LACERATION 'Tortured Inauguration' UKEM Records Mercy may be needed upon the listening of 'Tortured Inauguration' by Scottish one-man project Laceration, slamming Brutal Death Metal extracting all guttural existence from the listener and smashing their brain into a pile of wasted goo. Behind the audio massacre is one Hamish Maguire, in respect a charismatic and genius at sound moulding, as evidently found on the 2012 compilation 'Tortured Inauguration', break-neck speed drumming immersed by the solid crushing sound of the guitars and vocals, altogether proving to be a futile explosion of extreme metal. Signed to UKEM Records, Laceration is perhaps the latest grittiest band to embrace the British underground Metal scene. [8] RHYS STEVENSON THE OBSCENE 'The Torment Of Sinners' PEST Avoiding the band-name-pun altogether, The Obscene quite literally is a self-definition of the music they produce, literally a hard-hitting blast of Death Metal. The Durham quartet show no remorse in conducting the dramatic theatre-piece, that is their debut 2011 EP 'The Torment Of Sinners' of which has some of the most evil vocals ever heard in existence. Whilst the drums are quick-paced and the riffs sharp enough to shred any diamond in half, the only thing that lacks here is clarity, but even so one would conclude the lesser clarity adds to the dirty raw sound created on this hellbender debut, perhaps The Obscene is another way of saying, gore is the next step forward, heck why weren't these guys on the Saw 3D soundtrack? [7.5] RHYS STEVENSON _ Dog Faced Corpse 'Dog Faced Corpse Demo 2012' SALUTE With critique to detail and immobilizing the human senses in check, when indulging in the premier demo from Iraq's Brutal TechDeath quintet Dog Faced Corpse, the only way to survive the monstrosity of sound is to fear it. It wouldn't seem at all apparent that war had occurred in Iraq, although Dog Faced Corpse in hindsight don't really give a damn, not even beyond the mere middle finger, this is a solid production from the band; even touching onto Grindcore in its raw form. Whilst the face of the Middle East scene is focused towards the likes of Nervecell, Dog Faced Corpse evidently prove that Metal, regardless of its location, still has the power to send clear messages to the world and concludes that resistance is futile. [10] RHYS STEVENSON X-PANDA 'Flight Of Fancy' Synthed-up and ready to bring a storm to the Estonian Metal scene, this is the debut album 'Flight Of Fancy' being described and is delivered in harmonious reality from Progressive Metal quartet X-Panda. However, the disappointment circulates the long songs found on the album, whilst also the stand-out track without a doubt is 'siren', with a delicate balance of electronic synth music powering the progressive sounds into a beautiful display of musicianship, X-Panda are perhaps something new and are sure to give the Progressive Metal vein something to think about, just a matter of picking your 'Flight Of Fancy'. [8] RHYS STEVENSON IN LOVING MEMORY
'Negation Of Life' SOLITUDE PRODS. Well if Metal was a type of food, then In Loving Memory would have to be a piece of fruit, tasty when right but easy to leave to get rotten, shame to say that the rotten fruit is the food for thought on 'Negation Of Life', sure the melodies are in place and the whole atmosphere shifts from time to time, but the overall album is one step less of shambolic, in all fairness to Spain's Melodoom quartet, the only points salvaged is from even attempting to make a stellar return, but as far as sophomore albums are concerned, this is worse than a dubstep-cross-Nu Metal release, even Justin Bieber tops it, just. [3.5] RHYS STEVENSON
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