Sometimes in metal, after you've gotten tired of the cookie-monster flooding your ear canals with all sorts of deep guttural growls, you just want to kick back and listen to some instrumental music, in this case, technical death metal. Sometimes doing this gives the listener a different perspective of the music to be heard on any given album within the genre. It allows you to really appreciate what it is the drummer and guitarist do that keep you head-banging. Plus you get a glimpse of just how difficult or tricky some sections are to perform and you're able to pick up on certain things you may have missed when big-mouth over there could not seem to keep it shut for a few seconds.

The instrumental work we get to dissect is coming from a duo under the band name FERMENTOR. They play technical/progressive death metal (and include some surprises) on their debut album Continuance. Usually I'd pass this up with barely a glance; however, since the black and death metal snarls, growls and shrieks have been a tiring thing as of late, I used this as an opportunity to refresh. I'm quite pleased I did accept this promo because what FERMENTOR are able to achieve is praise worthy.

You're given ten tracks of technical tranquility on Continuance, with each doing something interesting all the while different. Opening track 'The Stench' is quite a mixed-pot from the get-go; merging black metal, progressive metal and the obvious death metal offences to make a statement early on that your time will be well-spent. There are moments you could predict what comes next along with times in which they completely turn off the lights before flicking the switch back on to introduce us to some proggy eerieness. More surprises await as you veer off into tracks like 'Thunderboss' (that actually sounds thunderous via the meaty blast beats aided by thick riffs) and 'Mechanism'. These tracks are chock full of twists and turns plus they sound the part rather than appearing to be thrown in just for the sake of tech death metal. Melodic instances, spontaneous chugchords and some Swedish death metal tones are added to the technical affair.

Full review of FERMENTOR's debut album "Continuance" can be found here.

FERMENTOR is:

Dylan Marks - drums
Adam Wollach - guitar

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/fermentormetal/
https://fermentor.bandcamp.com/
https://www.fermentorband.com/

Shrine Of Insanabilis - Vast Vortex Litanies

Let's start with the preview of SHRINE OF INSANABILIS' second record Vast Vortex Litanies. 'Vortex', the six-minute opus has to be one of the most violent and aggressive tracks I've heard this year thus far. Neck breaking and merciless blast beats with razor-sharp guitars spiting punishing riffs is an incredible display of fury and black metal savagery. You have 25 seconds to get your ass down before blasts will rip your head off and sometime around 3 minute mark to pick your jaw from the floor. I can't wait to hear the rest of this record already; if that malevolent force lasts throughout the full-length I'll definitely have some broken furniture in my office.

Vast Vortex Litanies is set to devastate the world on October 17th, 2019 released by W.T.C. Productions.

Creeping Flesh - Into The Meat Grinder

CREEPING FLESH rolls their tanks and in vain of 90's death metal, mercilessly pummeling through the battlefield with a debut album Into The Meat Grinder. Stench of burnt corpses, and sounds of crushing bones under caterpillar tracks are felt with every bass rumble and kick of the drum. This record has nothing but destruction in mind, from opening growl to crawling slowdown by the end, CREEPING FLESH declares war and stand victories on rubbles of the battleground.

This 10 song, 45 minutes long Meat Grinder will be released on September 25th, 2019 through Swedish record label Growls from the Underground. 

Tyrant Goatgaldrakona - Marquis Of Evil

Finally, since today's list has potential of leaving you physically and mentally handicapped, let's close it with a crushing death metal monster from TYRANT GOATGALDRAKONA. While Marquis of Evil, is just two track 7", its muddy guitar tone combined with deep guttural vocals and variety of tempo changes spills more rage and bestiality than many bands can't attain with their full-lengths.

Marquis of Evil, the Hungarian band's first new recording in nearly five years will be released October 25th, 2019 by Blood Harvest Records.