Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Masada/Hideous Rot/Deathgasm Records/2013 EP Review


  Masada  are  a  band  from  Pennsylvania  that  has  been featured  before  in  this  zine  which  includes  current  and  former  members  of  Immolation,  Goreaphobia,  Crucifer,  and  Rellik  with  the  music  style  being  old  school  death  metal  with  blackened  elements  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  ep  "Hideous  Rot"  which  was  released  by  Deathgasm  Records  and  has  a  contribution  from  Clive  Jones  of  the  70's  occult  rock  band  Black  Widow.

  "Hideous  Cerebral  Pulp"  starts  off  with  powerful  drum  blast  beats  and  heavy  old  school  death  metal  guitar  riffing  which  leads  to  some  blackened  death  metal  guttural  growls  and  screams  and  as  the  song  moves  on  powerful  bass  playing  and  faster  guitar  riffs  make  their  way  into  the  song  before  going  back  to  the  slow  and  mid  paced  sections  towards  the  end.

  "Fluteotherapy"  starts  off  with  human  suffering  sounds  which  leads  to  some  70's  folk  rock  style  flutes  and  they  also  utilize  some  avant  garde  elements  with  no  other  musical  instruments  being  present  on  the  song.

  "Exist  To  Rot"  starts  off  with  heavy  guitar  riffs,  powerful  drums  and  guttural  growls  before  going  into  a  faster  direction  along  with  some  melodic  riffing  as  well  as  switching  from  fast  and  slow  parts  with  the  music  also  adding  in  some  powerful  bass  playing  which  leads  to  an  old  school  death  metal  guitar solo.

  "Suffer  Mental  Decay"  starts  off  with  some  90's  style  death  metal  guitar  riffs,  drums,  growls  and  screams  with  some  melodic  elements  making  their  way  into  the  riffing  after  that  which  leads  to  the  music  going  in  a  faster  direction  with  powerful  bass  lines  as  well  as  mixing  in  mid  paced  elements  along  with  some  blast  beats  and  towards  the  end  of  the  song  their  is  a  brief  guitar  lead.

  "Toxic  Unreality"  starts  off  with  melodic  guitar  riffing,  strong  bass  lines,  drums  and  guitar  leads  before  going  into  a  more  brutal  direction  with  the  growls  which  leads  to  some  screams  being  utilized  shortly  after  worlds  which  in  turn  sets  up  the  pace  for  the  mid  paced  sections  and  as  the  song  moves  on  you  can  hear  some  spoken  word  samples.

  Song  lyrics  on  the  ep  cover  gore  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  old  school  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  soundign  recording  from  Masada  and  if  you  are a  fan  of  old  school  death  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Hideous  Cerebral  Pulp"  and  "Suffer  Mental  Deacy".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.    

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