2024 New Standard Elite (CD)
www.newstandardelite.com
7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
I don't know what it is about Indonesia, but many of the sickest bands in existence hail from this dismal and wondrous land! Yet another sick-ass brutal death metal band surfaces from the rot, and they play with technical proficiency and breakneck speed. They have true guttural vocals, not the pig squeal bullshit, much like Disgorge (CA) or Gorgasm. Honestly, the cover of the record says it all, with a gore-covered bulldozer plowing through offal. It doesn't let up, and takes no prisoners. It would be so easy, if the band weren't tight, for this to all fall apart into chaos, but they hold it together nicely. They know when to break a song down and back off the blasts for a few seconds to introduce something catchy, and they have supremely heavy breakdowns amid all the rampage. The masterful performance musically helps. With a million bands in this style, if you want to be noticed you have to be good, and Deserter succeeds at that. I look forward to hearing more from them, and I'll be flagging this album for repeated listens.
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