Italy based death metal band Inverted Matter bring their latest incantation entitled “Detach” in April,2017. This new album is consist with 9 tracks with 34:39 min running time. Basically Inverted Matter was formed in 2007 as Cyanide Christ. Later they have changed their name as Inverted in 2008. Again they have changed their name as "Inverted Matter" in 2016 and this bands founder member Andrea Tocchetto(Guitarist) and Gianluigi Giacon (Vocalist) changed their line up and include Michael Smith (Iniquitous, ex - Suffocation), Jason Nealy and LeoLang Wild. Now I am straight going to the point about this new album .
This new albums whole composition,production is extremely filthy and relentlessly unforgiving .At first listen “Detach” floored me with their dreaded amalgamation which leads to a hammerin Old School blunt force trauma with heavy riffs, hyped pedal thrusts.I was lookin for this type of harshest slabs of death metal.This whole album enthralled me with their Unrelenting ,powerful,blasting ,overarching,chromatic, chaotic,rugged, critical acclaimed death metal sound and dense musical style and this new album rekindle my affection,obsession for death metal. This new studio effort reminds me early era of Nile, Immolation, Hate Eternal,Morbid Angel. This bands each and every musician exudes tremendous effort in radiant way on this album with excellent diligence and nailed it. They have injected technical riffs works, dark and dirge vibes into aural bashing,furious,fast death metal with strangulated riffs work simultaneously that burns with oppressive fervor. I applaud this new addition and embrace them.
Their heavy,ultra-fast sounds and disparate styles all combined in one bold, enlightened display of unbound creativity. Despite the often fast ,furious,cacophonous, heavy and barbarous form of death metal assaults laced with a lots of segments of mid-paced,fast tempo too where Inverted Matter combines intricate,tricky riffs work,vicious,dirge vibes with cavernous drum thrashes,aforementioned all aspects enriched this album that is very powerful,strong and excellent all at the same time along with a good balance of death metal music, melody and brutality with strangulated ,filthy,thick,groovy riffs work and those effective rasps simultaneously.
The beginning of the album is marked with an incredibly heavy piece that is 'The Mark'. The eerie, heavy intro rapidly turns into what Inverted Matter are about - we are introduced to onslaught of extremely aggressive musical delivery along with onslaught of savage guitar and a wall of spectacular drums with aggression,deliberate cadence. Pacey, but at the same time technical drumming of Michael Smith strikes immediately after the intro is gone creating controlled havoc that is a signature move from veteran death metallers. Definitely more than a promising commencement of the release.From this new album we get ultra-fast, oppressive death metal. This album is filled with a slew of twisted , traversed ,chugging, groovy,intricate, blitzkrieg,menacing ,complex riffs line ups with brutal and technical prowess . As well bass line up is shifting, chaotic,distorted,rumbled and punchy . Drumming,percussion line up is pummeling,dodgy,punishing,frantic,blast beating and rabidly insane .
There are a slew of individual breathtaking ,subtle nuance,cadence,morbidly delicious, ominous riffs,solo and drumming sections which sound briefly something exotic . In each track intricate,spectacular riffs,bass lineups matched in fantastic way with brutal and technical orientation . This album indulge strong songwriting and brilliant musicianship . Every instrument is clearly differentiated and represented excellently in each and every single track .Tempo changes are excellent and complicated . Vocals deep rasps, gruff growls , vigorous, crucial, immense , aggressive voice intertwined in a good manner with their utterly savage,merciless,onslaught,violent, grandiose , vitriol ,uncanny deeply rooted old school death metal sound with a lots of dark,dirge accompaniment and embedded perfectly . I really worship this band.
Their latest efforts each song have an energy ,fluency and dominating power. Stand out tracks are all of them. album artwork is mystique,atrocious,indelible. overall " Detach" whole album is undeniable,precise,Spectacular,engrossing ,significant, elegant.This album is epitome of death metal. Inverted Matter have the misfortune of inheriting a genre that peaked, attracted infiltrators and imitators. This pure unadulterated death metal album is one of the best release of this year so far.From now I’ll Keep my eyes and ears peeled for news from the Inverted Matter camp in the near future. It doesn't reinvent what Inverted Matter is but it's a damn great example of what they are and always have been - technical, eerie, brutal, evil and downright essential. Inverted Matter fans need this, and those who haven't heard them before will find as good a starting point. Inverted Matter provide another unblemished addition to this collection with this complete masterpiece, and thus can be accredited with the contribution to this intriguing and thriving, if not overlooked movement within extreme metal music.
My Rating – 4.9/5 , Review done by Souvik Basu . Published on 28.05.2017
