1. Buried in the Woods
2. Cold Fart Morbidity
3. Just Sharpen My Knife
4. Dead Inherit the Land
5. Full Moon Catlin
6. Pages of Flesh
7. Best Day Ever
8. Father Heresy
Comment:
2nd album by one of the most veteran finnish Death Metal bands!! A brutal dose of heavy, crushing, catchy and rotting Death Metal that for sure will please every fan of good old finnish Death Metal from early 90's like FUNEBRE, PURTENANCE, CONVULSE, ABHORRENCE, DEPRAVITY...
It's been six years now since the Finnish Death Metal old hands NECROPSY raised their ugly head again in 2009. The resurrection was followed by the band's first full length “Bloodwork” in 2011 and the EP “Psychpoath Next Door” two years later as the debut for their new label Xtreem Music. The same year saw the release of “Tomb Of The Forgotten”, an anthology of all the stuff NECROPSY recorded during their first incarnation from 1989 to 1994 on 3 CDs and 4 LPs. But now it's 2015 and due time for a new album, the second only in the long interrupted history of the band. And “Buried In The Woods” is the best NECROPSY recorded in the last years. I always loved their brutal and rather un-Scandinavian approach to brutality, but with this album, everything is in a nearly perfect shape now. Catchy songs with barbed hooks always were a virtue of NECROPSY, but they never showed this ability in a better way than here. The opening title track already breaks necks, 'Cold Fart Morbidity' and 'Just Sharpen My Knife' do so as well, especially the latter with the ultra-fast pounding drums embedded in the groove. But these songs are only paving the way for two real highlights. 'Dead Inherit The Land' is one of those I want to hear over and over again, with some deadly leads and an irresistible force to bang my head. And 'Full Moon Catlin' is of the same quality, a musical rollercoaster ride where SLAYER meets the old school of Death Metal in Sweden. Huge! And don't think 'Pages Of Flesh' is a flaw against those two breaker songs - those doom grooves are just killer! With 'Best Day Ever' we may not have the best song ever, but still another good and variable Death Metal song that leaves you time to catch some breath again before the end. And this end packs a punch! Bang your heads to 'Father Heresy', for the main groove of this song is perfectly fit for that, before the end of the song even gets a little spooky. Yes, with this album, NECROPSY really kick serious asses.
Dave Rotten, storico vocalist degli spagnoli Avulsed e boss della Xtreem Music (ex-Repulse Records), ancora oggi continua a mostrarsi interessato al panorama death metal, un vero veterano, di quelli veramente caparbi e dalla pellaccia dura. Oggi è proprio lui a mettere sotto la propria ala protettrice i finlandesi NECROPSY, attivi fino al 1994 e riformatisi nel 2009. Sembra strano che in tanti anni di attività questo gruppo abbia pubblicato solo due album (il secondo è il nuovo arrivato "Buried in the Woods"), ma chi li conosce già da tempo sa che ai due lavori di lunga durata bisogna aggiungere ben 7 demo, un paio di EP e lo split con i Demigod del 1992. Il sound dei Necropsy aggredisce fin dai primi minuti e le coltellate inferte arrivano a trafiggere gli organi vitali con una cattiveria che non lascia scampo. E' Old-school death metal suonato su velocità moderate e comunque carico di groove assassino. Non sto parlando di un full-length memorabile, però la loro compattezza e la potenza della produzione sono inoppugnabili, perciò colpiranno a morte chi è abituato a farsi del male con tali sonorità. A livello personale, mi sembra che il lavoro sia il più completo e bastardo che abbiano fatto fino a questo momento, soprattutto in termini di composizione. Le canzoni di "Buried in the Woods" hanno l'unico scopo di trascinare l'ascoltatore attraverso un ampio spettro di emozioni malsane e completamente devote alla causa.
He de reconocer que siempre he sido un gran escéptico con esto de las reuniones de los grupos X años después de su separación. La cosa hueles e negocio ratonero todos los lados, donde tanto bandas como sellos van a arañar lo que puedan de los frutos del interés del público por escenas o géneros de hace años.
En la mayoría de ocasiones, la cosa se queda en una gira de reunión acompañada de un “grandes éxitos” y puede que una grabación de compromiso que bien podrían haberse ahorrado. El caso de NECROPSY es una de las gratas excepciones a este mamoneo, como se han esforzado en demostrar desde que volvieran a los ruedos en el año 2011, tras su separación en los 90. Desde entonces, han puesto en circulación, aparte de un brutal 3-CD recopilatorio de sus antiguas demos, 1 EP y 2 discos completos; lo que los desmarca de la citada patulea de caraduras.
El CD que hoy nos ocupa es el citado segundo disco completo de NECROPSY, “Buried in the Woods“, que ve la luz este 2015 de la mano de Xtreem Music, tal como ya ocurriera con su EP del 2013 “Psychopath Next Door“. “Buried in the Woods” sigue en la misma tónica del EP, y que ya comenzaron en su álbum de reunión “Bloodwork“; esto es un Death Metal denso y contundente como un puto muro de hormigón.
Como viene siendo habitual, los temas no son excesivamente largos y están bien estructurados, lo que no quiere decir que sean precisamente sencillos, porque tienen un buen curro de composición detrás: guitarras armonizadas creando tensiones y disonancias que ya son marca de la casa, una base rítmica variada y demoledora, y por encima de todo la puta caverna que es la garganta de Tero Kosonen; uno de mis vocalistas favoritos del género. La verdad es que el disco suena como un puto cañón… es escuchar la guitarra “a pelo” con la que empieza “Pages of Flesh” y te das cuenta del currazo de producción que tiene el disco. ¡Joder qué densidad!
El disco tiene verdaderos temazos como el homónimo que abre la grabación, “Buried in the Woods“, que suena jodidamente macabro y alterna perfectamente partes aceleradas con pasajes arrastrados y agónicos. o “Cold Fart Morbidity” es una apisonadora de graves, con un ritmo de bombo y guitarras en plan “locomotora de tren” que te remueve literalmente las tripas, ¡jaja! Un tema que me ha sorprendido desde la primera escucha, porque se desmarca del conjunto y tiene sin duda algunos de los mejores momentos del disco es “Father Heresy“, un pepinazo de 6 minutos donde desarrollan partes jodidamente oscuras y arrastradas que son puro Doom Death, cargadas de armonías disonantes, y una parte central hipermacarra a base de trémolos y tupatupas como para poner patas arriba cualquier sala (prefiero no reventaros el final del tema, esperando que os sorprenda tanto como a mí, así que ¡haceos con el disco ya, que no hay spoiler, cabrones! ¡jajaja!).
Un gustazo ver que estos veteranos están en mejor forma que nunca y, desde mi punto de vista, una de las mejores bandas que tiene Xtreem Music en su roster. Espero que puedan terminar de afianzarse con este álbum y atreverse con una gira fuera de sus fronteras. Desde luego, ganas de verlos hay, y muchas.
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