Bookakee are a band from Quebec, Canada that plays a very progressive and melodic form of gore/death metal and this is a review of their self released 2013 album "Whorrific".
"Intro" starts off the album with distorted sound effects and power electronic noises.
"A Night To Dismember" which is also the first real song on the album opens up with heavy, fast and brutal guitar riffs as well as some blast beats from t he drums which leads to a mixture of growls, screams and piq sqeels, and after awhile the music slows down a bit and you can hear melody and technical elements as well as a small amount of clean playing before alternating between mid paced, clean, heavy and fast parts while also bringing leads in and out of the music.
"Whorrific" which is also the title track begins with technical guitar leads, before adding in a pig squeel which also leads to fast and heavy guitar riffing and drums as well as some blast beats and deep growls which also utilize screams which then leads o the music alternating between slow and fast parts along with blast beats in certain sections of the music and you can also hear bass guitars in certain parts, towards the end there is a brief use of acoustic guitars.
"Return of The Living Dead" opens up with heavy guitar riffs and drums before speeding up, adding in blast beats as well as growls and screams which also leads to the music getting more technical and brutal as well as alternating between mid paced and fast parts while also being melodic at times which also leads up to guitar solos coming in and out of the music as well as a brief use of acoustic guitars.
"Perverted Monolith" which also has Crook from Valfreya as a guest starts up with heavy and technical sounding guitar riffs before speeding up along with blast beats from the drums along with a mixture of growls and screams and the song also alternates between slow and fast parts, as the song moves on clean guitars, guitar leads and female vocals are added in before getting brutal again.
"Bookakee Blast" starts up with fast, heavy and technical sounding guitar riffs as w ell as some blast beats from the drums which also leads to a mixture of growls and screams as well as alternating between slow and fast parts while also putting in a few seconds of clean guitars, you can also hear bass guitars in certain sections of the music, a couple of minutes later guitar solos and leads start coming in and out as well as bringing back acoustic guitars.
"Muerte Peluda" kicks in with spoken word samples before adding in fast and brutal guitar riffs and drums along with technical elements which also bring in solos that come in and out of the music as well as alternating between slow and fast parts and you can also hear bass guitars in certain sections of the music.
"DBS" comes in with fast, heavy and brutal guitar riffs along with some drums as well as growls and screams which also leads to a mixture of mid paced and fast parts along with some technical sounding guitar leads.
"Insulated Room" breaks in with melodic guitar leads and blast beats from the drums along with a mixture of deathcore and death metal vocals and a minute later guitar leads start coming in and out as well as some melodic elements and towards the end the bass guitars get more powerful in certain parts of the music.
"Carcass Coffin" hits it off with acoustic guitar playing and drums which brings in a progressive rock feeling and then heavy guitar riffs, drums and screams kick in along with some melodic elements before getting brutal with death metal growls and then the music starts to alternate between slow and fast parts along with some blast beats and towards the end guitar solos and leads start coming in and out, you can also hear symphonic elements briefly towards the end.
"DK" is introduced with melodic guitar leads and drums as well as some powerful sounding bass guitars before adding in heavy guitar riffs along with blast beats before adding in progressive metal guitar riffs and tribal sounds.
"Usurper" is brought in with siren sounds before adding in drums and guitar riffs which also lead to a mixture of fast and mid paced parts along with a mixture of screams and growls and then the music also gets more melodic and technical along with some guitar leads that come in and out of the music, as the song goes in by acoustic guitars are also added into the mix and towards the end you can also hear bass guitars in certain sections of the song.
"Invasion Of The Depraved" makes its way in with sound effects and samples and a few seconds alter growls, drums and melodic guitar leads kick in as well as some heavy riffing before going into a fast and brutal direction a long with some blast beats, then the music starts mixing in screams as well as alternating between slow and fast parts, as the music moves on clean and progressive parts are also added into certain sections of the music.
"A.A" which is also the last song on the album starts up with saxophones and acoustic guitars and bass shortly after that which also leads up to drums and the song is all instrumental with no vocals beign present.
Song lyrics cover gore and horror themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion Bookakee are a very great sounding progressive, melodic, gore/death metal and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Night To Dismember" "Perverted Monolith" "Carcass Coffin" and "Invasion Of The Depraved". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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