Banishment
Cleansing the Infirm ()
Wydane przez Lacerated Enemy Records/Metalhit.comRok wydania Kraj USANapisał Wouter7
Debuting on Czech Republic death metal label Lacerated Enemy Records Los Angeles, California based technical death metal combo Banishment present a demonic, more controlled and dark take on the genre. Unlike their peers in Deeds Of Flesh, Disgorge, Mortal Decay or Vile, Banishment concentrate on playing catchy, memorable material whereas many of its contemporaries go for directionless brutality or mindless technicality. Banishment refrains from constantly blasting and the well placed midpaced sections are actually dark and evil sounding. Although there are no slithering leads/solos to be found on this record both guitarists Jorge Banda and Billy Clapp interplay well with each other; trading riffs, licks and harmonies providing an unconventional sense of melody. Vocalist Imer Arnautowitch isn't nearly as indecipherable and gurgly as most of his California counterparts. As a result of these facets "Cleansing the Infirm" is much more of a so-called old school death metal record than it is a modern one. The doomy instrumental ‘An Inimical Figure' provides the album with a gloomy atmosphere, notably absent on most releases of this kind. The production is okay and quite similar to Disgorge's "Consuming the Forsaken". The artwork provided by the ever popular Par Olofsson (Condemned, Disavowed, Human Filetted) gives the "Cleansing the Infirm" album an air of professionality usually reserved for bigger labels. This is certainly a great change of pace compared to what California usually offers in underground death metal.
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