Cursed Bloodlines are a band from Yucca Valley, California that plays a melodic mixture of black, death and groove metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Virulent".
A very fast, brutal and melodic sound starts off the album along with a great amount of blast b eats. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls while the mid tempo sections of the songs also bring in elements of groove metal and the solos and leads also add in a great amount of melody.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Some of the riffing also shows an influence of thrash metal along with the album also mixing in influences from both the old school and modern era's of extreme metal.
Clean playing can also be heard on a couple of tracks as well as some tremolo picking also being added into some of the faster riffing at times and as the album progresses spoken words are also utilized briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover brutal science fiction themes.
In my opinion Cursed Bloodlines are a very great sounding melodic mixture of black, death, thrash and groove metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Nightmare Grotesque" "Bodies In The Cellar" "Mephetic Rebirth" and "The Rats In The Walls". 8 out of 10.
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