Haemorrhage – Medical Opera

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• Band:
  Haemorrhage
• Duration: 00:18:47
• Available from: 25/04/2025
• Label:

• Hells HeadBangers

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Haemorrhage are like a plague that never reasters completely: every now and then they seem to disappear, but in the end they always return to infest the Death-Grind panorama with their unmistakable mix of malice and goliardia. “Medical Opera”, their new EP, gives us the first unpublished material in several years, after the last full-length “We are the Gore” (2017) and a split with Helda and Meat Spreader (2018), confirming that the Spanish band has not lost its sticky touch. Indeed, their presence at the last Maryland Deathfest had already shown a live energy unchanged, and this mini reiterates that the Haemorrhage did not remain with their hands even at home.
The EP format allows the group to concentrate on a few pieces and refine the effectiveness of the tracklist: “Medical Opera” in fact offers us four new compositions and a welcome cover of “Deathevokation”, pearl of the first dysmember, a choice that once again testifies to the affinity of the Spaniards even with certain metal death of the origins. Moreover, although their sound has always been strongly debtor to the Carcass of the “Reek of Putrefaction” era, the Haemorrhage have often drawn from full hands even by more structured and melodic sounds, without however ever losing sight of their beaten and irreverent spirit.
Among the various episodes, in addition to a sensational title such as “Scalpel, Scissors … and Other Forensick Instruments”, “Nomenclator Pathological” is immediately noted, a piece that stands out for a grotesque and almost 'dancer' pace, a clear indication of the will of the will of Madrid to maintain here that desecrating side that has always distinguished them. The song seems designed specifically for the live dimension, where the quintet enjoys exaggerating with theatricality and pure nonsense macabre.
Those who follow the Haemorrhage for some time know that expecting revolutions is useless: the band has found its winning formula already in the nineties and, apart from some retouching here and there, has never felt the need to change it. “Medical Opera” is no exception, and this is precisely its biggest value.
For old -fashioned fans is a welcome return, a taste of putridume that confirms the vitality of these Goregrind veterans, intelligent here to concentrate ideas and inspiration in a not too dispersive minute. If you love the genre and you have appreciated the previous episodes, this EP is an obligatory listening.