Self Released 2013
1.Congenital Abnormality 2.Ruptured And Bleeding
3.Human Abattoir 4.Chainsawodmy 5.Catatonic Psychosis
The cover art for the debut e.p. from Bristol based brutal
death metal outfit Necrosis leaves nothing to the imagination and leaves you in
no doubt as to what to expect musically. Following the short sampled intro, ‘Congenital
Abnormality’ bursts open unmercifully in an overwhelming torrent of rabid death
metal. Speed is optimised throughout much of this opening track, frantic guitars
accompany so manic blast beat leaden drumming which sounds utterly devastating and
pummels instantly. There’s a definite feel and sound of Aborted mixed with U.S death
metal on display which works exceptionally well. What an introduction to the
band, showing massive amounts of promise in this opener. ‘Ruptured And Bleeding’
follows on in a similar theme, absolutely manic, twisted guitars set a
ferocious pace and are once again supported by some outstanding drum work. Vocally
there are no surprises, harsh and brutally growled death metal vocals bark out
malevolence with ease and are backed up every so often with higher, manic
screams, sounding not to dissimilar to Gorerotted when the dual vocals are
unleashed. ‘Human Abattoir’ is another absolutely massive song; the pace
adopted is punishing and very rarely lets up and it’s very much about
the speed, in fact its all about the speed!! . When the band do up the pace it sounds extremely tight, they
are all obviously well practiced in the rehearsal room! Although the songs are
all about speed, the pace is dropped sporadically and when it is adds such heaviness
to the songs that it almost draws every last breath from your body. As
mentioned, these sections aren’t used very often and the band then return to
the familiar faster blast beat heavy sections.
‘Chainsawdomy’ is so fucking brutal,
every member seemingly pushing their playing abilities to the absolute limit
here, and ability they have, in absolutely massive amounts. There’s such a
brutal catchiness to the faster riffs and many bands in a similar genre could
learn a lot (from these guys) about writing good, solid death metal songs. The break in the
middle of song works very well and adds something extra to the track; the
chainsaw samples might be slightly clichéd but in amongst death metal as nasty
as this, sound perfect! Closing the e.p. is the title track, ‘Catatonic
Psychosis’ and what a way to end things on. It’s another blasting example of
the band at full throttle and really wanting to close on a high, which they do.
Reading the bands biography the say “Necrosis aims to make a major impact on
the death metal scene over the forthcoming months” and they weren’t wrong. Catatonic
Psychosis is as good a death metal release as you are likely to hear for quite
some time and given that it is the band’s debut release makes it all the more
impressive. Some bands struggle to write well-constructed and memorable death
metal songs, Necrosis appear to do it with an ease that will bode well for
future releases. This e.p. is one of those releases that punches you square in
the jaw, then picks you up, dusts you off, and then punches you even harder
leaving you speechless and bleeding….but wanting even more punishment. If you
consider yourself to be a death metal fan, then this is a must. Yet another UK
band producing a genre-leading release, this e.p. comes extremely highly
recommended.
9 Out Of 10
Band Page: Here
Buy It: Here
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