, feel the weight of belief pressed into each riff. The production is unvarnished, sometimes chaotic, but that only amplifies the sense of immediacy, as if these tracks were clawed straight out of the rehearsal room and thrown into the light.
Burning Legion is less a polished statement than a war cry, but it’s a war cry that hits its target. If Dying Flesh continue sharpening their craft while keeping this raw conviction intact, they’ll be a name to reckon with in Christian death metal. They already have my attention.
Rating: 8/10
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