Violence resurfaces with Glorious Depravity.
Five years after their last release, the band led by Doug Moore (vocals, Pyrrhon, Scarcity, Weeping Sores), Matt Mewton (guitar, Woe), George Paul (guitar, Gravesend, ex-Mutilation Rites), John McKinney (bass, Woe) and Chris Grigg (drums, Woe) signs with Transcending Obscurity Records to announce its second album, Death Never Sleeps.
It takes barely a handful of seconds for Slaughter the Gerontocrats, the first track, to hit full throttle, letting the vocals blend into the already thick mix, accentuating their Death Metal’s Old School roots. The catchy middle section also proves to be the most piercing, but the mosh part grabs our attention before rushing us into Stripmined Flesh Extractor, which sticks to similar effective patterns to continue their carnage at a good pace while the vocals rage on. The track makes no compromises, finally stopping only to make way for Freshkills Poltergeist after a quick sample, resuming its destruction with massive but sometimes more complex riffs, such as on this strange break before Sulphrous Winds (Howling Through Christendom) follows suit, offering us a short new dose of violence with raw tones that are very tasty for fans of the early days of the scene. The last growl leads to Scourged by the Wings of the Fell Destroyer, where the shrill screams return to accompany a changing but always brutal rhythm that rages before suddenly giving way to a new disturbing sample, but The Devouring Dust follows suit and revives the initial savagery and its frenzied riffs served up with blast beats, double kick, and merciless vocals, but also, and above all, that irregular approach that we love so much. Carnage at the Margins is the next to assault us, and while I enjoy the overall aggressiveness, I am surprised by the temporary halt in the sound, but the hurricane will return to break our necks, even placing a few Death/Thrash patterns when the sharp harmonics come out, then Necrobotic Enslavement appears with a mid-tempo touch. Although the beginning of the track is fairly calm, it soon ignites and tramples us in due form, taking advantage of rapid accelerations before giving way to Death Never Sleeps, the eponymous composition that benefits from a touch of doom to go slowly but allows itself to crush us with imposing passages. but the band can’t resist returning to a faster pace in the second half, allowing a tortured solo to emerge before the band closes this chapter.
Although they come from different backgrounds, Glorious Depravity’s members agree on one thing: violence. It is with this essential component that they make Death Never Sleeps a veritable block of rage that will appeal to fans of the Old School touches of Brutal Death Metal.
80/100
