The Last Ten Seconds Of Life The Dead Ones Review

The Last Ten Seconds Of Life

The Dead Ones

Metal Blade Records

2026

This new to me band is releasing their eighth full length album!

Intense and intensely personal, The Dead Ones marks THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE’s Metal Blade Records debut. For the ten original tracks of pulverizing deathcore produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland of Pennsylvania’s Atrium Audio, the band focused on the guitar, bass, and drum tones as well as the mix/master to achieve what guitarist Wyatt McLaughlin calls, “a super-thick sonic output and ‘rolling-tank’-like feel.” 

So, as usual, I threw on my noise cancelling headphones and gave them a spin. I was immediately mean mugging from the face melting music that hit me! My first thought was ‘move over Knocked Loose, there’s a new breakdown band in town!’

THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE definitely don’t make me think I have ten seconds left, but they definitely left an impression. The mix is beautiful. Nothing is overwhelming or overshadowing another part of the music. The musicality of the musicians in this band is top notch. The drops they create make you want to throw hands on the pit. The vocals? Being able to hear proper technique through their tone is something I value as a vocalist!

The album is heavy at the beginning, heavy in the middle and heavy in the end. It’s ten songs of constant brutality in the best way. All that to say that each song stands on its own and is never boring.

Catch this album when it drops! You will not be disappointed!

~Rook