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pondělí 20. května 2024

Recenze/review - ROTTEN TOMB - The Relief of Death (2024)


ROTTEN TOMB - The Relief of Death
CD 2024, Death Division Rituals

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Jako loutka bez duše. Jako tělo, které někdo umístil tak, aby nahánělo strach. Pokaždé zvolil jiný způsob smrti. Byla to záhada, která trvala několik let. Potom vše zapadlo na svá místa. V hrobech, na kterých jsme mrtvoly vždy nalezli, leželi oběti násilných činů. Někdo vzal zase jednou spravedlnost do svých rukou. Byl jako černé svědomí, jako mstitel ze záhrobí. Neviditelný, bez slitování. Působil na mě velmi podobně, jako hudba ROTTEN TOMB z Chile.

S touhle smečkou jsme se spolu setkali již u jejich předchozího alba "Visions of a Dismal Fate" z roku 2022. Odkaz na recenzi i rozhovor naleznete dole pod článkem. Pánové i letos pokračují ve své morbidní práci. Přinášejí nám novinku, která musela být nahrána na stejných hřbitovech, jakou jsou ty z úvodu dnešního článku. 


Nové album "The Relief of Death" je opět po okraj narvané špínou, hnisem a hlavně prvotřídním starým death metalem. Fanoušci žánru si přijdou rozhodně na své. Osobně se mi opět líbí všechny ty kruté, morbidní a divoké nálady, které se povedlo kapele na desku doslova narvat. Tohle je hudba pro všechny tmáře, pro všechny prokleté. Pokud máte rádi smečky jako INCANTATION, BRUTALITY, GOREMENT, GRAVE, zkaženou krev, ale i mráz, který lze nalézt na náhrobcích se jmény jako WINTER nebo PARADISE LOST, neváhejte ani chvilku. Dostanete poctivou porci jedu, který když pozřete, tak zemřete v krutých křečích. Jasně, vše tu už bylo a podobných kapel chodí po světě velké množství. Jenže jenom některé mě baví a dokáží mě znovu přikovat k reproduktorům. Chilským válečníkům se to opět povedlo na výbornou. Zvuk, obal, celkové provedení, vše je podřízeno jedinému - pohřbít vás zaživa, rozemlít vás na prach. Doporučím vám jednu věc. Až se setmí a nad hřbitovem bude mlha, přidejte hlasitost a vydejte se na cestu. Potkáte stejné démony, stejná těla, jako já, když jsem se stále a často rád k téhle nahrávce vracel. Pokud si zakládáte na tom, abyste měli ve své sbírce všechna mrtvolná alba, která letos stojí za to, nemělo by "The Relief of Death" rozhodně chybět. To vám podepíšu vlastní krví. Mám při poslechu pocit, že povstali všichni démoni, aby se přišli pomstít. A útočí za zvuků téhle desky. Jako loutka bez duše. Jako tělo, které někdo umístil tak, aby nahánělo strach. Pokaždé zvolil jiný způsob smrti. Byla to záhada, která trvala několik let. Potom vše zapadlo na svá místa. Starodávný, temný, tajemný death metalový rituál, u kterého se rozpadnete v prach!


Asphyx says:

Like a puppet without a soul. Like a body that's been placed in such a way as to frighten. Each time he chose a different way to die. It was a mystery that lasted for years. Then everything fell into place. In the graves where we always found the corpses lay the victims of violent acts. Once again, someone took justice into their own hands. He was like a black conscience, an avenger from beyond the grave. Invisible, without mercy. He had a very similar effect on me, like the music of ROTTEN TOMB from Chile.

We met this pack together already on their previous album "Visions of a Dismal Fate" from 2022. The link to the review and interview can be found below the article. The gentlemen continue their morbid work this year. They bring us a new release that must have been recorded in the same graveyards as the ones featured in the opening of today's article.


The new album "The Relief of Death" is once again packed to the brim with filth, pus and most importantly first class old death metal. Fans of the genre will definitely enjoy it. Personally, I again like all the cruel, morbid and wild moods that the band managed to literally cram onto the record. This is music for all the darkies, for all the damned. If you like packs like INCANTATION, BRUTALITY, GOREMENT, GRAVE, corrupted blood, but also the gloom that can be found on tombstones with names like WINTER or PARADISE LOST, don't hesitate a moment. You'll get a fair portion of poison, which if you devour, you'll die in violent convulsions. Sure, it's all been here before and there are plenty of similar bands walking around the world. But only some of them entertain me and manage to get me glued to the speakers again. The Chilean warriors have done it again. The sound, the cover, the overall performance, everything is subordinated to one thing - to bury you alive, to grind you to dust. I will recommend one thing. When it gets dark and the fog is over the cemetery, turn up the volume and get on your way. You'll meet the same demons, the same bodies, as I did when I loved to come back to this record again and again. If you pride yourself on having all the dead-worthy albums in your collection this year, "The Relief of Death" should definitely not be missed. I'll sign that with my own blood. Listening to it makes me feel like all the demons have risen to come for revenge. And they're attacking to the sound of this record. Like a puppet without a soul. Like a body that's been placed in such a way as to strike fear. Each time they chose a different way to die. It was a mystery that lasted for years. Then everything fell into place. An ancient, dark, mysterious death metal ritual that will make you crumble into dust!



