GOREFEST - Rise to Ruin

You could say a lot of things about Gorefest, except that it’s a common band. Taking successively the top role in the Dutch death metal scene (together with Asphyx, Thanatos or Pestilence – to give just 3 examples), then the role of the band that was to completely bury the same style (with uncontrolled – albeit not lacking certain musical qualities – excursions such as Soul Survivor or Chapter XIII), Bonebakker and Co returned about 2 years ago with a compendium of collection riffs and awesome vocals (i.e. La Muerte) that made most of the fans hope that the band would continue at least in the same direction, if not as in the early 90s.
Obviously more aggressive than the previous offering, but also more open to a different public (not consisting exclusively of death metal fans), Rise to Ruin has its strong points, in addition to the aforementioned collection riffs and awesome vocals, an overwhelming desire to play music, bursting energy, a devastating rhythm section and choruses that just won’t get out of your mind. Plus, it’s an album that can stand even after listening to it 5-6 times, a thing that is so rarely seen nowadays. Play on!
(+) vocals, production, contaminating energy, the pleasure put into playing it
(-) some songs give the impression that they could have used some more polish

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