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BECERUS - Duration: 00:30:18
- Available from: 12/20/2024
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Everlasting Spew Records
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It is impossible to misunderstand the meaning and ambitions of a proposal like that of Becerus. Even in 2024, with caveman-themed splatter artwork and titles like “Obfuscated by Imbecility,” “Aggressive Illiterate” and “Progressive Mental Retardation,” the homegrown group does nothing to hide the profoundly ignorant and liberating nature of their sound , placing itself in antithesis to the 'literate' character of certain contemporary death metal and dragging the listener into a sort of stone age where the effort to decipher the content of the various songs is almost nil.
Music which, as was the case with the debut “Homo Homini Brutus” of 2021, turns its gaze to the more concrete and muscular nineties and to people like Cannibal Corpse (both from the Barnes era and from the first works with Fisher on the microphone) , Broken Hope and Baphomet, expressly choosing not to complicate life and to put the concepts of power and impact before any sophistication, for the most classic of half hours during which to turn off your brain and follow the percussive progression of the riffs.
An approach as basic as it is contagious, obviously provided you have enough inspiration to keep everything at levels of effectiveness and liveliness worthy of the name, without lapsing into extremely flat attacks and phone calls. And fortunately, once again, the pen of Giorgio Trombino (Assumption, Bottomless, ex Undead Creep) does not struggle to show the right damnfinding a balance between the parodic soul of the project – in some ways comparable to that of label mates Birdflesh – and the mix of barbarism and meticulousness at the basis of works such as “The Bleeding”, “Vile” and “Loathing”, making of this return, if not a release capable of shifting the balance of the death metal scene, at least an honest genre album.
Well supported by the growl and metrics of Mario Musumeci (ex Balatonizer) and by a very powerful production, also refined by Carlo Altobelli (Cripple Bastards, Hellish God, Pugnale), the pieces of “Troglodyte” obviously do not shine for personality or display of dynamics above average, but it can be said that they do the only thing that is asked of them with an ease not always found among the disciples of the style of Jack Owen and Rob Barrett, almost as if this trivial but precise way of expressing himself, at times cloaked in technicality, was something absolutely natural.
A game of joints between tight parts and mellow slowdowns that genuinely invites you to forget about your qualifications, where if it is true that the motto “heard one song, you hear them all” rings true, at the same time, the sense of satisfaction never drops below the so-called critical threshold.
For big fans of the American death metal of the past, a good background for the next Christmas holidays, perfect for sweeping away the various jingles with the sound of grunts and bestiality.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM