{"id":19293,"date":"2014-06-09T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=19293"},"modified":"2014-06-23T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T22:00:07","slug":"album-review-question-doomed-passages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-question-doomed-passages\/","title":{"rendered":"QUESTION – Doomed Passages (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUESTION
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\nChaos (2014)<\/span>
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Hidden under the shade of a rather bland moniker come Mexican death metallers Question. Having formed back in 2010, this quartet has only produced a couple of demos previous to this debut nine-track outing. If this rather raw offering is anything to go, however, then this bunch of extreme metalheads are a posse worth keeping an eye on. <\/p>\n

This is excellent, earthy death metal featuring the guttural vocals of Marco Zavala, whose chesty style of growling and gurgling is well suited to a backbone of noise constructed by drummer Iv\u00e1n S\u00e1nchez, guitarist Rodrigo G\u00f3nzalez and bassist H\u00e9ctor S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n

These guys are certainly not attempting to reinvent the death metal racket initially created in such fashion by a bundle of bands back in the 80s and 90s, but this intriguing opus does well to not only reflect that great era, but also pulls enough punches to succeed on its own two feet. <\/p>\n

Upon first listen, it\u2019s clear that Question are more than capable of creating heavy death metal that is comfortable as a faster beast as well as a slower, more menacing leviathan \u2013 coupled with the hints of intricacy, Doomed Passages<\/em> is quite a refreshing platter. It boasts a good number of high quality tracks which all sport that grating guitar chug, but there is such an air of the macabre about the percussion and darkly clad bass that this album really does shake the gravestones with its threatening behaviour. <\/p>\n

The leads are daubed in melancholy, and the whole thing really comes together with the opening cut \u2018Mournful Stench\u2019. A juicy chunk of old school death metal, the track features some fantastic vocal grunts and a dismal melody hinting at all manner of bands, ranging from Carcass to Autopsy and from Morbid Angel to Atheist \u2013 especially with some of the more complicated passages.<\/p>\n

Fans of any old school death metal band will enjoy this slab, which relies heavily on those low-tempo rumbles that have a lure of the sinister about them, enabling the riffs to nod alongside the precise percussion \u2013 the end result being some wickedly catchy passages and some truly grisly, gothic moments.<\/p>\n

With \u2018Nefarious Conclusion\u2019, we have an unexpected funky bass intro matched by the jazz-fuelled drum twists; it\u2019s the sort of unpredictable flavour which the likes of Death, Cynic, Atheist, Pestilence et al meddled with in the early 90s, such is the vigour and variation. Zavala remains a powerhouse throughout, lacing the entire record with his disagreeing bellows. <\/p>\n

With \u2018Through The Vacuous River\u2019, Question provide an enigmatic instrumental \u2013 one which boasts a great deal of intelligence and yawning doom \u2013 while \u2018Universal Path Of Disgrace\u2019 ups the pace with a shuffling drum sound and deep, riveting orgy of grinding guitar and solid bass. <\/p>\n

In a sense, the dryness of this opus reminds me of the Finnish approach to death metal. There\u2019s certainly an influence of Convulse throughout, although it\u2019s fair to say that just like equally impressive death metallers Derogatory, Question have fused various influences to somehow create their own jarring assault on the nerves.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s twisted, unpredictable and clever death metal you are after, then look no further than this beast which is more than happy to explore the deep, dark realms of the philosophical just like it\u2019s 1992 all over again!<\/p>\n

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

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