REPORTISHABLE – Swallowing the World

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7.5

• Band:
  REPORTISHABLE (SE)
• Duration: 00:35:57
• Available from: 11/04/2025
• Label:

• Hammerheart Records

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With their second album, “Swallowing the world”, the Rentishable demonstrate a clear will of artistic evolution, moving their musical proposal on coordinates a less predictable thread compared to the appreciated debut “How, Sweet Death”, released a couple of years ago. If the debut of the Gothenburg band was deeply rooted in the Swedish Death Metal Old School, with an approach that squeezed mainly to veterans such as dysmember, complete with references to the classic metal in the wake of the sound evolution of the Fred Estby group, this new record effort offers a more nuanced and varied vision of their sound.
The abandonment of the rough stamp associated with the iconic HM-2 pedal is a fairly courageous choice which, if on the one hand mitigates the immediate impact of the work, on the other allows the band to explore a cleaner and dynamic approach. The old school influences remain, but are oriented towards a black-death area more similar to that of the Unanimated, as can be clearly perceived by the disk opener, “Bells”. This brilliant initial trace is an authentic declaration of intent: a traditionalist black-death metal that knows how to mix agility and melody, remembering the cornerstone “Ancient God of Evil”, but enriched by further Heavy Metal veins that give it great immediacy. It is one of the most inspired moments of the album, capable of capturing the listener from the beginning with his contagious energy.
However, after this brilliant start, in which the subsequent “Blood to Bleed” also includes, the album during its development undergoes some slight drop in tension. In some passages, the Reimishables try to expand their musical spectrum with more complex and structured solutions, unfolding on parentheses that require more attentive listening to be assimilated. In fact, the most rocky compositions and the following are less immediate and arrew, leaving the feeling that the band is trying to add variety to its repertoire in order not to replicate the structure of the opener too much, which immediately enhances above all for its extremely direct and euphoric cut. A couple of pieces are actually a cumbersome wire, to strengthen the impression that a leaner and direct approach would have benefited the whole. In essence, when the group slows down the rhythm and opts for denser registers, some phases tend to become vaguely interlocutory, almost bogging into an excess of weighting that breaks the natural flow of listening a little.
Behind the guide of the Holmberg brothers (respectively guitar and drums), already known for their militancy in the most established vampires, the Immhables still demonstrate an undoubted technical and compositional mastery. Their roots firmly sink in the tradition of Scandinavian death metal, but the ability to incorporate heavy metal elements and to play with lighter dynamics gives the project an interesting identity. In several episodes we find ourselves in the presence of a group respectful of the classics and at the same time equipped with above average flickers in the finishing of the proposal.
It is precisely this mixture of various types of tradition that makes the band captivating, even if precisely the feeling remains that one last small piece is still missing to reach full artistic maturity.
In conclusion, “Swallowing the World” is a record that confirms the Spinishable as a promising reality in the panorama of Scandinavian death metal. Despite some drops, the album suggests a remarkable potential and an evolving artistic vision. With a more compact and qualitatively constant songwriting, the Swedish band could therefore take flight and carve out a prominent place in the international scene. However, a recommended listening, especially to lovers of the Swedish black-death metal who also appreciate a touch of classicism in their music.

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