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REVIEWS:
Fuck
yes! This has finally been exhumed from the putrid bowels
of Sevared Records! We all know Down From The Wound's massive
feat on "Piercing Through The Veil of Lies, which, to my
mind, left a substantial impression on the inheritance of
Philippine brutal death metal scene. This is the kind of
discharge restoring my faith in the current local scene,
now flooded with shitty elitist, new metal bands and the
likes. Anyway, all the musicianship is very firm, flowing
and played to excellence. Down From The Wound is a massive
Brutal Death Metal "Dinuguan". (pork blood stew in English,
a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat simmered in a rich,
spicy gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili and vinegar) they
would consist of more than a few key ingredients cannibalized
from different bands. Disgorge would represent their all
out velocity and sheer technicality and Devourment would
displaced their 'Slamming' approach… "Agony Through Rituals
of Self Purification" is fucking tremendous with a pure
malevolent resonance that perforate the ears in a hostile
way. Overall the material is very well written, professional
and atrocious and the vocals are tremendously guttural,
as the style requires making the things the most extreme
and inhuman as possible. For a band that has no bassist,
this is heavy as fuck! This might not be anything groundbreaking,
but it's actually not bad and if you liked the bands I have
mentioned earlier, you'll probably dig Down From The Wound
as well. The only complain I have with this is the vocal
arrangement. It's way too predictable. (Breee breeee broooo
breeeee) It tends to grow a bit monotonous after listening
through the four tracks. Maybe Tristan could have diverse
his vocals a bit more, but this doesn't mean that I dislike
it, fuck no. Tristan's vocals have evolved since the "Piercing
through the Veil of Lies" demo and I think he's one of the
sickest vocalist around. Like I mentioned earlier this isn't
exactly what you would call original. You'll hear a lot
of Devourment, and Disgorge influences infused into their
musick. They unquestionably have a knack for combining the
diverse styles though and since this is their debut album,
I'm sure the originality will come on the next releases.
If you haven't got their earlier recordings, you'll get
the whole "Piercing Through the Veil of Lies" demo as bonus
materials, so that gives you one more reason to pick this
disc up. If you're into Guttural Slamming Brutal Death Metal,
I totally recommend this shit!!
Guttural
Sickness Zine
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