Absolutely astonishing 3rd opus by this portuguese band of the most punishing Brutal Death/ Grind/ Gore. 18 songs with a great production and a repulsive presentation, perfect for lovers of bands like ABORTED, CANNIBAL CORPSE, early DERANGED, NAPALM DEATH, SUFFOCATION, CARCASS...
“Gorefilia” fue grabado en 213 Studios (Heavenwodd, Grunt...) y producido por Bruno Silva. Siendo mezclado y masterizado por Wojtek y Slawek en los polacos Hertz Studios (Behemoth, Dead Infection, Decapitated, Hate, Saratan, Severe Torture, Vader...). Logrando un apabullante y devastador sonido.
Por norma general el escuchar un disco entero de estilo Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore me llega a saturar y cansar, pero en esta ocasiĂłn el álbum de los portugueses me ha dejado muy impactado por su calidad sonora, su elevada y grandiosa fuerza y energĂa, y de unas enormes canciones donde la brutalidad, intensidad y la temática gore y desviaciones sexuales priman y se derraman sin miramientos. Finalizando la mayorĂa de canciones con “outros”.
Dieciocho cortes en menos de cuarenta minutos, comenzando el CD con el aplastante y contundente ritmo de la introducciĂłn, “Cortex”. Incluyendo, arramblando y salpicando con canciones que no llegan ni a los dos minutos y con sugerentes y bestiales tĂtulos: “Lactofilia Destalhada”, “PrepĂşcio Obliterado” y “Perfurada Por AnzĂłis”... “Compulsâo Mucofágica” (con melodĂas guitarreras a lo Chuck Schuldiner) y “Trucidada Na Paragem” (atroz el juego vocal gutural y rasgado)... “Nojo”... “Gore & Gajas” (participando Miguel Newton)... y los escuetos segundos de “Mutilada Em 10s”.
“Orificios” quizá sea una de mis canciones preferidas del trabajo, todo un torbellino de brutalidad instrumental y vocal (colaborando el vocalista de Corpus Christii). Aunque es complicado elegir una o varias favoritas, no quedándose atrás los ritmos que imprimen durante “Acrotomofolia Zoófila” y “Vorarefilia - Antropofagia Auto Infligida II” (de nuevo con voz recitando).
La enfermiza “FascĂnio Paradoxal”, con gruñidos, voces, y doble voz recitando, hace la funciĂłn de corte de despedida.
Con “Gorefilia” te darás un festĂn de gore, perversiones sexuales... y extrema y estupenda aniquilaciĂłn sonora.
Xtreem Music (España) sigue editando joyitas y una de esas es, sin dudas, una banda como HOLOCAUSTO CANIBAL. Me costaba entender por qué ningún sello grande (sobre todo de Europa) se interesaba en ellos, no solo porque estamos hablando de una banda con experiencia, sino porque sus trabajos realmente valen la pena de ser escuchados; por ende, editados.
“Gorefilia” te gana ya mismo desde el arte de tapa. Primer y gran acierto. Y a continuación desde las composiciones propiamente dichas: cortas, filosas, directas, envasadas en poco más de 42 minutos de duración donde las susodichas 18 canciones sangran Brutal/Death Metal de excelsa calidad.
Casi quince años de trayectoria tienen estos portugueses y vaya si pesa esa experiencia a la hora de saber hacer las cosas (escuchen “Sublime Massacre Corpóreo” de 2002 para entrar en calor), como sucede en esta oportunidad; entregando un despojado y violento acto llamado “Gorefilia”.
Cannibal Corpse, Avulsed, Carcass, Morbid Angel y todo el Gore/Grind soportado por un Brutal/Death malévolo es lo que se relaciona en este excelente álbum recientemente puesto a la venta por Xtreem Music.
Si te gustan las historias de asesinos seriales, aberraciones clínicas (¿Carcass?) e historias violentas en canciones aun mas violentas, HOLOCAUSTO CANIBAL tiene la banda de sonido para tu 2012… apurate que se termina.
Brutal gore themed extreme Death Metal is all I really need to say as a description for Holocausto Canibal. If an insanely graphic horror movie needed some music to match the violent cinematic concept then I would recommend using Holocausto Canibal’s Gorefilia. At first glance of the track names and the grotesque album cover of a dead naked women holding a baby, I thought I was going to be listening to Portugal's version of Cannibal Corpse. The first track Cortex to my surprise was a well crafted dark instrumental that has a great heavy guitar riff. Soon I started to realize when the first track started blazing away that this band is more than just extreme gore themed death metal, but they also have a classic grindcore style that remains constant through the whole album. Most of the songs average about two minutes with two songs that are less than a minute long, but still extreme as hell. The drumming is filled with the usual grindcore death metal blast beat rhythms that seem to never change and provide structure to the songs. The guitar playing is intense and the low distortion tone adds to the heavy sound on each song. On the song Colapso ClismafĂlico I find the guitar solo to be quit impressive and it reminds me of the harmonic solos done by Kerry King of Slayer. On the whole album I don’t think there is one bad riff, except most of the riffs start to sound similar by song ten.
