By: Richard Maw
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 27/04/2018
Label: Redefining Darkness Records |
Reaper Metal Productions
This is eight tracks of resolutely
filthy and crusty death metal, each of the tracks is reassuringly feral with
some excellent twists and turns.
“The Frozen
Casket” CD//DD track listing:
1). Antiseptic
2). Incubation
3). Injected Obsession
4). Mitosis Simulation
5). Cryonesia
6). Chemical Tomb
7). Imitator
8). Synthetic Life
The Review:
Ripping
old school death metal... if that is what you want, Cist will supply it in spades. This
Russian band is a fantastic squad of musicians. This is twenty plus minutes and
eight tracks of resolutely filthy and crusty death metal. Great riffs, lead
breaks, screeching vocals and, whisper it, songs!
Each
of the tracks is reassuringly feral with some excellent twists and turns. It
sounds great, with a gnarly but clear production. There are some more
progressive death style influences here and there (bass lines in “Incubation”, for instance), but for the
most part, these boys keep it low down and dirty with riffs to die for. Picking
a highlight is hard as all the tracks here are top notch. For me, perhaps “Injected Obsession” and “Cryonesia” might take the cake.
An
electrifying EP of deathly delights.
“The Frozen Casket” is available here
