This death metal band did not hook me in until the second song. I would not say this is metal core, though it is a newer school of death metal than the bulk of what I have been reviewing for this months Death is June. I like how they use disonance and keep their melodies ugly. Yes there is also some degree of black metal influence particularly when it comes to the darker side of their ugly sound , but they are not blackened death metal. Branded as just extreme metal, I find most of this he this is used they are just a death metal band, and that is the case here. They have a more organic sound than many of the more modern death metal bands doing similar.
Their lead screamer is female. Debora Conserva who prvoes she can also sing on "Whispers of Dissonance" . She does so rather sparinginly and the emphasis is placed on keeping the death metal thing going. The first hint on the kind of break down metal core thing is on " Blind Widow". This is more stompy and mid paced with a dynamic sense of eerie atmosphere at the corners of the song. There are also perhaps even darker and more melodic dynamic shifts on "Pyschopathy". It has more of a metal core flavored stomp to it. They back off some going into "Bury My Name" and still come roaring back. There is a pretty powerful chug to "Harmony of Solitude" . The vocals have a chanted quality to their growl.
"Dysmorphia" runs off cut and paste modern death metal riffs. Aside from the trade off with the low to high growls and screams nothings really makes it stand out. It is more listenable than the bullk of new metal core / death metal coming out. The last song "When Life Falls Silent" at least has more nuanced guitars going into it and Debora using a more spoken vocal to give some dynamics to when they crunch in with the heaviness. I will give this album a 9, for what it is they excel at what they do and Conserva's voice helps push it over the edge and add more dimensions. This comes out July 17th on Black Jasper Records.
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