2025 Transcending Obscurity Records (CD/LP)
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8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is dense death metal with a lot going on in each song, with quite a bit of technicality but not enough to be accused of wankery by yours truly. There are plenty of hooks in their songs if you pay enough attention and give it multiple listens (since they go by quickly), and their riffs are truly unique and brutal. They embellish those riffs with little runs and sweeps a lot like the way Dying Fetus does, not that they're similar at all. They also know how to be purely heavy, like on the song "Parasitic Ingress," which shows them trading in their trademark speed for crushing grooves. The vocals range from an Angelcorpse-like reptilian rasp to a deep guttural and everything in between. Vocally, this is just as masterful as the rest of the playing on the record. The guitar solos are also virtuosic, and they seem like magic to me, the guitarists acting as wizards playing their sonic spells of death. Brutal death metal fans need this record in their collection, it should be mandatory.
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