{"id":95506,"date":"2022-08-20T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95506"},"modified":"2022-09-21T12:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T11:24:58","slug":"ep-review-convulsis-an-evil-born-from-this-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-convulsis-an-evil-born-from-this-void\/","title":{"rendered":"CONVULSIS – An Evil Born From This Void EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CONVULSIS
An Evil Born From This Void EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As generic it may be the debut EP from Michigan moshers Convulsis still makes for an ideal party soundtrack whereby skateboarding headbangers can unite.<\/p>\n

If this had emerged back in the early 2000s when Evile, Municipal Waste and the likes were making headway it may have been on most people\u2019s radar. Sadly, a lot of this sort of stuff is being puked out nowadays, but I recommend you give this one a go if you like hearing a hyper version of, say, classic Exodus or Overkill, but fused with that crossover flavour.<\/p>\n

An Evil Born From This Void<\/em> offers four rip-roaring tracks \u2013 \u2018Servants Of The Abyss\u2019, \u2018Living Obituary\u2019, \u2018Waiting To Die\u2019 and \u2018Poisoned Womb\u2019 \u2013 which are all probably more serious than I\u2019ll give them credit for simply because it has that jokey thrash feel that\u2019s been doing the rounds for 20 years.<\/p>\n

One cannot argue however with the scathing axe work on \u2018Living Obituary\u2019 or the snappy vocal retorts on the excellent \u2018Servants Of The Abyss\u2019. It\u2019s all very fast, sporadically littered with gang chants and laced with a bass that just rattles like marbles in the skull.<\/p>\n

The slower chugs \u2013 although scarce \u2013 make for a nice respite, particularly on \u2018Living Obituary\u2019, but as I\u2019ve stated, this is very much a record that moshes hard and remains fierce even with the punkier blends of \u2018Poisoned Womb\u2019. So yeah, you know what\u2019s coming once the first track is over and the second begins.<\/p>\n

Convulsis have no passion for diversity within their sound and prefer to chug n\u2019 rant until their hearts are content. How this sort of rather one dimensional thrash transfers to a full-length we\u2019ll have to wait and see, but for now enjoy the pool party while it lasts.<\/p>\n

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

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