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DEPRAVITY "Bestial Possession"
DEPRAVITY "Bestial Possession"
By Dr. Abner Mality
Ah me! What a dilemma! Australia's DEPRAVITY, a band whose work I've enjoyed in the past, is back with another slab of pure American style death metal. Have they stumbled with "Bestial Possession"?
No, indeed, the record is high quality all the way through, with a splendid production (a Transcending Obscurity trademark) and a merciless precision delivery of blisteringly fast death metal. What, then, is the issue? Well, it's a common one these days...there's nothing new here and DEPRAVITY have not really changed in the slightest since their last album. It leaves me in a quandary because currently I'm really looking for bands that stir the pot a bit and move outside of formula. Which doesn't happen here.
However, if you like scorched Earth death metal in the vein of NILE and HATE ETERNAL, you can't help but love tracks like "Eunuch Maker", "Legacy" and the blistering "Blinding Oblivion". The guitar work is stellar, the drums punishing, the vocals gut-wrenching. But right down to the last atom, this is ultraconservative in its attack in a genre drowning in ultraconservatism.
I do enjoy "Bestial Possession" and in fact recommend it...but not if you're looking for something outside the established formula.
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