2024 Miasma Records (CD)
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9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
These Portuguese badasses have dropped their first full length after an EP and some singles, and it's a massive one. It reminds me a lot of Asphyx, perhaps mixed with Massacre for the down-picked thrashing riffs, the music being a solid mashup of these two influences as well as some mid-period Death influence. It all makes for a vicious soup of brutal riffing and satisfying death growls. Resurge are masters of the grooved-up violent riff, in the same way that Obituary used to be. The guitar tone is bone-crushing, full of crispness and thickness. It's the perfect death metal guitar tone. When they storm into a breakdown, when the song has one, it's always powerful and heavy. The riffs never stop coming, and are masterfully crafted into songs with a ton of hooks. The drums are clean-sounding, with almost a wet sound to them. The snare snaps perfectly and doesn't overpower anything. The production makes this album particularly easy to listen to - nothing is too loud or overbearing. It's smooth. This is a damn near perfect outing, and I'm going to be picking this one up in physical format for sure.
