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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Convulse - Inner Evil (Svart, 2013)


Track Listing:

  1. Inner Evil (5.55)
  2. God Is Delusion (6.05)
Synopsis: I guess it's appropriate for all these death metal bands to exhume themselves from their dormancy and you can add Convulse to that list. Having released a well regarded album, "World Without God", they are back together after a lengthy hiatus and "Inner Evil" is a good way to reintroduce themselves. Even though each song is lengthy that doesn't necessarily mean they have evolved too far, it is still primal, dark, death metal at work and it certainly bodes well for a possible full length though I can't help but feel like there's still work to be done to ensure they are still relevant.

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Necrowretch - Putrid Death Sorcery (Century Media, 2013)


Track Listing:

  1. Ripping Souls Of Sinners (2.37)
  2. Purifying Torment (3.21)
  3. Goat-Headed (3.04)
  4. Putrid Death Sorcery (3.52)
  5. Impious Plague In Catacombs (3.35)
  6. Spewed From Hell (3.29)
  7. Defiler Of Sacrality (3.16)
  8. The Anthropomancer (4.26)
  9. Soiled Into A Crypt (2.26)
  10. Recollections (3.03)
  11. Repugnizer (2.35)
Synopsis: At first glance this might appear to be another in the plethora of "old school" death metal bands however, upon listening to "Putrid Death Sorcery", it becomes apparent that there is something different about this young French trio. Sure, there are ample references to the classic Swedish sound but for every Entombed or Dismember moment there are equal parts Merciless or Grotesque and it does give them a different sound to a certain degree. Besides, it is a short release that doesn't outstay it's welcome and there is certainly the potential for even better things lurking in this particular crypt.

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