Endseeker continues its walk.
Created in 2014 in Germany, the band composed of Lenny (vocals, Devastator), Jury (guitar, The Retaliation Process, ex-Mephistopheles), Ben (guitar, ex-Buried in Black), Torsten (bass, ex-Buried in Black, ex-Dark Age) and Andre (drums, The Retaliation Process, ex-Mephistopheles) offers us Mount Carcass, its third album.
Clearly inspired by the swedish scene, the band develops an abrasive Death Metal, that we immediately meet on Unholy Rites, a quite melodic but unhealthy and violent song. Riffs are heady and effective, offering the vocalist a perfect basis, like the groovy Merciless Tide. Once again, leads offer very sharp parts, while the rhythmic easily crushes us, then airy and catchy sounds of Bloodlines come next. The contrast with the howlings’ raw violence is interesting, weaving another aspect of this aggressive music, in opposite to the fast and effective Mount Carcass. The song picks into the rawest and the most violence influences, melting warlike strikes, double kick and directive screams.
Count the Dead offers again seizing harmonics and a catchy groove, but this melodic aspect is strengthen by an abrasive basis, then by the very punkish spirit of Cult, a song shaped for the stage. The band will have no problem to federate a crowd with this raging and very motivating song, while staying cold and brutal, followed by Moribund, a track made on the same mold. Energy is still the watchword, but leads come to wreak havoc into this unhealthy and bloody rhythmic, that will be joined by an easily memorable chorus. We continue with the devastating Frantic Redemption, a fast and greasy song that melts Old School and Brutal Death, with some Thrash influences, then the album ends on a Death Metal cover from the genius John Carpenter. If you already know the original song, you will be surprised by the ease Death Metal graft itself to the instrumental composition.
Endseeker has the ardor of the youth. Very effective, Mount Carcass perfectly falls within a talented and prolific band’s discography continuity, that only asks to go on stage again to prove it!
85/100