Date Released: 18/03/2016
Label: Season of Mist
Krighsu’ is ten tracks of
unrelenting tech-death, set at a warp speed that has no intention of ever
slowing down. Space is infinite, and it
seems WORMED’s ability to create jaw-breakingly heavy music is just as vast.
“Krighsu” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1). Pseudo-Horizon
2). Neomorph Mindkind
3). Agliptian Codex Cyborgization
4). The Singularitarianism
5). Eukaryotic Hex Swarm
6). Computronium Pulsar Nanarchy
7). A-Life Omega Point
8). 57889330816,1
9). Zeroth-Energy Graviton
10). Molecular Winds
2). Neomorph Mindkind
3). Agliptian Codex Cyborgization
4). The Singularitarianism
5). Eukaryotic Hex Swarm
6). Computronium Pulsar Nanarchy
7). A-Life Omega Point
8). 57889330816,1
9). Zeroth-Energy Graviton
10). Molecular Winds
The Review:
A long time ago in a
galaxy far, far away…
Well, it was 2013,
actually, and it was over here in Wales
Anyway, I reviewed an album by Spanish tech-metallers WORMED
that was entitled ‘Exodromos’. And it was a crushing, 2001: A Space
Odyssey-esque obelisk of death metal that fairly slammed down upon me with
terrifying force.
Three years later, and I get to review their third
album. ‘Krighsu’ was released in March of this year through Season of Mist,
and takes you, the listener, on a journey into the deepest, darkest realms of
sonic space. My advice is to prepare
your body for the void, and jettison any lingering doubts about keeping your
sanity. If it is gravity-distorting
riffs and punishing vocals you’re after, you’ve found it.
Let’s talk a little bit about these vocals. Seriously, Phlegeton the singer can’t be
human. He just can’t. More likely than not he’s actually the
embodiment of the rumblings of dark, distant stars, his insidious utterances
mounted upon the most irradiated music ever to defile a set of speakers. If this music were a sci-fi film, it would be
‘Alien’ as directed by Eli Roth on a
particularly angry day.
Tracks such as ‘Eukaryotic
Hex Swarm’ and ‘Agliptian Codex Cyborgization’ are as wordy as they are heavy,
bringing riffs and rage hammering down upon you like meteors from an unkind
sky. If you’ve been needing a Necrophagist fix and have been jonesing for a similar kind of audio
battery, then may I humbly suggest taking WORMED as needed for the pain, and then calling your local doctor
in the morning to aid with any tinnitus-related ailments.
‘Krighsu’
is ten tracks of unrelenting tech-death, set at a warp speed that has no
intention of ever slowing down. Space is
infinite, and it seems WORMED’s
ability to create jaw-breakingly heavy music is just as vast. To say this is one of 2016’s heaviest
offerings so far is an understatement, and if anything can top it… to play THAT
album would probably level your house.
Stay safe. Look to the dark night sky, listen to WORMED, and dream of dark stars.
