Australian old school Death Metallers FACELESS BURIAL are back with their second album of wretched riffing. Out via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records on August 7th.
Without need for introduction, storms of blasting drums and meaty riffs fire into a savage swing of grotesque, dripping Death Metal. With melody and totally crushing rhythms, this record hits hard from the onset. Vomitous vocals complete the thundering mix with an equally disgusting approach to them as the visceral instrumental convulsions. Chiming cymbals cut through the crawling bass kicks, chugging riffs and guttural growls with precision adding a catchiness to the headbanging-friendly artillery of offal. This is some rancid and inarguably brutal Death Metal, done the old school way and packed with intensely enjoyable grooves mixed with glorious technicality.
Pummelling onwards, the monolith of violence grows with a molten spew of devastating heaviness. The sheer might of the powerful riffing and drums is gorgeously rank while the volatile grunts fit the music perfectly, offering a dark and dissonant yet precise concoction of Death Metal excellence. The huge mix gives the feel of some classic Floridian Death Metal while the technical flourishes could easily be those of Gorguts or Nocturnus. Faceless Burial may stick to a classic sound but they certainly put their own spin on things, driving forth a pulverising and punishing malice that will certainly win the adoration of most Death Metallers.
Roaring vocals continue to carefully drape over the barbaric grooving riffs and drums in a wonderfully catchy and memorable manner. There is a rawness to this music which is certainly interesting as the mix may be murky but also offers clarity to allow the spectral nuances hurled forth to all be heard and appreciated. Gruellingly heavy, this record rampages with ferocity and aggression while retaining a calculated precision that allows each note to drop like a bomb upon the skull, crushing all in their wake with relentlessly regenerated riffs forever progressing and surging forth with smooth transitions.
Faceless Burial’s second album is crushing, ferocious and yet technically proficient. Bleeding through the savage hooks is plenty of tasteful progression and experimentation to give a unique yet unforgivingly brutal listen from start to end. The six tracks morph together into a putrid waltz of mostly mid-tempo barbarity that shall certainly get heads banging. -8.5/10
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