Insision – Terminal Reckoning (2015)

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Insision take on the dying underground by combining brutal death metal, early technical death metal and adding in mild touches of modern death metal, creating a sound that hammers its listeners with intensity but works melodic leads and song construction into the mix for variety and depth. The result is a cornucopia of charging riffs and melodic turnarounds, in a style similar to later Gorguts mixed with Deeds of Flesh.

The band makes skillful use of dynamics to intensify songs and carefully presents each as a standalone concept. Guttural vocals ride the rhythm riff but break away to freestyle over the more open patterns. This allows Insision to work atmosphere into the blasting and otherwise violent guitar work. Fans of classic German speed metal like Destruction and Kreator will notice similarities as the album goes on; like the best from those bands, Terminal Reckoning uses single chord riffs with chromatic fills for pure rhythm effect.

If this album could improve, it would be in more internal diversity of riff and pace. Its use of melody thrusts aside the modern metal conventions and instead serves to develop songs, which avoids the becalming effect of too much similarity, and the interplay of vocals and guitar follows the mid-80s style instead of trying to constantly contrast the riffs. That and its inherent aggressive attack allows this album to escape the modern metal doldrums and bring back much of what fans adored in old school, technical and brutal death metal.

Thanks to Cátia Cunha from Against PR, Sevared Records and Insision, we can present to you the following streaming track from Terminal Reckoning

You can find out more about Insision at Facebook, YouTube or via Sevared Records.

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6 thoughts on “Insision – Terminal Reckoning (2015)”

  1. Demonseed says:

    Awesome mix. Sounds super 90s like Sinister.

  2. Ara says:

    Good stuff- I’d liken them to a much smarter Aeon/Cannibal Corpse hybrid, but the sample track has me interested in the record. It almost derailed for me since I was so invested in the initial theme only to hear it stop for several beats before the contrasting verse riff, but they reeled it in enough to keep me interested as the song progressed.

  3. Samlerie says:

    Any insight on when this album will be released? All I see is that they are searching for a label…

  4. Daniel Maarat says:

    This track sucks. This is just a pussyfooted version of Decapitated – Winds of Creation trying to go Blessed are the Sick on us. Where’s the aggression? If Sodom and Suffocation were maniacs; this is fat 45 year old woman sitting on the couch watching Katie Couric.

  5. Insision says:

    Hi All

    Terminal Reckoning will be released through Sevared Reckords U.S
    Pre-Order below:

    http://store.sevared.com/products/insision-terminal-reckoning-cd-on-sevared-records-pre-order

    Support the Death Metal movement!

    Horns Up!
    INSISION

  6. INSISION says:

    Termianl Reckoning is out now on Sevared Records

    http://store.sevared.com/products/insision-terminal-reckoning-cd-on-sevared-rec-out-now

    Support the Death Metal movement
    Underground Death Metal will never die

    INSISION

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