CARDIAC NECROPSY
RITUALS OF THE OAK
Gotta admit I was impressed when I
first heard the advance tracks for the
2nd album from Cardiac Necropsy. I’ve
never followed them prior to this (they
play porngrind, which I’ve never been
interested), so this is a complete surprise. And I’ve been looking forward
to hear the whole album since, which
doesn’t disappoint one bit!
Traditional doom fans will rejoice in hearing the 2nd album of this Aussie act. Comparable to perhaps MOURN,
SOLITUDE AETURNUS and APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE, I
like the sound of this album; & the guitars and bass are
sounds great & the drums have a natural sound to them.
Sabine vocals is a unique feature of the band, her vocals
is enchanting &
the only downside of this album is perhaps their lack of
any highpoints. Everything is well-controlled and done
well, yet it is perhaps a bit flat in its emotive delivery.
“Horla”, “Al Wells Are Poisoned”, “On The Sixth Moon”
are some of the better tracks on the album.
For a local band, I’d say they deserve
plaudits for delivering real quality
death metal. They doesn’t exactly
break new ground; but for our scene
with its 2 decades of forgettable releases & questionable sound production, this release is really something.
The production are miles ahead of
what you have come to expect from
local releases.; and in fact it is not far
from what you usually hear from American death metal releases. They really
nailed the production for this album.
With this release, I’m sure Cardiac
Necropsy has raised the bar for death
metal [