{"id":66843,"date":"2018-02-23T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=66843"},"modified":"2018-03-02T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T14:05:42","slug":"album-review-necrophobic-mark-of-the-necrogram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-necrophobic-mark-of-the-necrogram\/","title":{"rendered":"NECROPHOBIC – Mark Of The Necrogram (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NECROPHOBIC
Mark Of The Necrogram<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCentury Media (2018)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t think you\u2019ll find a bigger Necrophobic fan than yours truly, and Mark Of The Necrogram<\/em>, their eighth studio album, is a neck snapper of a record.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something to be said for what I like to refer to as \u201cprimal\u201d death metal. That is, bands in the Hellhammer vein that are sonically raw, freestyle, simplistic to the core and yet heavier than can be imagined. On the other end of that spectrum is death metal that\u2019s complex, layered, textured, so finely tuned and thought out that it steamrolls anything you might currently be listening to. That\u2019s Mark Of The Necrogram by Necrophobic. In fact, that\u2019s describing Necrophobic to a tee.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not be mistaken here. This record is a righteous mixture of blackened death metal that interplays symphonic, even doomier elements as well. Mark Of The Necrogram<\/em> is an orchestra of hellish, inspired insanity that draws you in and snaps your neck with a crushing intensity I haven\u2019t heard Necrophobic unleash in a long time.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, this is s statement record. It\u2019s Necrophobic putting everyone on notice they are one of the true godfathers of Swedish death metal, and almost 30 years later they can still kick your ass. That and the fact that Necrophobic has brought former vocalist Anders Strokirk back into the fold after firing Tobias Sideg\u00e5rd, which seems to have reignited a band chemistry that I think may have been lacking or declining with more recent releases. What I hear on Mark Of TheNecrogram<\/em> is a band on fire; a band that\u2019s playing with a vengeance, a fury. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to pick out individual songs when this record as a whole stands strong on its own, and that\u2019s what you connect with. The fact that the songs serve a higher master, the record itself, giving it this sense of continuity and flow from beginning to end. Every track is a natural fit, every song is a journey into heaviness and shows how amazing and transformative this genre can be.<\/p>\n

Mark Of TheNecrogram<\/em> is a true exploration into blackened death metal that really makes you appreciate the evolution Necrophobic has gone through, from their early days of straight ahead death metal to the masterpiece that is this, their most current record.<\/p>\n

Bands like Necrophobic always take a chance when they go out on a limb and make a truly original record that doesn\u2019t sound like anything else. That takes guts, and I applaud them for it. I just wish more bands were willing to move away from the cookie cutter, formulaic death metal that seems safe to make today, and create an album on par with Mark Of TheNecrogram<\/em>. So, cheers to Necrophobic for breaking the mould and making a great record.<\/p>\n

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

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