MONSTROSITY
- Passage of Existence
Metal Blade Records
It's been a long while since MONSTROSITY released a
full-length album. But it definitely was worth the wait in gold. This isn't a
"typical" death metal album.
The production quality was not the greatest, though. It sounded a bit
flat. But that doesn't take away from the magic of the album. Almost 60 minutes
of pure awesome riff-tastic songs. I don't think that there's a song on here
that I didn't like. The reason is the music is really fresh and noteworthy.
They play fast and technical, the music just grapples you. It really makes a
difference when you're hearing brand new different sounds as well as vocals.
There are blast beats on here, not so much grindcore
but just fast tempos. The leads are good as well. Nicely executed and by
design. One thing these guys don't do is compromise in songwriting style. With
this one, they've copied very little from the past and are reborn, so to speak.
It's great to hear them back in action. They really have the time off from
writing and out came this release. It's not like 'In Dark Purity' or 'Rise To
Power'. They've evolved into their own. It could be a lineup change. Whatever
it is/was they're on the return to death metal composition. I liked this album
the first time I heard it. My first impression was like: "hmm, new and
fresh."
A hint of the old MONSTROSITY lurks in there but most
of the recording is atypical for them. I think that they've really expanded on
their death metal musically and have a host of variable rhythm guitar work. The
leads are quite good, too. The vocals switch off from low growling to higher
end screams. There's so much variety on here it's amazing. It makes you want to
think if they'll keep evolving. I sure hope so because where they stand there
are no boundaries to their musical genre. They should not duplicate what's on
here, just keep on changing it up. That's fine with me because you hear
something different every listen to.
Get the album on Spotify first. Then choose whether or
not you really want to benefit the band for their creation. Buy the physical
CD!! I would say that in summation, this album is nothing but miraculous in the
death metal department. They have returned! So praise that, and support their
music. They really have a lot to offer the death metal community and now
they've done their genre a great deal of justice. No just a good release, but a
GREAT release. They've baffled me totally. I wasn't ready for something so
profound musically yet I have not checked the lyrical content of the album. Best
to stick with the music. A great return to an amazing band!
Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi
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