www.ironfortressrecords.com
9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is the third EP from this heavy-ass band, who as of yet have no full lengths in their catalog of releases. We get five songs of serious nastiness on the EP. Dysmorphia plays relentlessly heavy death metal infused with some influence from hardcore, mainly in the big breakdowns they use in their songs. It's not an off-putting amount of hardcore influence, and it seems to make the music more song-oriented and catchy. Punk sensibility, in other words. They're definitely a part of the new wave of death metal bands with their focus on groove and stomp over straight-up brutality, and honestly it makes them heavier than most brutal death metal bands. Brutal bands too often get trapped by speed and can't be as heavy as they truly ought to be. I happen to prefer death metal with powerful vocals and riffs and we get that here, and tons of it. If adding hardcore to our revered death metal means bands get heavier, then I'm all for it. This EP is heavy as fuck, and I loved every minute of it. Speed can only go so far, and Dysmorphia has figured that out. Plus, the cover is fucking amazing, and it caught my attention immediately.
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