Inferis - Obscure Rituals of Death and Destruction (2013)

   Even though Chile have been (in)famous about its thrash metal scene for decades, something has notably changed in its underground scene from the mid-late '00s. It's reasonable to think about a generational change, cause plenty of the new bands that showed up around that time, not only played heavier or nosier music, but something way more exaggerated than anyone there before. One of these bands was Inferis. 

   There could be some analogy with Unaussprechlichen Kulten, since all of these bands were extremely intense and anti-Christian / blasphemic the same time, and because Unaussprechlichen Kulten had impressively brutal tendencies since the beginning. But while they're more into overwhelming heaviness and more complex, technical themes, Inferis was closer to ordinary brutal death, and focused on extreme intensity. Their debut "In The Path of Malignant Spirits" could be easily sorted to the endless line of brutal death metal albums, but by "Obscure Rituals of Death and Destruction" there are some differences that making this classification difficult. The band's own approach, that operates also with disharmony, could be sensed on the first album too, but on their returning record it became a dominant feature. This isn't just a simple technical brutal death experiment, more like a raw presentation of an all-round collapse. The disturbment of balance, composition and song structure in the way how it is used to hear at ordinary technical brutal death bands. There are plenty of traditional themes and solutions to hear on the album, but somehow they aren't able to create enough massive unifying frame. Or more possibly: it wasn't even intended to create any. This makes the album hard to go into, but things getting clear after giving it to a listen a couple of times. At the other hand the band's improvement is definitely one of the advantages of this approach, and if the listener is not willing to give up easily, the album does have the potential to become a long time favorite. Especially for the fans of the noisiest, rawest aspect of brutal death.