Resurrecting Judas - Vast Realms of Chaos Incarnate
A very promising debut EP from this California quartet. Imagine a crossbreed of Suffocation and Necrophagist and you’ll get a solid idea of what these miscreant lads set out to accomplish with this sensory mindfuck. Jabbing, brutal riffs permeate the frantic blasting and amphetamine-aided vocal patterns courtesy of the brothers Pisarczyk (Jason on sticks, Jesse on esophagus). But Vast Realms… isn’t all high-speed ear canal rape amidst a backdrop of nonstop machine gun fire. They know exactly when to inject a pit riff, or something dazzlingly technical, which coupled with the EP’s very short running time (a second shy of 17 minutes) saves the record from brutality banality. I would call it standard Sevared fare, but I think it’s actually a league or two above that. Musical talent and use of dynamics notwithstanding, this has a decent sounding production (could be a little beefier) and the cover art looks more Seagraven than autistic 6th grader. Obviously they aren’t reinventing Death Metal here. This isn’t anything a seasoned Death vet hasn’t heard before, but it is done extremely well and in a year lacking in quality Metal of Death output, you should lap this up like a dehydrated Boxer. Unfortunately no real standout tracks to single out and comment on, but the intelligent barbarian vibe of the EP, in addition to the aforementioned short length, makes this feel like one kick ass standout cut all its own.
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