Repuked - Up from the Sewers (2013)

   Autopsy fans have been quite pleased from the late '00s, since plenty of new bands showed up who tried to recall the notoriously sick feeling Autopsy was infamous of in the early '90s. And most bands did it successfully. One of them was Repuked. 

   The band's full-length debut "Pervertopia" was sick and enjoyable from various aspects, but in total the album probably intended to recreate the obscure intensity of 'Severed Survival". While on their returning record "Up from the Sewers" they focused more on diversity. The slow, ominous melodies had bigger role (similar to "Mental Funeral"), but there's no lack of primitive themes, and even more primitive ones than usual. Like simple punk influenced themes to be more specific. As the album goes on, the return of the various features the band operated with becoming frequent and predictable the same time, and even though their music basically counts as primitive, this is a sign of paying more attention on the song structures and their complexity than how it could be expected by first listening. By giving it the right hands, the "recipe" that was left behind by Autopsy is pretty effective and offers more possibilities than how it first sounds like. The fact that many bands understood and did it right, is kind of an ultimate compliment for their icon. On the side of diversity "Up from the Sewers" was also more experimental than "Pervertopia". Like if the band had a list of things they just wanted to try, just because why not. This had slightly disadvantageous effect on the unity of the album, but the mix of features the band operated with gave enough wide range to not let the whole thing slip too far. Strongly recommended for the fans of Autopsy!