REVIEW: DESECRATION - PATHWAY TO DEVIANCE

 

DESECRATION - PATHWAY TO DEVIANCE (Coprp Recs., 2002)

Tracks: 1- Cleaver, Saw and Butcher´s Knife; 2- Offer the Flesh; 3- King of the Missing; 4- Bloody Human Carvery; 5- None of Us are Saints; 6- Let´s Have a Hanging; 7- Swollen; 8- Bathroom´s Autopsy; 9- They Bled; 10- Frosted Breath

This is one of the most brutal releases I have listened this year. Despit being extremely brutal the band has devloped a great sound, specially on the guitars which are cristal clear (despite the big amount of distortion that this guys use and despite that they tune down the guitars to achieve a bottom end sound). The drums are also really well mixed and you can listen the interesting Ride Cymbals arrangements that the drummer does while doing interesting fast patterns. There are some slower tracks like "King o the Missing"which is one of the heaviest tunes here (I liked a lot the pasage where the guitars play a riff and the drums use a great double bass pattern at 1:31 of this track). Another interesting thing is that the band uses sometimes riffs with dissonances that make the guitar work more interesting. Brutality but with a lot of changes and interesting arrangements.

Favorite tracks: "King of the Missing", "None of Us Are Saints" and "They Bled".

Contact: www.coprorecords.co.uk