Waking The Cadaver – Real Life Death (2013)

December 30, 2020

Real Life Death was the low-key death rattle final release from infamous Shredded Wheat loving death metal band, Waking The Cadaver. As chonky as both Real Life Death and its predecessor, Beyond Cops Beyond God, both are, the charm of the band for me was lost on both of these recordings. Gone are the abysmal, gore-drenched slams of old. I’m not saying WTC were just another slam band; their first album was absolutely manking in the best possible way (some nice British slang for you there!).

Don’t get me wrong, Real Life Death slaps hard, and I think offers up a bit more originality and even harks back a bit to the sounds of old with the odd slamming riff. It’s not an objectively bad album by any stretch, but it will always pale in comparison to Perverse Recollections Of A Necromangler.