Indecision
is the word that best describes this article, June album of the month article.
We ran into two extremely rotten works that are focused in the same basis:
build up darkness with tons of brain melting death metal. and after listening
to these two bands, we couldn´t simply chose one for the album of the month
page. There were too many factors in hand to leave one behind and when we
decided that we had reached a dead end the resolution was very simple… A two
band article. This is a different path for us in the way that two bands will
share the spotlight and will be compared in a death metal face-off.
In one side
we have the death/doom metal band BACKYARD MORTUARY rooted deep within the
ancient art of mega heavy chainsaw notes and grinding sound with “Lure of the
occult” vinyl release and in the other side we have CADAVERIC FUMES liberating
the incomparable French death metal with a unique sound like a breed between
black atmospheric metal and death metal with “Macabre Exaltation” also bringing
back the joy of the “live sound” of the good old friend vinyl
The
Australians BACKYARD MORTUARY aren´t
joking around and experience tells that they really know what they are doing.
They´ve been around since 2002 and released one demo in 2002, a self-title
debut EP in 2005 and the “Lure of the Occult” album in 2012. This quintet is
all about giving life to old school hazard environment. Despite there´s nothing
new in here I think they’ve done an awesome work that surpasses many death
metal bands in many ways. The sound really stands out mainly due to the
constant brutality of every song, the variation of speed that is always
changing between fast mode, mid-paces and slow rhythms, the great vocal work
and the five stars production. I have to say that my favorite lines of the
record are the slow ones and when those small but great anti melodic solos hit
you like a truck after a riffing speed session, that´s just honey for my ears.
One of the
things that really surprised me was the excellent production of the album that
so you can understand the quality involved it was self-released and yet with a
high level of professionalism only comparable with giants. I´m sure that the
vinyl quality will be even greater but that´s my purist point of view. All the
dark magic surrounding the record will be unleashed like you were listening to
the band playing in an underground basement; it will be the rebirth of the old
school in its proper essence.
The opening
song of “Lure of the Occult”- “Last Rites”- is what one may call by super heavy
weight doom and what an entrance! The slow and head crushing doom chords
prepare the listener for the forthcoming musical chaos that will progress with
intelligence and a dark elegance that can´t be “seen” many times. The
continuity of the music is always interesting and won´t become boring; believe
me you will spend all the time headbanging while listening to all songs. The
last track is called “Demons Blood” and by far my favorite with eight minutes
of really slow and heavy doom for you to savor… killer song to end this killer
work.
For a band
that´s around for some time this shows that they´ve been working their asses
off to unleash good death metal and in my opinion Australians can be very proud
of BACKYARD MORTUARY at least I like them and I’m Portuguese.
If you are
from Australia you have to travel many miles in NNW direction to find the
invokers of death, the exhumers of chaotic melodies and the precedents of a
metal cultural blend the French CADAVERIC FUMES.
12"MLP (release date: June 10th) |
In terms of
production CADAVERIC FUMES´ “Macabre Exaltation” isn´t so well produced as
“Lure of the Occult” but that doesn’t mean it´s less good because it´s supposed
to sound like if a building is being demolished. In this case the rawer the
better! Why would you expected an overproduced death metal with black elements
that presents a gore ambient? You don´t… So In my opinion the production is
good as it is and period!
“Macabre
Exaltation” starts with the title song a ritual like track that will give you a
shiver down the spine with creepy demonic voices. After the title almost 19
minutes of classic death metal follows but wrapped in a solid and very audible
background of melodic elements such as the use of the organ and many effects
(check out the song “Gravecrusher”) that compose all the details involved in
this 5-piece work.
Like
BACKYARD MORTUARY, CADAVERIC FUMES won´t get boring during the journey they
offer so you just need to sit down and just enjoy the heaviness and good
soundscapes while hordes of chaos destroy your ears during the process.
After
saying this the two bands share the same greatness each in their own way so I
really couldn´t just pick one like I said before and they aren´t properly in
the same category so it would be unwise for me to say that one is better than
the other when that´s not the case.
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