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░ ██ ██ Artist: Mortuary ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Nothingless than Nothingness █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-01-25 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Goregeous Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ From the beginning back in the 80s, French █
█ death/thrashers Mortuary have steadily created a █
█ framework that makes them one of the unsung and █
█ underrated efforts in the style with plenty of █
█ rather fun times in their discography. With this █
█ being the last recorded output featuring guitarist █
█ Paul before his leaving the band, their fifth █
█ full-length effort released January 8, 2016 on █
█ Gorgeous Productions shows the band at the height █
█ of their powers after a six-year break between █
█ releases. █
█ For the majority of the albumÆs running time, this █
█ here is a truly ferocious and relentless █
█ death/thrash offering showing a decidedly █
█ energetic and rousing thrash attack with █
█ simplistic riff-work and tight rhythms galloping █
█ along here. This is a really engaging and rousing █
█ effort with the explosive tempo changes forcing █
█ this into an endless series of simple thrashing █
█ riff-work and a focused intensity on charging █
█ along at the fastest possible tempo throughout █
█ here which really helps to make for a strong and █
█ confident attack. ThatÆs apparent when the band █
█ slips in slightly down-tempo rhythms that takes on █
█ a rather sluggish cadence with the deep, churning █
█ groove-styled patterns that gives it a death metal █
█ touch with itÆs rather frantic thrashing madness █
█ alongside the material here for some rather █
█ impressive dynamics and variances in the █
█ arrangements to further make for a wholly █
█ appealing effort. The fact that thereÆs such a █
█ one-sided attack throughout here does end up █
█ leaving this one with the impression that it █
█ really only knows one trick since it manages to █
█ feature not too much differences in terms of itÆs █
█ overall approach and style beyond merely dropping █
█ the tempos which it does nicely but can get lost █
█ in the shuffle for those unfamiliar with this █
█ approach. ThereÆs little need for that to be an █
█ issue, as the material is quite impressive and █
█ enjoyable for the most part. █
█ Despite popping up with a somewhat minor and █
█ rather useless flaw for the most part, this here █
█ is one of the better releases not only of the █
█ genre but also in their catalog as their █
█ consistency and competence makes for an album that █
█ will appeal to any fan of old-school death or █
█ thrash metal as well as any fan of the bandsÆ █
█ previous works. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ French death/thrashers Mortuary have been around █
█ since the late 80Æs and thatÆs abundantly clear to █
█ hear on their new album Nothingness Than █
█ Nothingness. With a sound that can only come from █
█ a band neck-deep in the roots of thrash and death █
█ metal, this relentless barrage is an accomplished █
█ statement of intent from a group of musicians █
█ whoÆve sadly wallowed in semi-obscurity for much █
█ of their existence. Well, all thatÆs about to █
█ change! █
█ Akin to the aural onslaught of Opprobrium (nΘe the █
█ original Incubus) and the early releases of █
█ Malevolent Creation, each track on Nothingless █
█ Than Nothingness delivers smothering groove, █
█ classic death metal riffing, Slayer-esque solos █
█ and a percussive pummeling that threatens to █
█ consume your entire weekend; i.e youÆll be █
█ spinning this beast more than once and thatÆs a █
█ guarantee! █
█ From the doomy intro of ôOnly Dead Witnessö û a █
█ fully formed song in itself û the all out flurries █
█ of blast beat led speed and chunky thrash riffs █
█ that follow effortlessly bob and weave their way █
█ around Patrick GermonvilleÆs throaty growls and █
█ hollers. The result is a truly exemplary █
█ amalgamation of all that makes death/thrash so █
█ damn appealing when done right; nothing new then █
█ but nothing less than completely engrossing █
█ throughout. █
█ ItÆs the manner in which Mortuary blend furious █
█ death metal with moments of sublime, semi-melodic, █
█ thrash riffs û and no better than on █
█ ôPleasufferingö û that hit the hardest. █
█ Deceptively catchy, each track overflows with a █
█ thousand ideas that never feel forced, the likes █
█ of ôTubeö particularly demonstrating MortuaryÆs █
█ knack for mixing the two sub-genres with █
█ consummate ease. █
█ ThereÆs nothing left to say, MortuaryÆs 5th album █
█ simply borders on utter death/thrash perfection! █
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░ 1. Only Dead Witness 2:27 ░
░ 2. Empty 3:36 ░
░ 3. Tube 4:14 ░
░ 4. Above 5:27 ░
░ 5. Pleasuffering 3:19 ░
░ 6. U-Man Slept, K-Os Crawled 3:27 ░
░ 7. Yesterdead 2:28 ░
░ 8. K 6:20 ░
░ 9. Morbid Existence 3:57 ░
░ 10. Kingdom 6:54 ░
░ 42:09 ░
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