Suture - Carnivorous Urge To Kill

http://www.secret-face.com/

#FOR FANS OF: Brutal Death, Suffocation

This is a brutal re-recorded album and I thought that both 'Skeletal Vortex' and this were almost equally good. Maybe a little bit better. It's not an exceptionally long album 40+ minutes long and long enough to "hit home." These guys know how to put out some sick brutal death metal. This is their latest though it's nine years old. But hopefully they'll come out with something new soon. Most of the songs on here are filled with amazing riffs. The vocals go well with the music and the songs aren't amazingly fast. But the tempos do vary and the riffs are pretty technical. I liked the whole thing even the cover of Deicide's "Lunatic of God's Creation" was well done.

The album goes in spurt where you have quick tempos then slower paced bouts a mixture of pretty much everything all into one full album. The vocals make the music even more brutal and it's justified. I guess if you're looking for brutal death metal, this one and their previous are good ones to start with. I haven't heard the original version of this just 'Skeletal Vortex' but I'm sure the earliest may be decent. This trio put together some great music. It's pretty addictive the riffs and voice are what captured me the whole time. I'm just hoping a new album is underway especially in this pandemic. It would be an appropriate time to make an album.

The production quality was good, not 100% but it's done better than 'Skeletal Vortex'. The riffs are really original and unique. They resemble a little bit of other bands like Deranged, Suffocation et al. But they still have their unique vibe to their style, it's rather brutal but noteworthy. I like this album all the way through. Nothing about it bored me and I've heard it several times. I'm still into it. That's how blown away by it I am. They stick to their roots and just it's mind-boggling. I've tried to turn other people onto their music hopefully successfully. But I'm not so much concerned about them liking it, I'm concerned if I like it.

I bought the darn CD because I had faith that it was a step-up from the first recording that only got a 71% on Metal Archives. And I was right in taking that risk. They sure as hell ousted their 'Skeletal Vortex' release both musically and it was a better produced album as I've said. I'm a bit reluctant to know what the first recording sounded like. I'm sure this one gives it justice. They sure had some great music on here and I was a bit confused at first this being listed twice be it that it was a rerecorded album. I'm (again) glad that they redid this because the sound quality just rips and the music is awesome! Check it out! (Death8699)

(Comatose Music - 2013)
Score: 75

https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/carnivorous-urge-to-kill

Pathology - S/t

#FOR FANS OF: Brutal Death

With a rhythm like a spray of bullets and thunder of artillery erupting up and down a battle line, Pathology runs amok leaving a wake of carnage that disassembles anything in its path. This band conjures images of rolling fortresses misshapen by arrays of weaponry in a seemingly random assortment of calibers and missile pods made for massacre rather than as an figure to appreciate. Made all the more imposing by their terrifying silhouettes stretching across blood-soaked battlegrounds, a regiment of these harbingers prognosticates the twilight of civilization. Unlike many inappreciable weapons systems of yore, shredded in scrap yards and burned on roadsides, there is a meticulous method to Pathology's misshapen steeds as they make their mad rush to scorch the earth through an album that transitions from a bewildering first blast to an exhaustive meditation on technique.

Eleven years old and on its ninth full-length album, this California outfit is an experienced mainstay of the brutal death metal realm and continues to plunge itself into the undulating pits of flesh that dot this world of sickness and gore. Immediately to the point, each song involves the slamming percussive patterns symbolic of the sub-genre as the ensemble forms an ever-morphing ball of aggression where strings attempt to breach the viscous surface, beating themselves to exhaustion and squeezed back into their confines by the fleshy crush. In “Litany” a thrashing surge enhances the guitars' muddy bounce. Behind it is an enticing lick here and there that takes center stage with higher pitch that wraps the guitars in harmony far above the abyssal bedlam. These aberrations stand far out against a series of slams and stomps that shows a serious focus on technique and packs each song to the brim with undulating variations on its restless rhythms. After an abrupt solo and a massive breakdown, the end of “Servitors” features a bit of Suffocation flair through a momentary guitar trill, just barely noticeable in the background of the romp and stomp, while “Shudder” showcases the intricacies of this down-tuned guitar dance alongside a magnetic vocal delivery that creates a disturbing accompaniment to an already obtuse album.

Pathology makes some very serious, very focused, ultra-brutal death metal in the veins of Texas' Devourment, Russia's Katalepsy, and Scotland's Cerebral Bore. Disgusting and indecipherable gutturals maintain the forefront, guitars fling themselves into pits of filth and arise with momentary screams while barely getting a chance to elaborate in merely two solos in this album, one in “Servitors” and another in “Vermillion”. Drumming consistently drives each song towards a fresh examination of the overall structure with astute variations, gravity blasts, and brutal bass kicking galore. Pathology is down and dirty while still remaining professional. This ninth studio album is a series of brutal death metal mainstays done very well with enough personal touch to keep the music fresh and versatile as it plunges deeper into realms of revulsion. (Five_Nails)

(Comatose Music - 2017)
Score: 70

https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/pathology