Sudden Death is back with a fourth album.
Formed in Italy in 1997 and now comprising Luis Maggio (vocals, Bloodtruth, ex-Escatology), Giorgio “Giorgioni” Cifuni (guitar, Undertakers), Francesca Mancini (guitar, Necrosy, Chaos Rising), Giuseppe Ciurleo (bass, ex-Escatology) and Emanuele Aleo (drums, Sky Mob, live for Svart Vinter), the band has teamed up with Time to Kill Records for the release of In Sinner Hate.
We kick off with In Sinner Hate, the eponymous introduction that shows us a chaotic and devastated universe, before letting The Modern Pharisee stun us with a raw groove that already sounds promising for our necks. The jerky approach and Corpsegrinderish vocal parts borrowed from Brutal Death fit perfectly with the strident harmonics, then it’s with a touch of complexity that Destined to Fall launches, asserting its virulent riffs. The composition is a little short, however, and quickly gives way to The World is Hate, which hits us with fairly similar patterns, using more heady lead parts to complement a solid rhythmic pattern made for live performance. There’s also a hint of Thrash roots before a heavier passage, but Living Corruption takes over with a few dissonant touches and wild palm-mutes to keep the mosh going, before offering some occult backing vocals to close the track. The Beast Awakening strikes next, transforming itself into a veritable avalanche of rhythmically-changing rage that shifts from moshpart to torrent of hatred in no time at all, before Channelling Misery takes its place, distilling a comparable recipe geared towards a fairly dry, effective groove. The solo is as tortured as ever, but the rhythm section’s touch of madness will carry us over to The Torture Wheel, which is sure to be another dose of brutality and boiling pit live, then Acidic Ways of Parity will make us want to shake our skulls all the time, thanks to that half-greasy, half-unchained touch. We mercilessly continue on Human Death Machine, where the massive growl is sometimes complemented by a more piercing scream while the rest of the band goes wild, then The Human Demise comes in for the final blows with its own convulsive riffs, accelerating until it comes to an end.
Although comparisons with one of the Death Metal scene’s American giants are inevitable for Sudden Death, the band’s In Sinner Hate is more than a wordplay, it’s a real riff with moshparts and other violent jolts made for the stage.
80/100