Review by Sandre the Giant
Greece’s Death Courier are legends of old school death metal, with their iconic debut ‘Demise’ coming out in 1992, but they’ve been around since 1987. They returned to the fray in 2009 and released ‘Perimortem’ in 2013, but ‘Necrotic Verses’ looks to be their magnum opus, a mere decade later. It is out in June through Transcending Obscurity.
The title track that opens this record is probably the most visceral piece of music I’ve encountered in my lockdown purgatory. The old school thrashy death violence is breathtaking; each riff underpinned by a battery of blasting drums and dense bass and the pace is relentless. You’ll be battered by the brutal ‘Mourning Ecstacy’, mesmerised by the chugging ‘When Death Fits to Skin’ and drowned in the murk of ‘Pillars’. ‘Necrotic Verses’ is a pure old school death metal record, still imbued by the thrashy nature from which classic death arose. These guys are true originals, and each song just reinforces their credentials.
From the snarling ‘Visceral’ to the guttural roar of ‘Immune’, Death Courier are living proof that it is never too late to bring freshness to an ancient and founding genre. ‘Necrotic Verses’ is something to behold, enthralled by, and its one of the most straightforwardly brutal yet absorbing releases this year.
https://deathcouriergreece.bandcamp.com/
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