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- Band:
CRYPTIC HATRED - Duration: 00:37:12
- Available from: 05/07/2024
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Time To Kill Records
We've talked about it several times already: there's a generation of very young guys who have decided to take up the death metal style again and carry on its tradition.
This is the case of Cryptic Hatred, four Finnish guys in their early twenties who are back with their second album on our Time To Kill: “Internal Torment” is a product that appears young and somehow carefree right from the start, without too many pretensions, but also quite successful, let's say it right away. There is an enthusiasm factor, in this type of band, that makes up for the rather obvious lack of originality – and in the case of Cryptic Hatred the mix works very well.
Mind you, this isn’t always the case, especially when we’re talking about studio-recorded products: without going too far in terms of roster, the writer appreciates Slug Gore’s live performances, but found their debut “They Slime! They Oooze! They Kill!” rather flat.
In the case of the Finns, however, this batch of songs that draw from classics such as Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Suffocation or Bolt Thrower is fun and entertaining and, in the end, sufficiently fresh. In fact, the absolutely rock solo that starts halfway through the first “Death Is Upon You” is enough to frame the mood of our guys: convinced, yes, but also not necessarily tied to the hard and pure translation.
This is how many rather didactic pieces like “Chasm Of Void” – with a bouncing rhythm borrowed in part also from Dying Fetus – acquire a different meaning and become a sort of homage/reinterpretation of a style that ultimately never wants to die; in the same way, “Homicidal Intentions” also shows off passages that could very well be deathcore mixed with a solid structure borrowed from Cannibal Corpse. The individual tests and the production are always adequate and we feel like mentioning, in this regard, the classic but understandable voice of Eemil Lajoma and the solos that, when present, are memorable.
Halfway through the album, a sequence of songs emerge that raise the overall quality of “Internal Torment” – above all “Mauled To Flesh” – heard and re-heard in a thousand old-school death metal albums, but at the same time captivating and enjoyable.
Ultimately, Cryptic Hatred do not invent anything at all and probably do not even want to, but their different chronological age from their putative fathers allows them to repaint death metal with a coat of color (obviously death black and innards red) that still makes it effective enough. On the other hand, the young age and the consequent temporal 'detachment' from a musical current even involuntarily create something different and whoever can grasp it between the lines will fully enjoy “Internal Torment”.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM