PYRAMIDS
S/T
(Hydra Head)

FARFLUNG
A Wound in Eternity
(MeteorCity)

GOZU
S/T
(Self-Released)

LITMUS
Planetfall
(Rise Above)

ANOTHER KIND OF
DEATH
Sleepless Every Night
(Underhill)

EAK/CRUSHING SUN
Bipolar 

(Major Label Industries)

TETSUO
David Keenan is My Dick 

(At War With False Noise)

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I was deeply saddened to find out that the rising Spanish label Underhill was closing shop after only ten years dedicated to serve us with forward thinking Spanish extreme music. Bad news for all of us obsessed with metal, for all of us eager to dig into burgeoning scenes like that of Spain. Only after checking out their four way split that featured the band in this review, along with Adrift, Moho and Moksha, was I informed of the talent that is blossoming in that beautiful land. I knew of the talent, because I grew up listening to Spanish rock (long live Parchis and Decima Victima!!!!), but my knowledge of Spanish heavy music started with Angeles del Infierno, ran through Baron Rojo and stopped with Avulsed. I did not know about modern sounding Spanish metal.

Which is precisely what this quintet delivers. I know it is bad to compare, but if I was to link them to the sound of an anglo band just to give your ignorant selves a meager idea, I’d say the Black Dahlia Murder minus the Gothenburg influence and plus a few breakdowns. It’s like death metal with calisthenics. Yes, it crosses death metal with hardcore, but dare never say ‘hardcore’ alone. The metal side outweighs the hardcore aspects of their music by about three quarters. The voice is enraged. Mario barks and growls, and better yet, his voice is not way up in the mix, letting the force of his vocal chords blend in as one more instrument. These are some complex songs that at times shamelessly divulge their fervor for the Dillinger Escape Plan. “Long Distance Vision” has some nice, angular passages. Some nice riffage that blazes and cuts its way through anything.  The same could be said about any of the ten songs contained here. Even the touching instrumental “…And I Chose”.

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