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"Evilusion" Undercroft |
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This Chilean trio shakes the ground with such force it's no wonder they were forced to flee their homeland… actually that's not true but believable enough after hearing this. So they end up in Sweden where the production of "Evilusion" was undertaken and I'm sure many of the underpaid personnel with it… The result is a tension filled
release that leaves burn marks on your disc player and scars on your own
throat when They're a Death Metal band without
a trace of melody, plenty o' meanness and a lyrically terse delivery that
follows their conceived "Evil" course but gets a bit cartoonish
after the fourth or fifth look… yet most listeners need not They got the art of shred down to a science with the intensity and the underground all working in their favor-a layman's Napalm, or baby Bolt Thrower but not much else to look forward to unless you happen to embrace trench-like warfare from one note to the next… Four songs in, "Celebration Of Sin" really makes the first impact, if judging outside of pure volume. "Psychopath"
has some semblance of groove; the senses dulling speed-picking of "Sub
Race" is a keeper; The dark complacency of "Bridges To
Melissa" sees somberness invade anger for a few welcome moments
of relief, and then onto where you'll share pain with Pazuzu and await
Sumerian magic in the "Temples Of Carrion," not a particularly Dissonance, destruction and death, all key role players in the overall creation of "Evilusion" which has its moments but could stand a furthering of individual song principles and improved construction-see "Bridges To Melissa,"-if they're planning to have a go with the Gods below. Released by Crash Music Review by Vinnie Apicella [va85@columbia.edu] P.O. Box 20252
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