Getting down to the nitty gritty of getting your ears around some classic death metal is always a good thing for me. Feeling the strikes of metal embed themselves under the skin and cause a lot of sheer tingling as the aggressive riffs hit so hard they hurt, but the hurt is all part of loving the genre, and the harder they hit the better!
The powerful grouchy vocals seethe profusely and goad you into wanting to grunt along in support. Music like this just gets the heart beating faster – no need to exercise as the formidable and relentlessness of the tracks gives you that boost you need to lose a few calories!
The pounding beats emerge flavoursome and solid and spread their animosity very generously indeed. Still there is also some melodic reflection deep in the groove that keeps the tracks focused and interesting.
Bold and scything are the rhythms which are impressive and peak with regular velocity. Its unstoppable appetite will engage providing you love a bit of death metal, which I do wholeheartedly. It’s addictive listening and I am enjoying the tenacity of each and every track with utter relish as the band execute their blend of metal with all the elegance of a raging bull on steroids.
It flirts and then goes all out to destroy with its nagging bass hooks and growl infested vocals that keep the senses on high alert.
As I have said before there’s nothing quite like death metal for cleansing the soul even if it cleanses the soul with blood and guts! But bathing in this is what it is all about. It more than scratches the itch, it makes it bleed.
It snarls like a rabid dog and injects the poison with tempestuous qualities, which is how you know you are hooked on its offerings.
It bleeds raw intensity and its textures are all engaging and powerful, fuelled with antagonistic vibrant rhythms, in fact it is everything good classic death metal should be and more besides.
Its fires burn dark and its relentlessness feeds on unwitting souls! Let the darkness take you on a never ending journey of hate and riveting rancour! Life wouldn’t be the same without death metal in my humble opinion.
So buckle up metal-heads and enjoy the ride it gives you. Let the sparks fly and indulge in its sheer and imposing vehemence if you dare!
Brimstone Aggrandizement is out 12th December 2016 via Transcending Obscurity Records.
