DEATH’S raw closer caps
epic punk trilogy.
By JESSICA HERNDON
Apr. 23, 2014
DEATH III (Drag City)
“III” the Detroit-based
sibling trio’s third album,
is their grooviest
collection yet. It comes
after the label Drag City
released the group’s
stylistic hard rock album
recorded in 1974, “…For
The Whole World To See”
in 2009. “Spiritual,
Mental, Physical” followed
in 2011. On “III” the
Hackney brothers have
mellowed the thrashing,
though the hard and fast
still dominates when they
muse on the grimy “North
Street”. But they have
more funk, soul and
psychedelic sounds on
the latest effort, which
includes songs recorded
in 1975, 1976, 1980 and
1992. Feverish and scially
conscious, the final set of
Death’s 1970s recordings
affirms why they rose
from the ashes and
gained an audience after
debuting in 2009. READ
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