Severed Monolith, by Gorephilia

Severed Monolith

by Gorephilia

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Fraz I should've bought this ages ago, finally it just dragged itself out from the grave of my wishlist. Quality Finnish OSDM with pummelling drums and riffs, oh such sweet riffs. Slapping myself for sleeping on this! Loving death metal again. Always, really, it never dies.

Landon I really enjoy the atmospheric down tuned guitars on Severed Monolith. The drummer gets the job done and lays down some very well executed blasting. The ethereal track, “Eternity,” and the last untitled instrumental piano track, are welcome palate cleansers. There is nothing too adventurous but the music is predominantly fun to listen to nonetheless. A solid death metal album, one that I consider relaxing. 7/10.

Black_Death_Doom Finnish Death Metal is king Favorite track: Black Horns.

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	1.	Interplanar 03:43
	2.	Hellfire 04:16
	3.	Harmageddon of Souls 03:55
	4.	Words that Solve Problems 01:22
	5.	Black Horns 06:35
	6.	The Ravenous Storm 04:36
	7.	Return to Dark Space 04:38
	8.	Eternity 01:26
	9.	Crushed Under the Weight of God 09:44
	10.	Untitled 01:37

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Five years and two new members – drummer Kauko Kuusisalo who joined right after the release of their debut album and second six-stringer Pauli Gurko who arrived last year – later, Finland’s most in-your-face death metal band is back and they still are forging their way with a hammer.

“This was meant at first to be an EP” reveals their original guitarist Jukka Aho “but it slowly grew into a full-length. Some of the songs date all the way back to 2012 and the material has had much time to ferment resulting in GOREPHILIA’s most refined compositions yet. The lyrics explore the inner conflict and self-destructive nature of man - parting from his will, values and life. The album was recorded with Tommi Otsavaara, mostly live in studio with the exception of vocals and guitar solos, just like for our debut."

If lately many of their contemporaries, including famed label mates KRYPTS whom Jukka is incidentally also part of, have decided to reconnect themselves with the ‘classic Finnish sound’ of the early 90’s, GOREPHILIA have on the other hand decided to go against the tide and turn their gaze towards the US for inspiration. Their goal is pretty simple: making sure their take on the genre has the kind of sudden impact few will recover from. Whereas others tend to wave around their prey, they’re in for the kill and after ‘Embodiment of Death’ back in 2012, their second full-length ‘Severed Monolith’ is deemed to twist the knife in the wound even deeper.

The only moment where you’ll be able to catch your breath is the interlude ‘Words That Solve Problems’, basically a stepping stone for the following onslaught, ‘Black Horns’. And the first track previewed ‘The Ravenous Storm’ is no different, with its furious barrage of blasts and blistering solos. Rounded off by Raul Gonzalez ‘cosmic’ artwork reminiscent of what he already had done for MORBUS CHRON, ‘Severed Monolith’ is just that, a testament to death metal crushing power.

written by Olivier "Zoltar' Badin

Vinyl via Me Saco Un Ojo Records

credits

released March 3, 2017

Henry Kuula - Vomit
Tami Luukkonen - Bass
Jukka Aho - Guitar
Pauli Gurko - Guitar
Kauko Kuusisalo - Battery

Cover art - Raul Serrano
All music composed by Jukka Aho
Recorded by Tommi Otsavaara
Mixed and mastered at TobaSound

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