I’ve known about Devourment for quite a long time. But I never
really looked them up until I saw their logo on the shirt of the vocalist for
Cerebral Bore. I’ve been aware that Devourment’s popularity has been gradually
increasing over the years, and has gotten to the point to where they are
headlining shows. So I figured why not? So for those of you who aren’t familiar
with Devourment, they’re from Dallas, Texas and have been around since the mid
90’s. I have also heard from numerous places that they are one of the most
brutal bands of all time. And the only way for me to believe that is to hear it
for myself.
The first track took me by surprise. I have never heard such
a brutal explosion in my life. And in order for you to know what kind of “explosion”
I’m talking about, click the YouTube link at the bottom of the review, it’s not
something that won’t surprise you. These guys are chaotic to the point to where
it’s worse than Skinless and Cattle Decapitation (which is saying a lot!). The
amount of brutal bands in my collection has been rapidly expanding since my
discovery of Disentomb’s debut album in late 2010. I got this album about in
the late summertime in 2011, so I’ve been listening to Devourment for a couple
of months.
My favorite musician is definitely their drummer. He is one
of the craziest and most chaotic drummers in the history of mankind. He has one
of the fastest blastbeats, and he’s one of the most creative and inventive
death metal drummers in history. He has a big drum set, and he uses all of it
in every single song. It should be obvious to anyone that he knows what he’s
doing and that he means business.
The vocalist is really good too. He does really deep inhales
that sound like he’s inhaling more gently, which will lengthen the time it takes
for his throat to get fucked up. Just to let you all know, I know that inhaled
vocals are bad for you; there is no “right” way to do inhales like there is
with exhales. I rarely like the sound of inhales, and don’t get me wrong, doing
a pigsqueal every once in a while isn’t gonna hurt you at all, it’s when you
have inhales as your primary vocal style where you’ll get screwed over within 4
years if you do it enough. So I’m not a huge supporter of the whole inhaling
thing, but I can’t control what other vocalists do.
The vocalist is also the guy who mixed and produced the
album. And he did a damn good job at it too. There isn’t anything that’s
overpowering and drowning out the other instruments. The vocals are a little
quieter than everything else, but it sounds really good though. This is one of
those albums where the drums are what drive the music. The drums sound
fantastic, I love that whispy sound that he has on the symbols and…actually
pretty much the whole drum set.
This album is extremely impressive. The amount of brutality
of this album has made it so far that there are only a handful of other albums
that can match it. I will definitely be ripping things apart in the pit the
next time these guys come to Seattle. This album gets a solid 17/20.
I just crapped my pants after hearing the first song
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