Ulcerate of fracture and failure rar

Big call, comparing it to those greats when it's the debut album from a relatively unknown band from a small country at the bottom of the world with a tiny metal scene. Some may accuse me of blind patriotism, given they're a local band for me, but bear with me.

What this album has that sets it apart from the majority of 'brutal' and 'technical' death metal these days is the atmosphere it conjures up. This is a bleak, vitriolic and ugly album, with a brilliantly dark atmosphere, something which is often missing from death metal these days. Ulcerate may have the technique and musicianship, but it's not the primary focus here. The brooding riffs, the cloying, suffocating production, acidic vocals and crushing drum barrage combine to produce a sound that's like no other band.

If you really wanted to simplify it, it's a mix of the twisted, dark riffing of Immolation, the savagery of Hate Eternal and oddly enough, the bleakness of bands like Isis and Neurosis, but really it sounds like none of them and to say so would be a disservice.

Speaking of the riffs, there is some amazing guitar work here. Mike Hoggard and Mike Rothwell definitely give a performance they can be proud of. It's not particularly flashy, but it will get stuck in your head. There are a lot of riffs on this album, the songs are very linear and don't repeat passages very often. You won't get bored in a hurry. The tend to mix up, harsh, dissonant patterns with passages of eerie dark melodies, the tranquil moments provide a good contrast to the fury that tends to be unleashed shortly after.

The best example of this is the segue from 'Failure' into 'The Coming Of Genocide', but there are other less obvious instances all the way through the album. Backing up the guitar work is a stellar drum performance from Jamie Saint Merat. His drumming is technical, intersting, not to mention fast as fuck!

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Rank: 0 for When trying to play brutal or technical death metal, so many bands fail at being anything more than just the subject for comedic reviews by Internet dwelling elitists. Whether trying to be as brutal as possible, or as fast and technical as possible, bands just forget how to write a song. Of course, for all of the excess that is generated by bands these days, something good has to come of it, right? Well, yes. For all of the barrier breaking brutality that modern death metal practitioners have released, tasteful or not, it leaves room for the few with a little more self-control to harness these ideas and craft something brilliant.

On Of Fracture and Failure , Ulcerate utilise huge walls of dissonance and blistering riffs to create an album that is both crushing and unusually melodic. The riffing on this album lies somewhere between the dense texture of Immolation, and the off-kilter technicality of Gorguts, though it never sounds purely derivative of these influences.

The huge sound is mostly attributed to the highly contrapuntal and busy form of riffing which the guitarists display, as much of the low end chugging and temolo picking is accompanied by droning higher pitched notes and fluttery riffs. What is most apparent throughout the album is the immense talent that all members of the band show, though their display of technical proficiency is never mindless.