Fossilization : "Leprous Daylight"

This death metal band from Brazil starts things off with a grinding yet groove oriented crush of brutality starting off their first full length, By start I am not talking the false start of the intro track, but the first actual song "Once Was God'. They not pass my death for extreme music with the best flying colors as that test consists of me being wow'ed by how heavy they are and then asking if they can write a song. They do a better job of proving they can write a song with "Once Was God' than they do with "Oracle of Reversion", which is a senseless blast fest of riffs steamrolling one another without any dynamics to be found.

"At the Heart of the Nest" has a little more ebb and flow tempo wise which is really the only thing that changes with these guys. The vocals stay at the same low gurgle the entire time. The guitar tones remains a constant dense buzz or more deliberate grinding. They speed things back up for the title track. To be fair Everlasting Spew does now have the best track record for signing a diverse range of different sounds or bands trying new things. With that in mind these guys at least attempt to write songs which puts them ahead of the pack. There is a more whispered growl that is the biggest shift in the vocals on the title track. Granted I just spent all of June dedicated to death metal , so I sought out a wide range of different kinds and two the best metal album so far this year are death metal, so when it comes to attempting to write songs and really nailing it like Frozen Soul or Creeping Death there is a big difference. Granted these guys are heavier than both those bands, so if you listen to music for heaviness alone then this might be more your thing. 

I am fine with heaviness, what I am not a fan of is when it causes all the songs to sound the same. "the Night Spoke the Tongue of Flames" is a blur of jagged riffs. What these guys do show themselves capable of is coming up with riffs that are at time not just heavy metal but sonically heavy, this involves letting the strings ring out a little more. However the rule here is cool riffs alone does not a good song make. With the vocals out of the picture when it comes to helping provide melody, structure or dynamics to the song this is left up to the guitars. "Eon" has a little more groove in it's angular riffing. There is more space in the guitars that allows for more throbbing melody making it one of the more thoughtful songs of the album. The last song has more of a death doom feel which works better than the unrelenting barrage of guitars and double bass they pound you with at the onset of the album. I will give this an 8, the last two songs help redeem the album and provide more sonic range, If you prefer your death metal heavy this is for you.