{"id":95264,"date":"2022-08-02T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95264"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T12:10:18","slug":"demo-review-hamarr-sapience-in-anguish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/demo-review-hamarr-sapience-in-anguish\/","title":{"rendered":"HAMARR – Sapience In Anguish Demo (2022) | Demo Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celestial chugging is very much on the agenda for this new American death metal act from Indiana that gives off a strong Swedish vibe in some of its tone. Sapience In Anguish<\/em> is the debut offering from this three-piece, consisting of five tracks with a total duration of just under 12 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u2018Desertion\u2019 sounds like it opens with a quote from serial killer Richard Ramirez (aka Night Stalker), although I could be wrong. The track is a mid-tempo, doomy trudge that gets the head nodding and the severed foot tapping. There\u2019s nothing flashy about such ominous designs, the band just steadily playing out their death metal fantasies in equal measures of the infectious and the infected.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ingested\u2019 provides another juggernaut of juicy, chainsaw riffage and nodding percussion, and the vocal barks are effective in their chesty stance as the riff twists behind, while \u2018\u0158\u00f8t\u2019 is the fastest track on offer initially but steps back towards an angry, yet consistent pulsating rhythm before resorting back to pace. \u2018Sinne\u2019 has a wonderfully gnashing, slashing riff and \u2018Split\u2019 has a more death n\u2019 roll dynamic to its structure.<\/p>\n

The fact that this demo is so short means you never grow tired of any formulaic construction. There\u2019s plenty of rhythmic ravagery and an almost punky fluency to tracks such as \u2018Split\u2019 alongside sludgier, yet more contemporary grooves.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not necessarily my idea of quality death metal, especially with how the scene has become so morbidly appealing, but Sapience In Anguish<\/em> will appeal to those who like muscular, precise yet catchy grooves.<\/p>\n

For those interested, the Sapience In Anguish<\/em> demo is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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