By: Charlie Butler
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 04/09/2015
Label: Pelagic Records
“Depopulation” works particularly well due to the variety of tempos
employed throughout the record. Implore never let up on the volume and
distortion front, but the transitions between pummelling blastbeats and
mid-paced grooves really work well. There
are enough interesting touches here to make Implore stand out from their peers
without compromising on aggression and attack. This is a strong debut that
hints at an interesting future ahead.
“Depopulation” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1).
Epicyte/Parasite
2).
Sentenced
3).
Thousand Generations
4).
Homo-Consumens
5).
Hegelian Dialectic
6).
Cadaves on Parade
7).
Hoax
8).
Anthropocentric Selfishness
9).
Iscariote
10).
Neo Luddite
11).
Ruthless Conspiracy
12).
Bohemian Grove
13).
Intrincated Scapegoat
14).
Inexorable Malignancy
The Review:
Implore
certainly
don’t mess around on their debut full-length. The Hamburg-based trio furiously blaze
through 14 tracks in half an hour on “Depopulation”.
The
band deal in a raging yet compelling blend of crust and grind with a death
metal edge. Implore take the filthy, buzzing guitar tone
of Trap Them and Black Breath
and meld this to the frantic velocity of the likes of Nasum.
There are also occasional touches of anthemic melody reminiscent of At The Gates’ “Slaughter
of the Soul”, particularly on “Anthropocentric Selfishness”.
“Depopulation” works particularly well
due to the variety of tempos employed throughout the record. Implore never let up on the volume and distortion front,
but the transitions between pummelling blastbeats and mid-paced grooves really
work well. Opener “Epicyte Parasite”
is a good example of this, building up the riffs and intensity for a couple of
minutes before fully letting rip with a glorious howl. Instrumentals “Hegelian Dialectic” and “Ruthless Conspiracy” also add a further
dimension. Both deliver crushing, sludgy riffs offering respite from the
velocity elsewhere but no escape from the brutality.
Pelagic
Records, run by Robin Staps of post-metal collective The Ocean,
initially seems like an odd home for Implore. After a few
listens to “Depopulation” it all
seems to make sense though. There are enough interesting touches here to make Implore stand out from their peers without compromising on
aggression and attack. This is a strong debut that hints at an interesting
future ahead for Implore.
“Depopulation”
is
available here
FFO:
Black Breath, Trap Them, The
Secret, Rotten Sound
