CASKET - In The Long Run We Are All Dead
Release Date: January 23rd, 2026
Neckbreaker Records
Casket are a German death metal band that has been around for a bit. After 35 years of existence they are still ravaging the fans of old-school, no frills death metal. After receiving positive attention with a few demos in the early to mid 1990s, they went on to release their first full-length album, "Under The Surface" in 1998. Come 2008 they released their second album, "Under The Surface" and was followed by, "Undead Soil" (2013) and "Unearthed" (2017). Their current label, Neckbreaker Records then went on to release their e.p., "Urn" in 2021. The band continues to gig regularly and has shared the stage with many high-profile bands.
The chaos commences with, "The Will To Comply". As stated with the intended sound that Casket wanted to capture, they are a bare-necessity death metal band. Featured on the track is nothing more than what is needed, which adds to the overall brutality of their sound. Speed is matched with just enough groove to keep the listener engaged with the rhythm of the song. "Highest Thrones" continues on a similar path of down-tuned nastiness. Parading menacingly throughout the track is a cruelty that caters to the violence of vintage death metal. A short interlude with, "Mirrors" breaks up the sound of the album by adding some eerie soundscapes. "Seeds of Desolation" plasters the album's personality with more putrid and grotesque sounds. You know what to expect at the various turns the song makes, but that's ok. Its a well-cultivated horror show in the face of sometimes sterile musical showmanship. Changing up their sound some on, "Hammer, Knife, Spade", Casket opted for a slower start before slamming down with further barbarity. Pulsating under the surface is for sure the festering anger that drives their ferocity. The song hits hard and leaves the listener begging for mortality's eventual deathly climax. "Skullbunker" takes a similar road down a mucus-drenched path into the morbidity of human vileness. Despite a common musical approach to previous songs, Casket retains the lively macabre spirit sought. "Necrowaves" is another break in the madness for listeners to make sense their savage experience. Perhaps the lost glory days of death metal inspired, "Mainstream Mutilation". Anger throbs with a furious stance against any trend-following mediocrity, Death metal in its purest form, Casket defines the experiential vibe of the old sound. With another slower start on, "Fundamental Rot" Casket hideously suppurates. Malady spreads unrestricted in the pus-filled victim's body as the song moves him further towards his demise. "Strangulation Culture" captures the corrupt charm of the genre. Catering to the darker aspects of the human-psyche, the song provides a manifestation of the sickly aspects of human misery and degradation. "Graveyard Stomper" closes the album with a bilious allure. A mangled mid-paced trip to finish off an enjoyable musical trip back to my youth. Casket are not-reinventing the genre but they do honor the styles previously explored with accurate brutality.
www.facebook.com/casketdeath
casketdeath.bandcamp.com
Release Date: January 23rd, 2026
Neckbreaker Records
Casket are a German death metal band that has been around for a bit. After 35 years of existence they are still ravaging the fans of old-school, no frills death metal. After receiving positive attention with a few demos in the early to mid 1990s, they went on to release their first full-length album, "Under The Surface" in 1998. Come 2008 they released their second album, "Under The Surface" and was followed by, "Undead Soil" (2013) and "Unearthed" (2017). Their current label, Neckbreaker Records then went on to release their e.p., "Urn" in 2021. The band continues to gig regularly and has shared the stage with many high-profile bands.
The chaos commences with, "The Will To Comply". As stated with the intended sound that Casket wanted to capture, they are a bare-necessity death metal band. Featured on the track is nothing more than what is needed, which adds to the overall brutality of their sound. Speed is matched with just enough groove to keep the listener engaged with the rhythm of the song. "Highest Thrones" continues on a similar path of down-tuned nastiness. Parading menacingly throughout the track is a cruelty that caters to the violence of vintage death metal. A short interlude with, "Mirrors" breaks up the sound of the album by adding some eerie soundscapes. "Seeds of Desolation" plasters the album's personality with more putrid and grotesque sounds. You know what to expect at the various turns the song makes, but that's ok. Its a well-cultivated horror show in the face of sometimes sterile musical showmanship. Changing up their sound some on, "Hammer, Knife, Spade", Casket opted for a slower start before slamming down with further barbarity. Pulsating under the surface is for sure the festering anger that drives their ferocity. The song hits hard and leaves the listener begging for mortality's eventual deathly climax. "Skullbunker" takes a similar road down a mucus-drenched path into the morbidity of human vileness. Despite a common musical approach to previous songs, Casket retains the lively macabre spirit sought. "Necrowaves" is another break in the madness for listeners to make sense their savage experience. Perhaps the lost glory days of death metal inspired, "Mainstream Mutilation". Anger throbs with a furious stance against any trend-following mediocrity, Death metal in its purest form, Casket defines the experiential vibe of the old sound. With another slower start on, "Fundamental Rot" Casket hideously suppurates. Malady spreads unrestricted in the pus-filled victim's body as the song moves him further towards his demise. "Strangulation Culture" captures the corrupt charm of the genre. Catering to the darker aspects of the human-psyche, the song provides a manifestation of the sickly aspects of human misery and degradation. "Graveyard Stomper" closes the album with a bilious allure. A mangled mid-paced trip to finish off an enjoyable musical trip back to my youth. Casket are not-reinventing the genre but they do honor the styles previously explored with accurate brutality.
www.facebook.com/casketdeath
casketdeath.bandcamp.com