Albums : Devourment : Conceived In Sewage
Albums : Devourment : Conceived In Sewage
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Conceived In Sewage, Devourment’s fifth full-length, and first for Relapse Records, is officially available in North America today. The bludgeoning nine-song album showcases some of the most vicious and well-played intensity the band has ever unleashed, all engineered with the crushing production of Erik Rutan at his Mana Studio, resulting in a flood of praise from the metal media.
For the album’s release week, Conceived In Sewage is now streaming in its beastly, neck-demolishing strength AT Stereokiller.
Internationally Conceived In Sewage will be released in the coming days, out February 22nd in Benelux, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Finland, and February 25 in the UK and beyond.
Devourment recently filmed their first official video with Malone Pictures, for the track “Parasitic Eruption,” which is in the final stages of completion for release in the coming days. In the meantime, the third and final video documenting the construction of Conceived In Sewage -- the newest for the album’s bloodsoaked vocal tracking sessions -- now joins the previous two in-studio videos and they gnarly lyric video for “50 Ton War Machine” and more at the official Relapse Youtube channel.
Conceived in Sewage Review
The masters of slam are back to give a quick lesson in brutality to the youngsters popping up left, right and center in this overpopulated scene. Devourment have returned with their 33 minute long fourth album "Conceived in Sewage" and it is utterly punishing. While many "fans" were quick to cry "sellouts" over the "new" sound this band has developed, but I only hear very small differences such as the guitar tone and Mike's vocals being slightly different from "Unleash the Carnivore". The reality is, Devourment haven't actually changed very much at all, and that is almost certainly a good thing. Dripping with heavy grooves, technical drumming and disgusting vocals from start to finish, this is a very worthy addition to Devourment's already very impressive discography.
From the beginning of "Legalize Homicide" to the very end of "Parasitic Eruption" this album is non-stop slamming excellence. The guitar tone is savage and powerful, a lot of Ruben's riffs are very catchy and memorable and it should come as absolutely no surprise that Devourment have brought their crushing slams in abundance, most notably in tracks like "Fifty Ton War Machine" and the admittedly stupidly titled "Today We Die, Tomorrow We Kill". Chris Andrews' bass mostly just follows the guitars.
Eric Park again shows us why he is one of the best drummers in extreme metal today, and while he doesn't resort to gravity blasts and double bass here as much as he has in the past, he still performs a solid range of technical fills and patterns that complement the guitar work.
Mike Majewski's vocals also sound a little different to how they've been on previous releases but that's not to say they aren't enjoyable. He's certainly improved on the pronunciation side of things, with his lyrics being much more understandable on this album than others (which certainly makes for more memorable moments). In addition, we're treated to another fabulous guttural duet from Majewski and Travis Ryan on "Fucked With Rats", because the one from Cattle Decapitation's last album "Monolith of Inhumanity" just wasn't enough.
One more thing that stands out on this album is the instrumental "March to Megiddo" which is basically 1 minute and 20 seconds of military drums over an air raid siren. I have no idea why it's there but it's not as bad as some interludes i've heard on slam albums, so i'll not dwell on it further.
If you happened to be one of the naysayers leading up to this album's release, I urge you to at least give it a few listens, as it is certainly and obviously an opinion divider, but also quite a grower. It does to take a few listens to properly get into Devourment's changes even if they are extremely minor. This is a solid follow-up to Unleash the Carnivore, hell, it's better than Unleash the Carnivore. Devourment have definitely still got it and they have put out what is sure to be one of the better extreme metal albums of 2013.
Contact Devourment
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Contact Metal Archives
Website
Contact Relapse
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Sources : Devourment Photo | Listen To Conceived In Sewage | Devourment Article | Conceived in Sewage Review
Purchase : iTunes | Amazon
Conceived In Sewage, Devourment’s fifth full-length, and first for Relapse Records, is officially available in North America today. The bludgeoning nine-song album showcases some of the most vicious and well-played intensity the band has ever unleashed, all engineered with the crushing production of Erik Rutan at his Mana Studio, resulting in a flood of praise from the metal media.
For the album’s release week, Conceived In Sewage is now streaming in its beastly, neck-demolishing strength AT Stereokiller.
Internationally Conceived In Sewage will be released in the coming days, out February 22nd in Benelux, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Finland, and February 25 in the UK and beyond.
Devourment recently filmed their first official video with Malone Pictures, for the track “Parasitic Eruption,” which is in the final stages of completion for release in the coming days. In the meantime, the third and final video documenting the construction of Conceived In Sewage -- the newest for the album’s bloodsoaked vocal tracking sessions -- now joins the previous two in-studio videos and they gnarly lyric video for “50 Ton War Machine” and more at the official Relapse Youtube channel.
Conceived in Sewage Review
The masters of slam are back to give a quick lesson in brutality to the youngsters popping up left, right and center in this overpopulated scene. Devourment have returned with their 33 minute long fourth album "Conceived in Sewage" and it is utterly punishing. While many "fans" were quick to cry "sellouts" over the "new" sound this band has developed, but I only hear very small differences such as the guitar tone and Mike's vocals being slightly different from "Unleash the Carnivore". The reality is, Devourment haven't actually changed very much at all, and that is almost certainly a good thing. Dripping with heavy grooves, technical drumming and disgusting vocals from start to finish, this is a very worthy addition to Devourment's already very impressive discography.
From the beginning of "Legalize Homicide" to the very end of "Parasitic Eruption" this album is non-stop slamming excellence. The guitar tone is savage and powerful, a lot of Ruben's riffs are very catchy and memorable and it should come as absolutely no surprise that Devourment have brought their crushing slams in abundance, most notably in tracks like "Fifty Ton War Machine" and the admittedly stupidly titled "Today We Die, Tomorrow We Kill". Chris Andrews' bass mostly just follows the guitars.
Eric Park again shows us why he is one of the best drummers in extreme metal today, and while he doesn't resort to gravity blasts and double bass here as much as he has in the past, he still performs a solid range of technical fills and patterns that complement the guitar work.
Mike Majewski's vocals also sound a little different to how they've been on previous releases but that's not to say they aren't enjoyable. He's certainly improved on the pronunciation side of things, with his lyrics being much more understandable on this album than others (which certainly makes for more memorable moments). In addition, we're treated to another fabulous guttural duet from Majewski and Travis Ryan on "Fucked With Rats", because the one from Cattle Decapitation's last album "Monolith of Inhumanity" just wasn't enough.
One more thing that stands out on this album is the instrumental "March to Megiddo" which is basically 1 minute and 20 seconds of military drums over an air raid siren. I have no idea why it's there but it's not as bad as some interludes i've heard on slam albums, so i'll not dwell on it further.
If you happened to be one of the naysayers leading up to this album's release, I urge you to at least give it a few listens, as it is certainly and obviously an opinion divider, but also quite a grower. It does to take a few listens to properly get into Devourment's changes even if they are extremely minor. This is a solid follow-up to Unleash the Carnivore, hell, it's better than Unleash the Carnivore. Devourment have definitely still got it and they have put out what is sure to be one of the better extreme metal albums of 2013.
Contact Devourment
Twitter | Facebook | MySpace
Contact Metal Archives
Website
Contact Relapse
Website | MySpace | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
Sources : Devourment Photo | Listen To Conceived In Sewage | Devourment Article | Conceived in Sewage Review
Purchase : iTunes | Amazon
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