Band: Dyscarnate
Title: And So It Came To Pass
Type: Album
Label: Siege of Amida Records
Good ole England, bringing us the likes of Venom and of course Napalm Death, but never had I heard of Dyscarnate (Formerly Incarnate), the death metallers from Horsham. Yet releasing a demo in 2006, an EP in 2008 called ‘Annihilate to Liberate’ and an album in 2010 ‘Enduring the Massacre’ I’m wondering why I haven’t heard them before. According to their Facebook “The UK’s Dyscarnate play their own unique breed of intense, blistering death metal” So having got my mitts on a copy of their latest release ‘And So It Came To Pass’, I’m going to pop it in and see what’s what ….
The intro song ‘The Weight of all Things’ sounds a bit iffy at first with the almost Nine Inch Nails effect, but saves itself with a brutal and crunchy riff. The drum pattern equally as affective with its steady yet a little merciless pattern. No vocals to this one, yet hopefully a taster of good things to come.
Feeling quite positive, the second track jumps in with some remorseless drumming and insane vocals. The chorus has a fist thumping chant to it and after the middle section; shows off a vast array impressive and neck breaking drumming. Slowing down (just a tad, at least at the beginning) for ‘Cain Enable’ no longer are you tapping away to a calm(ish) track as the bouncy drumming and riffs take you to whole other level. A tasty little breakdown beat, which will get your arms in the air showing all the little screamo kids how it’s done!
‘A Drone In The Hive’ offers something slightly different with the drumming purposely a little offbeat while ‘And So It Came To Pass’ is another fierce one to get any hardcore metalheads starting a slam pit.
‘Grinding Down The Gears’ is probably my best pick out of the lot. The old school blast beat drumming along with the tight guitars and the growls of the vocalist blew me away. The track fades out with a superb drumming pattern.
Another to mention is ‘ Kingdom of the Blind’ which reminds me of Machine Head somehow. However, it moves on into a motion of death metal goodness, taking no prisoners and letting us know that they mean business.
I can’t recommend this enough to all the DM fans, however even though it was a decent and listenable album, I felt that some of the tracks were a little too similar, but then again, isn’t all death metal like that?
Go buy it if you want something brutal, and look out for tour dates with Fleshgod Apocalypse!
(7/10 Charlene Rance)
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