Execration - Syndicate of Lethargy (2008)

   If there were any expectations about the band's music based on their origin - cause probably most would think about some Norwegian black metal, or Swedish death metal related influences -, it's better to forget about them as soon as possible. Execration debuted with such raw and noisy death metal, that only could be compared to a road roller, that's smashing everything on it's way.
   The album starts already like if tons of steel panels would fall on the listener. If it's a must to find any analogy, Diskord should be mentioned, since they are also from Norway, and their music is also everything, but not easy to go into. Execration also symptahized with technical ambitions, but the disharmony they've combined with an exaggeratedly brutal and noisy sound that's similar to Incantation's. Basically the short song intro and outro parts that are mostly serving as melodic intermezzos to let the listener to chill a bit before the musical apocalypse continues, but they've filled those with noise too. There's no opportunity to keep calm, like if the overwhelming insane heaviness wasn't enough. This kind of obscure approach counts as modern compared to old school death, because it leaves no chance to focus on anything else but the oppressing brutality. Still, it's not focusing first of all on the brutal features and not letting too high role for technical themes, so a very heavy, kind of shocking effect gets left behind after listening. The album offers excellent entertainment for the fans of the heaviest, obscure sound of death metal.