NECROT
NECROT “Lifeless Birth”
By Dr. Abner Mality
From the first seconds of “Cut The Cord”, you know you’re in for an excursion into death metal classicism. NECROT is like Pepperidge Farms...they remember. They remember when the genre was built on catchy hooks and morbid tones. On their third full-length, they dish up heaping portions of both.
These guys ought to be commended for even staying together, much less putting out an album. They’ve weathered enough health calamities for 10 bands, including broken backs, mangled hands and Bell’s Palsy. None of that is detectable here. They’ve kept things simple on the surface, yet careful listening reveals they’ve added some new tricks, like the melodic guitar runs on “Dead Memories” or the epic stylings of “The Curse”, which resemble DEATH’s rudimentary steps towards progression on “Spiritual Healing”. It’s obvious that “Lifeless Birth” is not just a retread of previous album “Mortal”.
Despite the more advanced guitar work, when you hear the slamming riffs that kick off “Superior” and “Drill the Skull”, you’ll get the warm fuzzies and recall the good old days of death metal in its nascent stage. The latter track in particular is just pure morbid power.
I always thought NECROT was one of the first and best bands from this new wave of death metal and with “Lifeless Birth”, they are back to show they belong. A work of hook-filled grue…