about ROTTEN TOMB on DEADLY STORM ZINE:




tracklist:
01. Dissonant Death Ritual 
02. Oblivion 
03. Psychopathic World 
04. In The Last Hours 
05. Rumble For The Cult Of Death 
06. Funeral Urns 
07. Let The Death Takes Us 
08. Illusions Of A False World 
09. Mental Persecution


úterý 15. března 2022

Recenze/review - ROTTEN TOMB - Visions of Dismal Fate (2022)


ROTTEN TOMB - Visions of Dismal Fate
CD 2022, Crypts of Eternity Productions

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Zpřerážené kosti, mozek vystřelený z hlavy. Vnitřnosti, které jsou přeházené jako hračky. Mrtvola, začala už notně hnít. Pohozená u cesty, bez identity, bez života. Prázdná ulice a ty přemýšlíš, kdo mohl takové zlo udělat. Jsme zhýčkaní pohodlným životem, zlenivěli jsme a před podobnými věcmi zavíráme oči. Máme řešení, ale jen za obrazovkou. Tam jsme silní a nejchytřejší. Jenže pak vylezeme ven a staneme se snadnou kořistí.

ROTTEN TOMB z Chile hrají starý, prašivý death metal s chladnou atmosférou. Když si jejich novinku "Visions of Dismal Fate" poslechnete pečlivěji, zjistíte, že připomíná nejvíc asi nějaký ošklivý hororový film. A nebo krutou, hnusnou realitu. Krev v očích a neskutečný strach. Máte důvod, bestie obchází i kolem vás. Záleží jen na vkusu, zda podlehnete, či nikoliv. Já si svůj směr vybral už dávno. Rovnou do pekla a tuhle desku si vezmu s sebou.


Celou dobu se pohybujeme v katakombách, kde vládnou kapely jako INCANTATION, BRUTALITY, GOREMENT, GRAVE, v pomalejších momentech pak WINTER nebo starší PARADISE LOST. Riffy doslova mokvají, pálí, jsou opředeny silnou vrstvou pavučin. Hodně za to může skvělý morbidní zvuk (Pablo Clares), na uvěřitelnosti přidává samozřejmě i obal, na který je radost se dívat. Vše je podřízeno jedinému. Mrazivým, černým a nihilistickým náladám. Mám pokaždé radost, když potkám podobnou smečku, protože vždy je dobré vědět, že na světě existují lidé, kteří nahlížejí na smrtící kov jako já. Doom metal, umně vložený do songů, je jejich přirozenou součástí. Představte si tichou noc, smrad opuštěných ulic a mrtvolu za rohem. "Visions of Dismal Fate" je o negativních věcech i pocitech, kterých je schopen jenom člověk, jako prokletý druh. Během celé desky nezahlédnete ani náznak světla. Svět je dávno ztracený, zlo zdá se, vítězí na všech frontách. Je v každém z nás, je naší součástí, zahnívajícím kusem masa, které nemůžeme odříznout. Stejně jako tohle album, které vám promítne do snů ty nejhnusnější obrazy. Zavíráme oči před zlem, ignorujeme temnotu. Nakonec nás ale stejně dostihne svědomí. Stejně jako nová nahrávka ROTTEN TOMB. Morbidní ozvěny z death metalových katakomb!


Asphyx says:

I like the death metal which is smelled by doom. Sophisticated, dark and insidious. Crawling like a ball of little snakes that will grow up fed by your hate and will eat you. Long walks in the cemetery during autumn days. Sadness and memories, from these feelings I have while listening to the new album "Visions of Dismal Fate".

I appreciate the sulphurous and frenzied sound. I also like the cover, I'm excited about riffs, cut out from old death doom textbooks. Morbid experiences with the transition to the other world come to life, they are suddenly quite palpable. If underground music is mainly about emotions, feelings, about the last moments of people, then ROTTEN TOMB managed to record a great record. Have you ever knelt by the grave and talked to your ancestors? Have you sifted soil between your fingers and wondered what would happen once you crossed over? This is exactly what this album is all about. About Death, Sadness, Oblivion. It is suitable for long walks through the night landscape, preferably in rain and fog. I'm adding volume and I want to fall into a thousand pieces. I am broken, destroyed, I am again in the morgue and I am scary of every shadow. "Visions of Dismal Fate" is a death doom metal occult session which evoking the souls of the dead! Rot, cold and death, nothing else. Just pain. We move in catacombs all the time, where bands like INCANTATION, BRUTALITY, GOREMENT, GRAVE rule, in slower moments WINTER or older PARADISE LOST. Morbid echoes from death metal catacombs!



