{"id":102078,"date":"2023-12-08T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102078"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:14:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:14:05","slug":"album-review-inculter-morbid-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-inculter-morbid-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"INCULTER – Morbid Origin (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

INCULTER
Morbid Origin<\/strong><\/span>
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\nEdged Circle Productions (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s nice to hear a thrash metal outing not riddled with yappy, generic screamo vocals. Instead, Fusa, Norway-based Inculter opts for a more straightforward savagery in the vocal blurts which give this record a confrontational old school feeling circa mid-to-late 80s, but, as evidenced on previous offerings, a blackened edge.<\/p>\n

In spite of its rawness though, this release is far from being a mere throwback even with its varying influences. However, due to the violent streaks, which range from Slayer<\/a> to Sepultura, Inculter boasts that organic Norwegian sincerity; a secret recipe of bleak belligerence which adds extra snarl to proceedings. One moment you get hit with a Slayer-esque hammer, the next something nasty and South American, and then a Teutonic piledriver.<\/p>\n

This is an engrossing experience that sizzles with sinister aplomb, but then again you\u2019d expect such drive and conviction from a band that has been around for over a decade. A number of Norwegian bands ranging from Aura Noir to Impugner boast that same primitive vibe, even though they play different styles, and that same underground aura is prevalent here with a track like \u2018Chained To The Void\u2019 with its Bay Area riffage circa old Metallica, but there is melody too with the meaty \u2018Age Of Reprisal\u2019.<\/p>\n

Inculter, considering the various line-up changes over the years, remain one of the most impressive yet underground acts on the circuit, supplying a driving starkness that even has the ability to nod towards a New Wave Of British Heavy Metal grease (\u2018Extinction\u2019). However, it\u2019s the epic title track which enables the band to set itself apart. \u2018Morbid Origin\u2019 as a song is a riff monster, but then we have \u2018Perennial Slaves\u2019, a morose ballad which emerges before the twisted thrash of closer \u2018Lethal Salvation\u2019.<\/p>\n

Album number three from the band showcases the progression alongside the feral velocity we expected. With each release Inculter brings a darker vision, even with the more evident chunks of greater melody this time round.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

INCULTERMorbid Origin Edged Circle Productions (2023)Rating: 8.5\/10 It\u2019s nice to hear a thrash metal outing not riddled with yappy, generic screamo vocals. Instead, Fusa, Norway-based Inculter opts for a more straightforward savagery in the vocal blurts which give this record a confrontational old school feeling circa mid-to-late 80s, but, as evidenced on previous offerings, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1892],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-inculter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102079,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102078\/revisions\/102079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}