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The beauty of being in underground heavy music is that your band’s studio productions don’t always have to be well-produced to leave a menacing statement. Endicott, New York’s Elevator Death Squad offers up “Manifesto”, a self-released thrash metal album that features ten solid attempts at accomplishing just that. Opening up with 'Darker Shade Of Solitude' the dual guitar work and pummeling drum attack turns out to be perfectly simple enough to grab your attention. The Lamb Of God-influenced vocal work makes the whole listening experience grow even more sinister on the next set of intensely pissed off tracks, 'Essence Of Misery' and 'Diluted Memories', while an Iron Maiden vibe joins us for ‘Hourglass For The Dead’, along with a Slayer meets D.R.I. format that next wonderfully creeps in for some ultra blast beat chaos in the form of title track ‘Manifesto’. ‘Darkness Decaying The Unwilling’ features a wicked guitar solo from lead guitarist Neil Hendrickson and seems to find the band firing on all cylinders here, taking it all up a notch with track seven’s immensely brutal ‘Ceremonial Sins’. Rounding it all out are the next hard hitting pummelers 'Single Bullet Theory', 'Product of Society' and 'Shattered Realm'. It's safe to say that EDS won't be invited on tour with any of today's current crop of glossy MTV bound metalcore outfits with material as downright dark and ugly as "Manifesto", but then again I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone in this band who truly gives a shit about that sort of popularity game. And to me, that's the coolest goddamn thing about this record.
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ROCKET REVIEW:
ELEVATOR DEATH SQUAD
"Manifesto" (CD/LP)
(Self Released/2008)
1.Darker Shade Of Solitude
2.Essence Of Misery
3.Diluted Memories
4.Hourglass For The Dead
5.Manifesto
6.Darkness decaying the unwilling
7.Ceremonial Sins
8.Single Bullet Theory
9.Product of Society
10.Shattered Realm
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Discography
Elevator Death Squad "Spread the Plague" 2006
Death Squad has videos on YouTube. Also the songs "Spread the Plague" and "Born in a Bodybag" can be heard on Upstate NY rock radio stations such as WKGB FM. "Darkness Decaying the unwilling", "Hourglass for the dead", "Ceremonial sins", "Poison Apple", "Essence of Misery" receive airplay on dozens of internet radio stations and podcasts across the nation,such as Metal Assault Radio, KWTF the edge, Toxic Tunes Radio, Audio Aggression and Dark Sky Records "Underground Rising" podcast as well as local radio exposure.
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Bio
E.D.S. has gone through the ranks of the local metal scene and is now the most recognized sound in the area. Brutal vocals, heavy guitar riffs and technical drum beats give elevator the distinct and original sound that has made them a top act in the Twin Tiers area of NY/PA. Death Squad is influenced by three decades of rock and metal, from Van Halen to Lamb of god. They have performed with such acts as GWAR, Dying Fetus, Celtic Frost,
Goat Whore, Brand New Sin, Horse The Band, Belladonna, Burning Human, Cage, The Rodz and other national acts. E.D.S. debuted their first album"Spread the Plague" with great response from the natives of the Upstate NY region. Death Squad just recorded and released their highly anticipated second album "Manifesto" with great response from the fan base. " Watch out for the Death Squad ...they have the potential to go far! Heavy enough for the staunchest death metal fan, yet tasteful and catchy enough for the Godsmack or Disturbed fan, quite simply ...THESE GUYS ROCK! This band can hang with the best of them."
- Mike Benson, host of "The Metal Meltdown" WKGB FM. Elevator Death Squad packs the local clubs and bars and has played in front of as many as 3,000 people, garnering tremendous crowd response.
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