{"id":104180,"date":"2024-11-08T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=104180"},"modified":"2024-11-11T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:24:11","slug":"album-review-massacre-necrolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-massacre-necrolution\/","title":{"rendered":"MASSACRE – Necrolution (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MASSACRE
Necrolution<\/strong><\/span>
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\nAgonia (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Massacre. What is there left to say? With the Florida band\u2019s origins in the dusty confines of the mid-80s and an alleged classic debut album, From Beyond<\/em>, in 1991, Massacre\u2019s reputation and quality has somewhat eluded me over the decades.<\/p>\n

Eternally led by the fierce Kam Lee, Massacre may deserve its title as a respected cult act, but the recorded output since has been mediocre at best and now with Swedish extreme metal musician Rogga Johansson on board Massacre sounds even more generic. For me, Massacre is the band that time forgot in spite of what is now five full-length albums and numerous EP releases to their name. I\u2019ve enjoyed Massacre sporadically and that\u2019s simply because much of the band\u2019s output hasn\u2019t been good enough. <\/p>\n

With Necrolution<\/em>, the listener is spoilt with 16 tracks, although some are rather misplaced interludes. Even so, Johansson does his usual by cranking out riff after riff and Lee growls like a cartoon villain. It\u2019s simple, sometimes effective but mostly straight down the line death metal that\u2019s consistently robust by supplying lashings of old school fodder. Whether it\u2019s doomy, groovy or downright ghoulish, Massacre will appeal no doubt to the die-hards and hopefully some new fans too.<\/p>\n

Kam Lee is merciless when it comes to leading the charge which sees Rotpit\u2019s Jonny Pettersson driving his axe alongside Rogga Johansson. And to an extent it could be argued that Massacre sits at the top of a league that features bands like Rotpit; an unremarkable field of seasoned musicians who seem content to steadily plod. I just don\u2019t think Massacre has ever had the ability to step up a gear, although they do come close on the Autopsy-esque \u2018Shriek Of The Castle Freak\u2019 and the Deicide-ish \u2018Death May Die\u2019 with its infectiously morbid chorus.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, it\u2019s the usual late 80s ghoul machine as the tried and tested H.P. Lovecraft worship comes to the fore on the grisly \u2018The Colour Out Of Space\u2019. \u2018Fear Of The Unknown\u2019 is suitably rapid in design, particularly the hectic percussion of John Rudin. Of all the cuts, \u2018Rituals Of The Abyss\u2019 seems less hesitant to revert to type by lumbering like classic Candlemass before some atmospheric chants, while \u2018In The Lair Of Legacy Leeches\u2019 features a gnashing rhythm in accompaniment of Lee\u2019s cookie cutter grunts. However, as much as I try to get enthused by the 47 minutes of music on offer here I\u2019m constantly reminded as to why Massacre just doesn\u2019t chill the bones or warm the cockles.<\/p>\n

While Necrolution<\/em> may be a return to form for some \u2013 although the last opus Resurgence<\/em> (2021) received some decent reviews \u2013 I\u2019ve never been sure if Massacre has ever had any form. This just cannot be a glowing review, it\u2019s not album of the year, let alone the week, it\u2019s just Massacre doing what they do best, but for me their best is never enough.<\/p>\n

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

MASSACRENecrolution Agonia (2024)Rating: 6.5\/10 Massacre. What is there left to say? With the Florida band\u2019s origins in the dusty confines of the mid-80s and an alleged classic debut album, From Beyond, in 1991, Massacre\u2019s reputation and quality has somewhat eluded me over the decades. Eternally led by the fierce Kam Lee, Massacre may deserve its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-massacre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104180","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=104180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104181,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104180\/revisions\/104181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}