Putrified is a death metal band from
Stockholm, which geographically might draw the expectations to the
old standard Sunlight HM2-sound of rotten death that we all know so
well. Which in one way is what you'll get, that particular style
could definitely be regarded as the foundation of Putrified's music.
On the other hand though, Putrified has got something most
practitioners of this music are missing, originality, both when it coems to the music and the production. I'm trying to
find a suitable description, something like a bit melodic or blackened death
metal, but nothing is really able to describe it properly. You'll
have to listen and judge yourselves I guess. Anyway, this is
definitely one of the few examples of a band bringing in some
interesting new ideas of their own, without abandoning their roots
completely, like for example the recent releases by bands like
Necrovation and Morbus Chron. Putrified's ability to bring life to
new ideas yet standing with one foot in the dark past is very
impressive and astonishing.
The vocals really increases the
overall impression, reminding much more of bands like Possessed,
early Death and Asphyx rather than any old Swedish band free of
choice. Musically, the most outstanding, as well as my personal favourite part
of the EP, is definitely the last two songs. Evocatio, with its
brilliant mix of d-beat and speed metal drumming in the chorus, and
Sacred Putrefaction, which is something as unusual as an example of a
melodic combination of death- and doom metal, are the definite
highlights. Since it's only a six-track EP, I'll be a little bit
thrifty with the grading, but a full-lenght album as good as the best
moments of Sacrilegious Putrefaction would definitely put this band
among the most interesting ones in the genre at the moment. 6.5/10 /H
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