At Surgical Cafeteria: Human Flesh Is Also Food
Writing that Spanish death metal scene
is really interesting these days seems to be a cheap slogan. There
are many bands worthy of note and Nasty Surgeons are one of them
beyond a shadow of a doubt. Directed by Raúl
Weawer, it has been created to bring more brutal and rotting sounds
after twenty years of activity in his previous melo-death Mistweaver.
This, in turn, led Burgos surgeons to exhuming the old
death-gore-grind flesh. With no tape demo or even digital single,
they signed a deal with Xtreem Music and „Exhumation Requiem” saw
the light of January day in 2017. But I didn't buy it because they
are from Spain. No, it was great Juanjo Castellano's front cover, the
first thing that got my attention in the case.
The
opening song „The Resurrectionists” is on the table and
everything is clear for me. After ominous introduction, Spaniards
strikes with sounds that defines its style without any problem. Yep,
I know, Carcass was on the beginning of the road, yet the Surgeons
are another killing offshoot. Two various kind of vocals, varied
pace, a dose of catchy melodies with leads (the latter reminds me of
Entombed's debut, superb!) and razor-sharp riffs slicing the tissues.
To simplify the thing, there are many musical and lyrics influences
from gods like Haemorrhage or Exhumed, yet the final conclusion is
they are rather a bit slower. It means the band is definitely more
death than grind, but still gore.
As
I read in some interview, the music has been created in one month.
Not sure if something like this can determine the sounds to be good,
but „Exhumation Requiem” is an example that such kind of
realization works here really fine. All is fresh, without
calculation, yet splendidly kept in the genre frames. Even if the
front-cover may mislead a bit, the lyrical content is mostly related
to surgeries. As for production, both studios Undead and Sinergia
gave it a proper vibe for the old-school, I mean, it's neither
old-fashioned, nor too modern, it sounds just great especially bass
line got the room. Then there is a space for short opening
introductions (in four tracks to be more precise) that don't disturb
at all, with the best one in „Nasty Surgeons” song: after gentle
speech which seems to be kinda surgical credo (and later all the
lyrics for the track), nice relaxing and idyllic-like melody is given
to the audience to become one of the best medical tool on the album
immediately afterwards. There is no filler track, each song has
something interesting to offer, no matter if it is really solid and
bone-crushing portions of riff cascade in „Human Flesh Is Also
Food” and „Autopsy's Protocol” or mostly slow mincing paces in
„The Creation of the Monstrosity” and „Devoured Alive”. For
sure I have to mention all guitar leads, they're very interesting,
compelling, perfectly fit to the sick structure and simply make this
album better. Just take a notice on „Burnt with Sulfuric Acid”
with two fantastic lead explosions, the first lead in mentioned
„Autopsy's Protocol” or total leading madness in the ending title
track that opened by the theme based on Chopin's Funeral March.
This
promising band offers good music level in all forty minutes. Even if
inspirations are quite obvious for them, the performance is more than
decent with every aspect of the release, not ignoring memorable song
titles and lyrics as well. But... wait, there is only one moment that
made me a bit wonder: pretty strange guitar work in „Antemortem
Dissection” lasting a dozen seconds (2:02 – 2:26) that suits
better for groove or metalcore style, I think. Anyway, while writing
these words, the new album has been ready since July, 2018, oozing
its infectious stench and invading the underground air. It seems
there's no time to rest for nasty surgeons... so, let the operation
begin!
90/100
-Tlacaxipehualiztli
(written in June, 2019)
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