Tracklist:
01. Devourer Of Life
02. Human Paradox
03. Forgotten Graveyard
04. Denial, Desolation, Resignation
05. Internal Fear
06. Emptiness
07. Near End
08. Pest Winds


A few questions - interview with death metal band from Chile - ROTTEN TOMB.


A few questions - interview with death metal band from Chile - ROTTEN TOMB.

Ave, can you introduce your band to our readers? – When was it founded and what style of music do you play etc.?

R: Hails, we are Rotten Tomb, a band from Iquique, a city northern Chile. The band was found in the middle 2016 by “C.“ & “Deathbringer“, from bands Excised and Hades, that doesn’t exist anymore. Our style is principally focused in a mix between American Death Metal & EU Death Metal, with some modern DM styles like Grave Miasma, Dead Congregation, Drawn and Quartered among some elses.

Where and under what conditions were you recording the new album? Who was in charge of sound, production and mastering?

R: Our album was recorded at Santiago, Chile. In renown DM6 Studios. All the record, mix and mastering was in charge of Pablo Clares. Death Division Rituals (DDR) is the main producer, who paid fo the studio and the second producer is Crypts Of Eternity, who’s paying fo the physical material alonside DDR.


How many copies were released and which medium was used for this new edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?

R: For now there are 300 12‘‘ vinyl copies, 500 CD copies (in production) and will be 111 copies in Tape (Chile only). Also considering the digital format, who’s unlimited.
Who is the author of the lyrics and how were they created and about what do the lyrics deal with?

R: All music, lyrics and concept are in charge of Deathbringer & C. In the lyrics we talk about anything that foresees something about Death, like physical and mental diseases, places, rituals, or death itself like an entity who’s worthy of fear and respect.

Who created the logo of the band, and who took care of the graphics and the website? What about you and social networks? Do you consider these things important?

R: The logo was made by a friend of us, Antonio Cabrera, who have a distro called Crucifigeretur Distro; the arts has been in charge of various artists depends of the release, but the people involved was: Daniel Jopia (Necropolis), Rodrigo Pereira (Eternal Cycle, Live For the Death), Alonso Wiltschek (Visions Of A Dismal Fate). Rotten Tomb just have two websites, Facebook & Bandcamp, which both C. & Deathbringer manages it. For the moment we think it’s enough social media for us.


Which label did you choose for releasing your album and why this label? Are you satisfied by how your label represents you and takés care about you?

R: Since a while now Death Division Rituals have been involve with us and our releases, begun with Eternal Cycle Of Death and untill now he has done a wonderful job. For our album he made more than just the physical production, since he paid the studio for us, so we are eternally greatful.

Which bands do you idolise and where do you get your inspiration?

R: Our main idea always be to make something like old Incantation, meanwhile we were composing we added some elements from other influences like Immolation, Dismember, Paradise Lost. Also from more actual bands like Grave Miasma, Dead Congregation, Venenum. We think that’s why we have our own seal like a band.


Did you send your record to some Labels - which are the labels? How was the response?

R: Untill now we are waiting for the copies of the band, we don't know the movement from the main labels, Death Division and Crypts Of Eternity. But as we and you might have seen on social media, the album has had an acceptance beyond our expectations.

How many gigs have you played? Which type of gigs do you prefer, whether it's (clubs or festivals) and which of your performances would you consider as the best?

R: We have planned a gig for may to play in Arica, a city near us. In july we have three: Iquique, Santiago and we finish at Total Death Over Mexico, in Mexico. This will be our first international gig, so we are very excited to show our Death Metal. About a preference, we can't answer since we have played just in small pubs and clubs, never in a festival like to compare and choose.


What about your plans for the future? What do you want to achieve with the band?

R: Our plans in short time are to finish the gigs planned this year, hoping we get some others invitations, and the meantime we’re going to begin to rehearsal our songs for the next album, that are already done in demo tapes. We’ve done 8 new songs and an intro. Our goal it’s to get known for all people we can and never stop doing Death Metal.

How and where can your fans contact you? Can you provide some contact information?

R: You can contact for interviews, gigs and our material to: rottentomb@gmail.com , also of the social media said before, Rottentombband on Facebook & Rotten Tomb on Bandcamp.

Thanx for the interview.

Thanks to you for your interest and support, have been a pleasure for us to answer your questions and hope we keep in touch for other releases of us.






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