An Ominous Meeting
And we have yet another death metal act hailing from
the land of Mexico that contains the person of Miguel Angel. His curriculum
vitae starts to look pretty impressive, but most of the crews he is involved
in, are rooted in deathly dimension: Remains, Fractal Entropy, Darkcreed, Dew
of Nothing now to name just a few. It seems he hates a monotony in life and it’s
fucking good as Ravenous Death is straight journey to the tunes once intended
but served here in a really interested and devastating way, with a proper
gloomy atmosphere.
As compared to his mentioned bands, Ravenous Death is
definitely more oriented on US death metal scene and even if band’s name comes
from Vomitory song, such legends like Autopsy or Death’s mighty debut are some
determinant what this „Ominous Deathcult” is all about. However during
countless meetings with the stuff clocking in nineteen minutes only, the child
of John McEntee and his newer efforts is the main influence for the band I
guess. But Mexicans don’t use such crushing almost doomy slow-down parts and
the whole is maintained in fast pace mainly, without any needless
introductions. There are tempo changes, some shy melodies are audible in
opening „Worship the Flagellated” or splendid short slowing down in „Rotten
Flesh Murderer”, but the most important here is to strike the listener with simple
obscure yet successful metal of death. It’s worthy to draw the attention on
vocal butchery in mentioned „Rotten Flesh Murderer” or more head-banging
rhythms in „Throwing Up the Guts” which should be a live killer. For sure the
last piece is a bit different in the family, „Knowledge of the Occult” due to
rhythm section beginning, nice clean vocals (it really fits to the song) and
moderate tempo. Simply, what a great final!
I realize that such band like Ravenous Death isn’t
anything rare on nowaday scene. I can say even more: the scene is (probably) overcrowded
now with maaaany craftsmen, yet luckily the EP shows a potential in creating old-school death metal not bringing boring
whiles or impressions ‘oh no, another riffs stealers!’. And to avoid going into
oblivion in a flood of titles, Mexicans should sign a deal with a bigger label.
Now, they choose a safe way with this short performance, but I do hope to
listen to another ravenous tunes very soon. Of course, as a full-length.
-Tlacaxipehualiztli
(written in September, 2017)
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