Cytolysis strikes again.
Five years after his debut album, American musician Darren Cesca‘s (Eschaton, Goratory, ex-Arsis, ex-Deeds of Flesh…) project has signed with Comatose Music and unveiled Surge of Cruelty.
We begin this album with Your Slow Demise, and once the characteristic Brutal Death sample has passed, the violence hits us all at once, allowing the musician to unleash himself on each of the instruments, but also on the vocals. The mix is extremely heavy and well constructed, even daring to add a touch of dissonance during the stunning mosh parts, then accelerating on Devout Sacrifice, where savagery reigns throughout the entire track. Darren welcomes Mac Smith (Apogean, Eschaton, Hammer of Dawn) to help him on vocals, creating a brutal duo that ends up leaving us with the disturbing Surge Of Cruelty, which borrows from the darkest sides of violence to create a block of brutality with heavy nuances, albeit very jerky and catchy. Consenting Brood follows with furious and explosive patterns that turn into waves of raw power, then it’s with Brian Forgue (Syphilic) that the musician gives A Blood Soaked Offering its devastating heaviness, taking advantage of accelerations to reinforce the presence of the guest vocalist. Ritual Carnage tempers the violence by offering us a little over a minute and a half of anguished instrumental music, but the saturation remains present and ignites on Tribal Savagery, which immediately follows and pours out all its rage at a variable pace, borrowing its killer groove from Slam. Adam Mason (Goratory, Sexcrement) joins the project for Tortured Flesh, which begins with a terrifying sample before ravaging everything in its path, then becoming icy again before moving on to Mark of the Demons, where we find the last guest, Flo Butcher (Balance of Terror, Relics of Humanity, Tortured), for violence at its pinnacle. Everything in this track wants to kill us, and the musicians are determined to show us that before giving way to the equally virulent Innocence is Raped, which in turn tramples us mercilessly and nails us to the ground with its massive striking force, followed by Hung from the Rafters, which has the privilege of finishing us off with an irregular rhythm that makes us think it’s stopping only to come back even stronger.
In addition to being an excellent drummer, Darren Cesca shows us with Surge of Cruelty that he can do anything, but above all, do it well! Cytolysis is a powerful project, and its guests only increase the level of brutality!
95/100