Adding their new bassist was the creative invigoration the band needed. The launch into a fairly straight-ahead version of death metal, but with more groove this time. The lower guttural vocals are pretty stereotypical death metal. But fall in the right places, to compensate for the lack of melody. Extreme vocals always feel like they are more of a percussive element. They are both brutal and technical enough, but still care about having their songs take you on a journey. At times it reminds me of post-Vincent Morbid Angel. The riffs feel like they are hammered out by a machine. The DNA of classic 90s death metal is what inspired these guys as more Deicide-like anger empowers "Cybernetic Harvest". The vocals are not growled with the same purpose here.
'To Conqueor the Devout" finds them pouring on the speed, and losing some of the finer points of songwriting they were perfecting in the first two songs, in favor of a rapid-fire pounding. A swift flow of double bass keeps "Forever in Sufference' moving. Not the Album's most original moment, but it works well enough. It does work better for me than just thrashing ahead at warp speed like they do on "Verminous Embodiment". It blasts past you and employs most of the death metal tricks you have heard before.
"Void of Despair" finds them still locked in the rapid-fire attack that is creating a uniformity to this album. There are few melodic touches, but most of those are save for the guitar solos. "Unmerciful" has more form and function thanks to taunt and efficient guitar playing that makes the main riff something you can sink your teeth into. The last song "Evocation" is meant to showcase their playing. I mean to play death metal there is an expected level of prowess, it's as good as an instrumental from these guys should be.. I will give this album an 8, as it's not as dynamic as it should have been.
7
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