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Laethora is a new group, but it is made up of veterans such as Dark Tranquillity guitarist Niklas Sundin and The Provenance guitarist Joakim Rosen. The Swedish band immediately makes their presence known with their death metal/grind debut.

The sound of March Of The Parasite is different than you might expect from this lineup. Instead of the standard Swedish melodic death you'll hear a dose of old school death metal mixed with grind and some modern influences.


The songs can be crushing, blast beat filled attacks, but Laethora also adds plenty of really clever riffs and catchy solos to their angry barrage. They also slow it down from time to time for a little change of pace before plunging back into destruction mode.

This is an impressive debut that is punishing and brutal, but also has an abundance of memorable riffs and melodies. The combination makes for an outstanding death metal CD.