{"id":105270,"date":"2025-08-01T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105270"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:38:01","slug":"album-review-corotted-realm-of-insanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-corotted-realm-of-insanity\/","title":{"rendered":"COROTTED – Realm Of Insanity (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

COROTTED
\nRealm Of Insanity<\/strong><\/span>
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\nBasement Critter Recordings (2025)<\/span>
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Realm Of Insanity<\/em> is the second full-length from Pennsylvanian thrashers Corotted. It comes after last year\u2019s debut album Kill For Die For<\/em>, which I somehow missed. However, finding this new offering has been one of the most rewarding experiences of the year, and it\u2019s not often I say that about a modern thrash release.<\/p>\n

Corotted bring riffs that I\u2019ve not heard since the 80s; this is a genuinely cool slice of throwback metal that is a joy when compared to the glut of over-produced stuff doing the rounds. Admittedly, if this had been released in the late 80s it might\u2019ve been considered generic. There\u2019s a gritty, dense UK thrash vibe going on here; think Slammer who were influenced by the US scene, in particular the San Francisco Bay Area sound.<\/p>\n

It would be argued that nothing really stands out, but Corotted boast a consistency and smoothness with their songs and that results in a rather comforting finish instead of an uninviting gloss. The vocals of bassist Alexei Armusik have that James Hetfield (Metallica) bark, the words punch through the hefty Exhorder-styled grooves, especially on the steady motions of \u2018Devastation\u2019.<\/p>\n

This really is unassuming thrash, the kind of indie release I might\u2019ve picked up with spare change in the 80s knowing full well that it would be standard yet reliable fare. Much of what is offered here is mid-paced, but even when the spice kicks in (\u2018Time Is Ticking\u2019) there\u2019s still a robust accessibility.<\/p>\n

The title track, among several others, provides chugs of comfort on similar fashion, although obviously less class than vintage Metallica. The riffs are tight yet boast a warming nature. \u2018Lethal Injection\u2019 begins with a certain level of doominess, but again there\u2019s that Metallica-style of mid-tempo coolness to liaise with.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think the Corotted lads will appreciate me saying that Realm Of Insanity<\/em> is a \u201cnice\u201d thrash record, but it\u2019s actually a compliment to the unfaltering and unhurried musicality on show. The waft of nostalgia permeates the air here and it actually benefits Corotted. This is about as solid as thrash gets \u2013 nothing more and nothing less.<\/p>\n

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

COROTTED Realm Of Insanity Basement Critter Recordings (2025) Rating: 7\/10 Realm Of Insanity is the second full-length from Pennsylvanian thrashers Corotted. It comes after last year\u2019s debut album Kill For Die For, which I somehow missed. However, finding this new offering has been one of the most rewarding experiences of the year, and it\u2019s not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5955],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-corotted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105270","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=105270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105271,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105270\/revisions\/105271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}