The Disgorging Formula: Gore Blesses Us All
As compared
to the first two albums, „Gore Blessed to the Worms” is about severe cold,
rheumatoid arthritis and glaucoma. As compared to the “Necrholocaust” revelation
which is one of my best death / grind albums, it’s like a necrstorm. So, what
do I really mean? I mean the fourth offering of Mexicans isn’t so sick,
repugnant and senses slaying like mentioned Big Trinity. Thus, can I say
they’re not in fine fettle? And, does it mean Disgorge recorded a weak album and
I’m going to write about average, ordinary portion of boring death metal?
No.
But from
the beginning: as for production side, the discussed album lies between vile
brothers and “Necrholocaust”. Again with Carlos Padilla behind the engineering
table, they did the rotten sounding alive, however this time they made great
play with bass parts. On the other hand, vocal lines should be a bit louder, in
turn cymbals are often too loud and sometimes drums are missing in the storm of
sounds. Yes, vocals have been called. As the founding member Antimo left the
band in 2004, Egdar took care of it and did it without any bungle. Differences?
Practically imperceptible. Edgar met vocalist’s obligations just splendidly
with the best example in “Chronic Corpora Infest”. As regards the music itself,
for sure it is quite different than predecessor and only two songs “ Beneath
the Lugubre.....“ and “Deepest Blood Devour” have been served in extremely fast
way. And comparing the whole effort to it, the band slowed down in many
fragments, not only playing such great tunes known from “Raise the Pestilence”,
not only serving some breathers for Willy, the Skullcrusher, but bringing
something new and untypical for them in “Next Mortuary Division” which I liked
a lot, or something I did not: slowdowns supported by keyboards in “Cadaveres”.
I push the
button play and after one minute a nice guy tells me: THIS IS NO LIFE. Then I
drown in… absolutely beautiful sounds deriving from old Swedish school. Believe
me, it could easily be a part of “Indecent and Obscene” and next “I Watch
Myself Rot” is maintained in such a manner. But do not get me wrong, these Querétaro
boys don’t try to be another Swedish star. Their musical face has been sewn by
Carcass masters years ago, but Disgorge, combining mentioned influences wisely,
with their touch of morbid pathological genius carries all the tunes to another
better level. This time, with all Disgorging elements in the air, some
technical and broken rhythms are present as well, in fantastic “Pest.Blood.Metal”,
“Chronic Corpora Infest” or ending “Necro.March” with many tempo changes. Yes,
putridity freshens up. The band rather courageously opens ‘the progress’ small door,
and that’s good in such hermetic genre. Not another introductions, not another
samples, not false extending of running time. Only music counts.
The album
seems to be the most ‘easy to listen’, friendly (however it’s impossible to be
swallowed without a choke by vast majority of metal freaks) and elegant in form
in the Disgorging family, but it doesn’t mean the band starts to leave its sick
musical territory, the suffering lady on the front cover will confirm my words,
I guess. The musicians still have no mercy and deliver rotting murderous blows
all the time, no matter if I admire riffs, bass passages, frantic drums or sounds
produced (all right, disgorged!) by Edgar’s larynx. This album has new colors
but it’s not a bastard in home. Or in mortuary, if you like. But one thing really
eats away at me, namely “Gore Blessed to the Worms” is the last one so far,
recorded in exact three-years interval, so… where are the albums from 2009,
2012 and 2015? Short “Morgue Metal” from 2011 isn’t any kind of answer, right? You
said almost nothing to me through all these years. Did you lock your rehearsal
up? Did you stop disgorging process? I hope not…
-Tlacaxipehualiztli
(totally excreted and pyosissified in Necro.March, 2017)
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