Masacre - Brutal Aggre666ion (2014)

   Masacre is one of the not so many good examples for how a band could renew its style with time and to not disappoint their old fans meanwhile. Like if "Reqviem's" Masacre and the "Total Death's" Masacre (their 4th full-length album) were 2 different bands. And if we're looking at the line up changes that occured meanwhile (guitarist Juan Carlos Gómez as the only constant band member), they are.
   It might be interesting to compare Masacre's case with Massacre, if the analogy by style, band name, and cultic underground status wouldn't be enough. Both bands had lineup changes, both tried to change their style, but while Massacre tried it earlier in a drastic way led by the changing tendencies of the main scene and failed, Masacre's music changed in small steps album by album as a continuity and succeeded. More importantly they didn't try to abandon their old style, but to renew it. In 2014 Massacre came back from nothing and released a great album that was more brutal than how their early music was, but something was missing. Like if it was made by any other death metal band. A soulless mass product without any genuine features. In 2014 Masacre released a great album that was that was more brutal than how their early music was, and also sounded as a fulfillment of their musical development. Cause they haven't been gone meanwhile. That album was like if it was made by another band compared to their early period, but their music still had intense spirit. It was a different flame than in the old times (by different musicians it's understandable), but the flame was there, and it didn't just burn, it was incinerating. "Brutal Aggre666ion" isn't about trying to play something that certainly could be sold, cause there are well proven samples how to do it. It was about to enjoy being as brutal and compromise-less as the genre could offer cause that's why it was made for. An excellent record, strongly recommended for the fans of death metal!