Sectu - Inundate
This is what happens when highly talented musicians work to make music as complicated as possible. In fact, I didn’t know that anyone in Sweden even wanted to make Death Metal this technical. Holy fuck, it’s dizzying! These guys must practice 18 hours a day. And when everything completely comes into focus, as it often does, this is untouchable. But, of course sometimes complexity for complexity’s sake results in labyrinthine riffs so intricate that they end up impenetrable or just weird (unfortunately this infects bits of the very first song on the album, where the band seems determined to prove themselves at every moment). For fuck’s sake, my fret-hand fingers are cramping up just listening to these mind-mangling melodies. And it’s not at all just the riffs. The drumming is phenomenal, and Stefan Lundgren’s vocals are impeccable in their controlled rawness. At first, I wasn’t sold on the bass-work, because it’s too hard to detect, but after a few spins and intense concentration, it can be heard, and just check out the last song, “Procession Through Flesh,” especially starting at about 1:50. For those worthless shit-stains out there who listen to music not for enjoyment, but to point out microscopic mistakes in the playing or to claim that you’re a more proficient musician, I dare you to listen to this LP. I fucking double-dare you. You won’t find any supposed flaws of that sort here. I might take issue with the mix (although the recording is otherwise excellent), or even the monstrous complexity itself, but the execution of the music is utterly perfect. Admittedly, these songs are too difficult to really be memorable (except maybe for “Dream Vessel”), but other than “Ceremonial March,” which is essentially Ambient (and a weird disconnect in more or less the middle of the album), and a few riffs so twisted that they make no sense to anyone other than the band and possibly Steve Vai, Inundate is absolutely mesmerizing while its playing. Consider Sectu’s technical ability to be a 10, no question.
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