Stylistically bonding the progressive riffcraft of Morbid Angel and the percussive intensity of Suffocation, Monstrosity craft a monument that hybridizes the ‘foundational’ death metal that came out of their native Florida and the ‘brutal’ take on the substyle that was making itself known in New York. Whirling power chord and tremolo led riffs not unlike ‘Altars Of Madness’ come face to face with the progressive, grindcore informed drumming that was a centerpiece of ‘Effigy Of The Forgotten’, whilst George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher’s intense, hoarse vocal delivery and Mark Van Erp’s bass playing have all the passion and savagery of a more mid-paced ‘Legion’. An essential piece of work, being a summation and hybrid of the foundational styles of American death metal. Any listener worth their salt should bow in admiration to this opus.
Filed under: Death Metal Album of the Week — Tags: Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal, Florida Death Metal — Pearson @ January 11, 2010 09:27 — Comments (8)
This is album is what Malevolent Creation’s ‘The Ten Commandments’ should have sounded like, and then some.
Comment by ObscuraHessian — January 11, 2010 @ 15:43
You’re right about that “Legion” technique. Never thought of it before, and it adds to the enjoyment of this!
Comment by Devamitra — January 11, 2010 @ 20:57
Word on the street is that Lee Harrison is still pursuing a re-record of this album since he happens to own the actual music (not the release that’s currently available…well, not really).
I’ve never had much beef with the production, at least as compared to that of Suffocation’s second full-length (they’ve also talked about re-recording it), but it’d be interesting to hear and compare nonetheless.
Comment by GermCell — February 8, 2010 @ 07:02
That’s quite a frightening rumour, only because it reminds me of what Dimmu Borgir did to ‘Stormblast’, if that’s indeed what you mean by ‘re-record’. Has there ever been an album completely re-recorded for the better? With today’s sound engineering technology, wouldn’t a remaster suffice?
Comment by ObscuraHessian — February 9, 2010 @ 02:57
In Monstrosity’s case – and I’m guessing Suffo’s as well – they can’t remaster because they don’t own the tapes. Cynic ran into the same problem and ended up re-mixing, and that whole effort was pretty pointless.
A proper live recording of a botched studio album wouldn’t bother me, and I could see that happening since performing classics in their entirety has become somewhat popular these days.
But either way I don’t see what the harm could be done, especially since both groups are still very talented, motivated and, incidentally, not brimming with ideas at the moment.
If nothing else “Breeding the Spawn” deserves the most attention because a) the music is incredible, and b) it’s really fucking hard to decipher.
Comment by GermCell — February 10, 2010 @ 11:37
This album is just amazing!
Comment by Wolfhammer — May 31, 2010 @ 06:09
hey this Van erp…been talkin with lee about playin with monstrosty again…hope it works out
Comment by MARK — September 5, 2010 @ 04:21
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