To make the songs sound like a gore themed horror movie the band uses vey unique audio clips. Some of the sounds range from a surgical room in a hospital to blood gargling demonic speech. The shorter songs are probably the songs that I enjoy most, especially the twelve-second Mutilada Em 10s. The song is like a bomb exploding with an insanely quick rhythm followed by quick death metal vocals. Just as the song’s brutal fast paced sound hits you the next song begins with a thunderous roar. There are no slow songs on this album and if you are looking for melodic vocals then keep looking. Following the classic grindcore and gore themed death metal vocals the songs are heavy, but at times I don’t know what he is saying and it may have to do with the fact he is speaking Portuguese. I have a hard enough time trying to understand english death metal vocals, but when the singer is growling in his native tongue forget it. With some of the song titles I was using translation websites to figure out what certain songs were called like Trucidada Na Paragon which translates to “It Slaughtered in the Stop.”
Now I enjoy the extreme head banging brutal death metal grindcore, but eighteen tracks of the same style starts to get redundant. I respect Holocausto Canibal for staying true to their sound and not conforming to appease the masses, but they are a band where after hearing three songs I loose interest since there is a lack of dynamic creativity. The members in this band are excellent musicians and masters of their morbid craft. Vocally I hear common extreme low death metal growls that is personally not my favorite form of singing because the songs start sounding too similar. For those who love brutal grindcore mixed in a bloody cauldron of death then I recommend checking out this band. Gorefilia is a gruesomely heavy death grindcore album that is sure to scare your neighbors if you blasts this in your house.
Hands up all those of you who hasn’t seen the movie “Cannibal Holocaust”. Oh so many. Shame on you for calling yourself death metal fans. Released in the 80s this movie was a part of what could be called a cannibal wave. Known for its explicable nature it kinda pales in comparison with movies of today like SAW. But back in the 80s this was some of the most extreme you could find on VHS (yeah it’s that old). I kinda hope Portuguese Holocausto Canibal are equally extreme. It didn’t start too promising but boy did it improve. Already by track two it had me in its grip. This is death metal that has nothing with either Gothenburg or Florida to do. This is more like New York in the 90s. This is heavy and fast stuff that only brings joy to those of us with an affinity towards the good old times.
Przyznam szczerze, że na recenzowanie tej płyty zgłosiłam się dobrowolnie głĂłwnie ze względu na nazwę kapeli, ktĂłra rzecz jasna przyciągnęła moją uwagę wyłaniając się spośrĂłd całej masy innych twĂłrczości. Trzeci w pełni wydany album „Gorefilia” zapowiada się obiecująco, ale! ZnĂłw te okładki… jak lubię kicz w postaci okładek CANNIBAL CORPSE (zauważam inspirację) to tutaj trochę mi nie po drodze. Wypadające jelito, z nienaturalnie wielkim wystającym cycem. Mam zamiar nie porzygać się z przejedzenia. Przyczynia się do tego fakt, że album zawiera aż 18 pozycji. „Cortex” zachęcający początek, niczym przystawka przed głĂłwnym daniem. Robi smaczek na coś mocniejszego. „Objectofilia Platonica” jak najbardziej trafiony pod mĂłj gust. Przede wszystkim to, co w deciorze lubię najbardziej, a nawet małe zaskoczenie pod koniec wała. Nie rozumiem trochę, dlaczego motyw z pianinkiem jest tak brutalnie urwany. Tak patrzę na play listę i zachodzę w głowę prĂłbując zrozumieć tytuły. No tak, Portugalia się kłania. Bardzo pozytywny akcent. Tak jak przypuszczałam. Osiągnęłam stan lekkiego przesytu. Płyta aż pęka w szwach fundując mi nadmiar bodźcĂłw. Z taką set listą niejedna kapela mogłaby zabłysnąć na gigu, bo nagrana muza wręcz zobowiązuje do świetnego odtworzenia jej na żywo i nie pozwala na pasywny odbiĂłr. Bardzo dopieszczająca moje zmysły twĂłrczość, przede wszystkim pod względem kompozycji i klimatu. Całokształt na wysokim poziomie w stanie constans. Z czystym sumieniem można postawić tę ekipę pośrĂłd ikon w muzyce death. Z całą pewnością warta większej uwagi, także polecam.
Gore. Blood. Pus. The subject was controversial, shocking and disgusting… probably 20 years ago. But nowadays, and after being touched (or molested, as you wish) by thousands of bands, there is no novelty in that lyrical style. Still, many bands seem to be obsessed with this kind of lyrics, which in most of the cases I just find more to be humorous rather than disgusting. And that is only talking about the lyrical aspect. In maybe 90% of the cases the music itself sucks. With this Portuguese band, formed back in 1997, what we have here is their third album, and I am more than satisfied with the very powerful music it presents. Even if the band name, the lyrical and visual image might evoke sounds of a brutal Death Metal band-for-the-sake-of-being-brutal, reality is without doubt far away. Yes they are a brutal Death Metal band, still their style is more controlled, to describe it in a way, and has more in common with bands like GOREFEST, DEICIDE, some MALEVOLENT CREATION and CARCASS, than your average genital-gore-grinder. The only thing that makes the band sound like your average brutal Death Metal band would be the vocals, and even in that aspect they are way better than most of the similar themed bands. I also detect a slight BOLT THROWER-ish sound. Add to that a very heavy, low down-tuned fat guitar sound, and a punishing drum sound (probably a bit, a bit polished for its own good) with very good and melodic guitar solos and then the lyrical aspect of the band goes in a far second level. So, the lesson here is to never consider the taste of a beer just because of the bottle. So who cares, when you headbang you do it for what the speaker vomits not for the pus invoked by the growler, which in this case is done in their native Portuguese, but might as well be done in any dialect and no one would notice. Killer band, killer sound, killer performance, but a clearly dead lyrical inspiration.
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