Sisters Of Suffocation – Anthology Of Curiosities
Most countries around the world have their own unique identity for their brand or style of death metal and Holland is no different and has given us some absolute monster outfits such as Sinister, God Dethroned, Asphyx, Izegrim, Hail Of Bullets, need I go! Adding to that list is Sisters Of Suffocation whose debut EP "Brutal Queen" out in 2016 made an immediate impact on the scene with its no nonsense straight up death metal decimation. The band’s debut full length was out in September 2017 but has only just found its way onto the BRUTALISM decks for review, and I wish I had heard it last year as it would have featured high up my list of best death metal albums of 2017.
The opening song 'Shapeshifter' has an off kilter riff style that permeates throughout the album I can only link it with a more distorted VoiVodesque tone and a sharpness that I like tremendously. The vocal abilities are exceptional on the songs, veering from thoroughly punishing guttural tones to harsher snarled outbursts that add character to the album. Adding to that is the opener which has a soft but sinisterly enunciated spoken word section right before a crashing avalanche of double bass. I really like the sound on this release it has good poise between the clinically sharp guitar sound and the cavalcade of the rhythm section. There is a quirkiness too which will have you furrowing your brow occasionally like the start to 'I Am Danger' which has a mellow guitar hook and light bass playing. Added to that are clean vocals that have a ghostly aura before switching to the growl and a sonic blast beat explosion. The connection between full force death metal and snippets of something a little more peculiar is what stands this album above many others, especially with the hugely varying vocal styles which are immense and very charismatic.
'The Hunger' is rife with lead work that has been placed with precision and executed with considerable dexterity and counterbalancing against the blast phases to create impetus and power that contrasts with the serene start to 'I Swear'. The initial opening sequence is doom death laden, purposefully slow with a bitumen flow that yields for a flood of double kick and bass rumbling that props up the entire track excellently. The massive disparities in tempo on the album make every song unique whether the outright ferocity of 'Our Bodies Will Rot' to the more brooding yet equally intense 'Dysplasia'. The quirkiness of the riffing is paramount to the bands song writing style, preferring to mingle with other styles where necessary yet retaining death metal’s fundamentals that leaves the album to finish with 'Psychosurgery'. The tune starts weirdly with a strange vocal piece creating a blackened foray as the different vocals are blended together to produce a schizoid semblance before shifting into true death metal, but maintaining a slow deliberate treacly pace with sporadic blast incursions.
Like a lot of other Dutch death metal acts Sisters Of Suffocation bring their own brand of the genre to the table and shows the band is not afraid or lacking ambition to push the boundaries and if you’ve not heard this band then you definitely should.
The opening song 'Shapeshifter' has an off kilter riff style that permeates throughout the album I can only link it with a more distorted VoiVodesque tone and a sharpness that I like tremendously. The vocal abilities are exceptional on the songs, veering from thoroughly punishing guttural tones to harsher snarled outbursts that add character to the album. Adding to that is the opener which has a soft but sinisterly enunciated spoken word section right before a crashing avalanche of double bass. I really like the sound on this release it has good poise between the clinically sharp guitar sound and the cavalcade of the rhythm section. There is a quirkiness too which will have you furrowing your brow occasionally like the start to 'I Am Danger' which has a mellow guitar hook and light bass playing. Added to that are clean vocals that have a ghostly aura before switching to the growl and a sonic blast beat explosion. The connection between full force death metal and snippets of something a little more peculiar is what stands this album above many others, especially with the hugely varying vocal styles which are immense and very charismatic.
'The Hunger' is rife with lead work that has been placed with precision and executed with considerable dexterity and counterbalancing against the blast phases to create impetus and power that contrasts with the serene start to 'I Swear'. The initial opening sequence is doom death laden, purposefully slow with a bitumen flow that yields for a flood of double kick and bass rumbling that props up the entire track excellently. The massive disparities in tempo on the album make every song unique whether the outright ferocity of 'Our Bodies Will Rot' to the more brooding yet equally intense 'Dysplasia'. The quirkiness of the riffing is paramount to the bands song writing style, preferring to mingle with other styles where necessary yet retaining death metal’s fundamentals that leaves the album to finish with 'Psychosurgery'. The tune starts weirdly with a strange vocal piece creating a blackened foray as the different vocals are blended together to produce a schizoid semblance before shifting into true death metal, but maintaining a slow deliberate treacly pace with sporadic blast incursions.
Like a lot of other Dutch death metal acts Sisters Of Suffocation bring their own brand of the genre to the table and shows the band is not afraid or lacking ambition to push the boundaries and if you’ve not heard this band then you definitely should.
- Shapeshifter
- I Am Danger
- The Hunger
- This Is Not My Home
- I Swear
- Limb From Limb
- Our Bodies Will Rot
- Dysplasia
- Psychosurgery
Label: http://www.suburban.nl
Reviewer: twansibon
Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018
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Depravity – Evil Upheaval
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