...SIŁA I PIĘKNO MUZYKI TKWIĄ W JEJ RÓŻNORODNOŚCI..


..::OPIS::..

This album is dedicated to Bill Tolley, 1974 - 2017


Chwytliwy, destrukcyjny i niezwykle rytmiczny.
Solidny i dopracowany krążek, uderzających z siłą ciężarówki Mack utworów, które pieszczą zarazem subtelnością boksera wagi ciężkiej.

FA

Lately, I've been on a brutal death metal streak. Even more precisely: I've been listening to a lot of Internal Bleeding. I feel that this band took everything I loved about NYDM and made it their trademark sound. In a way, they are everything 80% of deathcore bands fail to be: an incredibly moshable "beatdown-take on brutal death metal" (if I may say so). I would also say that they are everything most slam death metal bands fail to be.

"Corrupting Influence" is, like their previous effort "Imperium", peak Internal Bleeding. Mentioning beatdown was intentional: the abundance of breakdowns, beatdown mosh-parts and slam on this record really reminds me of bands like 25 Ta Life or Bulldoze and makes me confident when I say that the line between both genres isn't always as defined as one may think. The key difference being, here, the vocals. Compared to "Imperium" whose vocals were more hardcore-inclined, they seem to be back to something more akin to their acclaimed "Voracious Contempt" — only this time deeper and "modernised".

This is where Internal Bleeding set themselves apart from the typical slam death metal band: their vocals are more traditional and more intelligible.

The riffing is satisfying from start to finish, although I would have possibly enjoyed a slightly heavier tone to make it more sublime (but it's merely a detail). More than often, it aligns itself with the drums and is very rythm-oriented, which is common in this particular brand of brutal death metal. The most memorable moments are the slightly melodic ending of "Corrupting Influence" or the Dying Fetus-like moments in "Final Justice" and the solo in this same song. The best song of the album, though, is for me "Surrounded from the Inside"... this is perfectly groovy from start to finish, and the song ends with one of the heaviest beatdowns I ever heard, heavy enough to put to shame many bands that pretend to specialise in mosh-parts.

The album length is slightly above 35 minutes, which is perfect for a brutal death metal album. I wouldn't have minded one more song in the vein of "Surrounded from the Inside" and "Final Justice", though; this is how good this album is — because I rarely like them to be too long. Or in an alternate reality, in the spirit of Dying Fetus covering hardcore bands, I would have loved to hear this configuration of Internal Bleeding cover a hardcore band (ideally 25 Ta Life or Bulldoze).

I'm rating it 90 out of 100. The 10 points are mostly because of the guitar tone that could have been better... and because that artwork is quite ugly. The music is so good that this album deserves a better cover!

OverMario



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Compelled to Consume 04:01
2. Corrupting Influence 04:27
3. Fatal Dependency 03:29
4. Focus 03:00
5. Surrounded from the Inside 04:29
6. Unreality 04:44
7. Litany of Insincerity (Vocals [End Section]-Frank Rini) 03:42
8. Final Justice (Backing Vocals-Jason Netherton) 04:06
9. The Supreme Sacrifice 04:25



..::OBSADA::..

Vocals - Joe Marchese
Guitar - Chris McCarthy
Guitar, Cover, Design [Package] - Chris Pervelis
Drums - Kyle Eddy
Bass - Shaun Kennedy




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