Itself - Make My Suffer Short (2009)

  It seems like it's not hard to find South American metal albums starting with some demonic erotic/orgy performance, even if the followings have not much to do with the whole thing, like in the case of Itself.
   The band's one and only album was a modern death metal release that sympathized with the technical ambitions of brutal death bands, but only in common, but short theme switches. The band didn't go too far, and switched back to old school tendencies before the songs would become too complex. The song composiotions and the way how they built on the effectiveness of theme contrasts are typically a modern thing that spreaded in the '00s. The influence of new waved bands is also noticeable, and therefore the main impression isn't so exaggerated like in the case of brutal death bands. "Make My Suffer Short" sounds like if the musicians had an experimental period to find some common ground. That happens if band members having different influences and imaginations. The lyrical concept is based on mental issues, so they also had an interesting topic. Their drummer was their frontman too, and therefore must admit that doing vocals while such intense drumming style is also extraordinary. The album is more or less unified, but not completely outbioled. Though all-in-one it was a stunning debut.