Ελληνικά
Last Updated on 02:27 PM by Giorgos Tsekas
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Chile
Label: Apocalyptic Productions
Year: 2017
The recent years, the world has witnessed the rise of death metal bands dealing with the occult and artists are sprouting from all over the world with above average brutality as well as engaging lyrical content. The Chilean Uttertomb have been around since 2009 and even though we haven’t seen a full length album by them yet, there are a couple of EPs and demos released for us to chew on.
The new EP “Necrocentrism: The Necrocentrist” is not in fact new material by the band, instead they re-recorded their 2012 EP “Necrocentrism” and put it out to the world with better sound and way better artwork. The track list includes all five tracks from the first EP and a new composition, entitled “The Necrocentrist” which is a nice addition and gives even more motive to come back to this release.
Uttertomb’s style is downtuned, abyssal and stenches from miles away, as it’s constructed upon cavernal singing and scourging guitar lines. Most of the times, they run fast with several heavy riffs and solos along the way, while having a fair share of slower parts in between the changes. The remixed production makes the EP a better audible experience as well, marking it as a release to suggest to someone when talking about this band.
Nothing new is brought into play and experimentation is avoided, with all the parts and melodies showcasing solid, straightforward death metal. The record opens with a three minute interlude, which gently gets things going. The second track “Ascension Ritual” is a notable one and a highlight of the album, firing down amazing riffs and really nice lines from the band. Right when someone expects it to finish three minutes later, it stacks up an eerie clean guitar part and continues, totally delivering good musicianship.
While the following two tracks last three minutes each and have the same vibe, the last two compositions of the EP are longer enough, climbing up to nine minutes. “Necrological Fascination”, which was also the closing track in the original 2012 release is mostly in middle tempo, except a short part in the middle, but the most interesting for me was the last track, which is also a new one. “The Necrocentrist” moves in snail pace at first and is rather standard musically, with some added distant shouts in the vocals, often used in death metal today.
“Necrocentrism: The Necrocentrist” is an EP that doesn’t fail, and in fact has some moments of quality in tracks like “Ascension Ritual”, which shows very good writing ability by the band. Apart from that, you might not get amazed by the rest of the material, since it’s fairly typical for the kind of death metal these guys play. I like them because they don’t have any strong drawbacks in general, yet it’s not something one would come back to that often. The future (and a possible full length) will tell if Uttertomb prove themselves.
3/6
