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Po dziewięciu latach wydawniczej posuchy z niebytu powrócił poważany niemiecki old school deathmetalowy kwartet ANASARCA prezentując najnowszy, długo wyczekiwany album "Achlys".

"Achlys" to najbardziej brutalne, intensywne i emocjonalne wydawnictwo zespołu w całej jego historii. Muzycznie album pozostaje osadzony w technicznym, melodyjnym i brutalnym death metalu, z charakterystycznym dla ANASARCA riffingiem, a jednocześnie jest kolejnym albumem koncepcyjnym — tym razem poświęconym żałobie. Teksty powstały na podstawie relacji osób, które straciły bliskich, odzwierciedlając zarówno osobiste doświadczenia członków zespołu, jak i straty w szeroko pojętej społeczności metalowej.

ANASARCA została założona w 1995 roku przez perkusistę Heinera oraz gitarzystę i wokalistę Mike’a (ex-Vomiting Corpses). Krótko po powstaniu zespół nagrał demo Condemned Truth, a następnie Godmachine (1996), co zaowocowało kontraktem z Repulse Records. Debiutancki album Godmachine ukazał się w 1998 roku i do dziś przez wielu fanów uznawany jest za klasykę niemieckiego death metalu.

Po kolejnych zmianach składu zespół wydał w 2001 roku drugi album Moribund nakładem Mighty Music. Wydawnictwo wyróżniało się unikalną koncepcją liryczną — wszystkie teksty pochodziły od osób oczekujących na wykonanie kary śmierci, co przyniosło zespołowi duże uznanie i zainteresowanie na scenie. W 2004 roku ukazał się kolejny, również koncepcyjny album Dying, ponownie wydany przez Mighty Music, którego teksty oparto na relacjach osób śmiertelnie chorych.

Po długim okresie ciszy i dalszych roszadach personalnych zespół powrócił z nową energią. Album Survival Mode, wydany w 2017 roku przez Sevared Records, zawierał gościnny udział Kam Lee (Massacre). Pod względem lirycznym płyta koncentrowała się na ludzkich zachowaniach w sytuacjach granicznych i walce o przetrwanie.

Piąty pełnowymiarowy album ANASARCA, ACHLYS, został nagrany między lutym a lipcem 2025 roku w Wretched Noise Studio w Oldenburgu (Niemcy). Materiał zmiksował Daniel Meinzer, a masteringiem zajął się Dennis Israel (Scour, Amon Amarth, Primordial, Asphyx, Legion Of The Damned). Autorem wszystkich grafik zamieszczonych na albumie oraz okładki jest nadworny grafik zespołu, Robert Sindermann (Havoc, Avulsed, Manticora, Beyond Twilight).

Dla fanów EDGE OF SANITY, SUFFOCATION, GOREFEST, OBITUARY, GRAVE



Renowed German death metal force ANASARCA are back with 5th full length album "ACHLYS".


ANASARCA was founded in 1995 by drummer Heiner and guitarist/vocalist Mike (ex-Vomiting Corpses). Shortly after forming, the band recorded the demo Condemned Truth, followed by Godmachine (1996), which led to a deal with Repulse Records. Their debut album Godmachine was released in 1998 and is still regarded by many fans as a classic of German death metal.

After several lineup changes, ANASARCA released their second album Moribund in 2001 via Mighty Music. The album stood out for its unique lyrical concept, featuring texts written by death-row inmates, earning strong recognition within the scene. The band continued with the concept-driven album Dying in 2004, again released by Mighty Music, with lyrics based on testimonies of terminally ill people.

Following a long period of inactivity and further lineup changes, ANASARCA returned with renewed energy. The album Survival Mode was released in 2017 via Sevared Records, featuring guest vocals by Kam Lee (Massacre). Lyrically, it explored human behavior in extreme survival situations.

Between February and July 2025, ANASARCA recorded their fifth full-length album ACHLYS at Wretched Noise Studio in Oldenburg, Germany. Mixed by Daniel Meinzer and mastered by Dennis Israel (Scour, Amon Amarth, Primordial, Asphyx, Legion Of The Damned). The album’s visual identity, including all graphics and artwork was created by Robert Sindermann, who has previously collaborated with bands such as Havoc, Avulsed, Manticora, and Beyond Twilight.

ACHLYS is the band’s most brutal, intense, and emotionally charged release to date. Musically rooted in melodic-brutal death metal, the album once again follows a concept — this time centered on grief, with lyrics written by people who have lost loved ones, reflecting both personal losses within the band and the wider metal community.

For fans of Suffocation, Gorefest, Obituary, Grave, Edge Of Sanity.




German Anasarca being active since 1995 are back with their fifth full-length album “Achlys” out via the very good Polish underground label Selfmadegod Records.

Three of the new songs, namely “Achlys”, “He Is Dead” and “In Memoriam” were already to find on the 2024 promo “Goddess Of The Somber Shape”, the rest was previously unreleased. So anybody who heard the promo or knows the previous albums knows what is to come for the next 40 minutes.

Kicking off with a short intro from “Funeral March” with some ghastly spoken words, the first songs breaks in like a sudden nuclear strike. If you aren´t prepared for this inferno, you might get a shock when you listen too relaxed to the song. The song, like the rest on the album, is full of blast beat attacks and super fast brutal death metal. Not the shitty brutal death metal bands with colored Bermuda shorts and pink sunglasses perform while the fans are going nuts in the fucking circle pit, no this is real old-school death metal as it was popular in the early 90s when Suffocation and co still were kicking ass and were some sort of new shit in town.

Apart from all the brutality you also can find some catchier parts in the songs that almost groove and what is also clearly to state is the technical quality of the songs. The instruments are performed very well and just take as a good example “Basket Of Burdens”. This all comes together here and delivers really high quality death metal. Another really good and catchy ones are “Pain Remains” and “Wish You Were Here”. Kicking off with a fast drum pattern “Pain Remains” stays more or less melodic and reminds (at least me) of newer Cannibal Corpse albums with all the arrangements, the tempo and also the vocals. “Wish You Were Here” (no, it´s not a Rednex cover song!) tends into the same direction but has some more breaks and twists in the middle of it.

This might be the biggest point of criticism on the album. The songs are often into the same direction and some surprising moments such as the one at the beginning of the album or in the mentioned tracks are missing here and there. To be fair, also the big role models aren´t too surprising on most of the albums and I can actually live with that kind of music pretty well, so let this just be a small footnote here.

What has also become quite well is the powerful production. Especially in that genre sometimes the drums sound too tinny or muffled but on “Achlys” they sound really good. Also the rest of the instruments and the vocals are executed very good so that the sound gives no reason to mourn in any way.

And also the lyrcis, that might be important for one or the other listener, are quite profound. They deal a lot with death and grief, a lot of the lyrics are based on traditional or modern poems (for example is "How Can They" based on "The Dying Child" by John Clare, written in the 18th century)

So if you are into some serious brutal death metal stuff you should check the Germans for sure, this is probably no disappointment or waste of time! There is only one thing to hope – that the next song isn´t called “Cotton Eye Joe”!

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..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Beyond the Passing (Intro) 00:56
2. My Reality 04:23
3. Achlys 03:56
4. Basket of Burdens 03:08
5. In Memoriam 04:30
6. Pain Remains 04:02
7. Broken 03:21
8. He Is Dead 03:37
9. Wish You Were Here 04:23
10. How Can They 03:03
11. I Feel 04:40




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