Self Released 2014
1.Debt of Sacrifice 2.The Pitiless Cycle 3. Sins of the Flesh 4.Crimson (Demo)
Gloucester
trio Ascaris have unleashed their debut offering, a four track EP entitled
"Initiation". Featuring one member of recently reviewed Body Harvest
(Chris Barton) Ascaris base their music around a smorgasbord of cerebral
contexts from a hatred of humanity and religion, philosophy and just for good
measure some good old fashioned Lovecraft worship. Opening with "Debt of
Sacrifice" the band make a fast and frantic start with raging drumming,
maniacal riffs and a venomous vocal display and within the melee find time to
include some malicious melodies too. In truth “The Pitiless Cycle” offers much
of the same but the bands intensity is to be admired although some of their
play feels a little thin at times and the booming cacophony I’d want to hear
from this band isn’t produced. That said the bands cold, hard rhythms are
endearing and that is half of the battle won!
“Sins of the
Flesh” begins the downhill slide towards completion and I say downhill because
there is now a professional quality to this EP that would really grate on the
nerves if it was a longer release. However this sixteen minute release ends
fairly soon with a demo version of “Crimson” which oddly enough through a
lesser standard of production actually hits the right tempo of aggression and
fuller bodied sound that I’d want to hear from the rest of the release. If the
bands future endeavors match up to “Crimson” there may be hope for them yet!
6 Out Of 10 (Luke Hayhurst)
Band Page: Here
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