{"id":6859,"date":"2012-09-25T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=6859"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:35:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:35:33","slug":"album-review-pathology-the-time-of-great-purification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-pathology-the-time-of-great-purification\/","title":{"rendered":"PATHOLOGY – The Time Of Great Purification (2012) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PATHOLOGY
The Time Of Great Purification<\/strong><\/span>
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\nVictory (2012)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Formed by drummer Dave Astor (ex-Cattle Decapitation \/ ex-The Locust), Pathology has been lurking behind the corners since 2006. The Time Of Great Purification <\/em>is the San Diego, California-based band\u2019s sixth album and their third release for the one time hardcore-dominated Victory Records.<\/p>\n

This is my first exposure to the band and I\u2019m not ashamed to admit that the album\u2019s superb cover art drew me in. Stumbling on it online piqued my interest in the same way that flipping through long boxes in record store basements used to. <\/p>\n

Pathology, for the uninitiated like me, is a death metal band with a penchant for grindcore. Not as completely grindcore as Birdflesh or Vomitorial Corpulence, but laced with just enough to make you wonder what you should call it. Cattle Decapitation and early Cryptopsy certainly come to mind when listening to this album, but Pathology aren\u2019t afraid to let themselves groove if they feel like it, so there\u2019s a somewhat slower pace and a more dynamic approach overall (but particularly in the soloing). <\/p>\n

While the band hit the ground running here, it\u2019s \u2018Torment In Salvation\u2019 that first really grips you. It races at a breakneck speed until it hits the wall and then switches gears to a stumbling slab of aggression before launching in to a fairly traditional sounding metal solo.<\/p>\n

\u2018A Bleak Future\u2019 comes pretty close to having a bounce to it before just steamrolling you with guttural, indecipherable vocals from new vocalist Jonathan Huber (ex-I Declare War) and a non-stop drum pummeling. \u2018Oppression By Faith\u2019 continues the destruction in much the same way, lacking only the guitar solo from the previous song. Realistically, they are so similar it could have just been one long song.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Everlasting Plague\u2019 has a nice guitar groove that couples rather oddly with blast beat drumming. I didn\u2019t like it at first, because it almost sounds like two different songs played over the top of each other, but on repeated listens I found myself surprised to be gravitating towards it. <\/p>\n

Overall, if you enjoy death metal or grindcore and haven\u2019t discovered Pathology yet, then I\u2019d highly suggest checking out The Time Of Great Purification<\/em>. If you are a diehard though, you\u2019ve likely enjoyed these guys for a long time already. I\u2019m not exactly sure how Jonathan Huber stacks up to their former vocalist (Matti Way) but he does a great job here bringing the pain on every song. The guy\u2019s growl is so low it\u2019ll shake your speakers. <\/p>\n

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

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