Belgian Death Metallers BONES are back with two new tracks of crushing extremity. Set for release via Blood Harvest Records on April 24th.
Crisp guitars and drums crash into a pummelling crawl of Death Metal reminiscent of the genres inception, harkening back to to Autopsy, Possessed, Obituary and Death. The ferocious chugging and tremolo picking is met with snarled vocals, blastbeats and hammered fills that generates a tempest of ravenously aggressive, unhinged and chaotic Death Metal. Though this release is only twelve minutes in length, endless visceral ideas are packed in for a high-octane but coherently brilliant listen. Caustic and relentless, this material is certainly gripping from very early on, in the most frightfully intense manner.
Rivetingly exciting and magnificently tortured, this is not only brutal but disturbed, twisted Death Metal with a more abrasive sound and take on that of their influencers decades ago. There is no peace here, only barbaric yet well-played devastation on both pieces of grisly music. Blistering guitar solos contrast the primitive assaults in the rhythm section with soaring passages of shred-craft. There is a technical edge to this music however it retains that savage feel, partly due to the aggression in the playing style and partly due to the raspy production, making sure the EP never feels pretty or overly polished.
Doomy sections add further variety to the short tome of morbid delights with a rebuilt energy and macabre soundscape that truly distinguishes this as a unique band. Though, as I mentioned, there is something very reminiscent of early Death Metal here, that does not go to say it is not a memorable release, to the contrary in fact, this is an excellently refreshing take on this sound. Gnarly, grisly and gruesome, all the things one wants from some old school Death Metal are certainly true of this EP.
A vanquishing double-dose of marvellously heavy, fantastically raw and wonderfully played Death Metal that will shake any tomb open with these two monstrosities one could call songs, truly something that feels both ahead of its time and familiar from an older scene. All Death Metal lovers who think they have the guts to handle this will either fall in love, or be destroyed! -8/10
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