{"id":93359,"date":"2022-04-25T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93359"},"modified":"2022-05-04T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:02:12","slug":"album-review-suppression-the-sorrow-of-soul-through-flesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-suppression-the-sorrow-of-soul-through-flesh\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPPRESSION – The Sorrow Of Soul Through Flesh (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUPPRESSION
The Sorrow Of Soul Through Flesh<\/strong><\/span>
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\nUnspeakable Axe (2022)<\/span>
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You just cannot argue with South American death metal. Chilean outfit Suppression channels the likes of Obituary, Possessed and Death for a devastating debut full-length platter, featuring ten prime cuts served up with a rawness and chaos to match anything that has emerged within the scene for the last 20 years.<\/p>\n

As with a majority of South American bands of this ilk, there\u2019s that organic authenticity, a striking, devilish sincerity suggesting something in the water enables such bands to replicate evil storms of madness.<\/p>\n

The dehydrated vocal marbles of Alejandro Cruz do it for me; reaching, wretched gasps cast upon waves of thrashing chaos harkening back to the cryptic aggression of Master and Possessed.<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Lifelessness\u2019 introduces us to the manic bass of Pablo Cortes who steals the show here amidst a whirlwind of dusty percussion , vintage axe slaying and, again, those dry vocal vomits.<\/p>\n

Flashes of old Morgoth toy with those trademark Obituary snarls, which are evident in the twisted battery of \u2018Overfeeding Gaps\u2019 where the bass lines contort and flex. Meanwhile, \u2018Monochromatic Chambers\u2019, \u2018Misunderstanding Reality\u2019 and \u2018Self-Eaten Alive\u2019 judder with roguish intensity as the guitars thrash, which are nifty in nature, ploughing a furrow of ghastly horror yet not overweight or gloomy.<\/p>\n

Suppression sounds like an artefact carved from the earth; ancient, primitive and primeval. \u2018Unperpetual Misery\u2019 features death \/ thrash waves mixed with chuggier segments, while instrumental \u2018Unwinding Harmonies\u2019 trundles with jarring aggression, and \u2018Extortion Behaviors\u2019 rips with its frenzied mashing of guitar and drum.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a hostile yet foreboding record, an outing that pays homage to first and second wave death metal with occasional nods to later vibes of bands such as Diabolic, and all the while maintaining that fusty odour that only South American acts possess. Stripped down, stark death metal is the order of the day here \u2013 nothing more, nothing less \u2013 and that\u2019s why The Sorrow Of Soul Through Flesh<\/em> is such a rough diamond to marvel at.<\/p>\n

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

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