GORGUTS ...And Then Comes Lividity: Demo Anthology Vol II 12"

GORGUTS ...And Then Comes Lividity: Demo Anthology Vol II 12"

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   When it came to the vanguard of death metal in the 1990s, Canadian legends Gorguts were at the forefront, a band who completely reshaped the parameters of the sound with a single album. 1998's Obscura was a masterpiece of nerve-shredding extremity, a mindwarp of dissonant tech-death that virtually birthed a genre unto itself, a violently discordant version of classic death metal that paved the way for a multitude of bands to explore more abrasive and atonal directions in the years that followed. Needless to say, these guys are one of my favorite death metal bands of all time, and not just for Obscura's alien skronk, either; albums like From Wisdom To Hate, Erosion of Sanity and even their rather amazing comeback album Colored Sands are all fantastic releases, each one charting a slightly different but no less adventurous course through Gorguts's crushing, convoluted heaviness. Despite the band's acclaimed status, however, the Gorguts demos have never been given a proper presentation for serious fans of the band; there was a CD collection of demo material that came out on Galy Records back in 2003, but it was a pretty barebones affair, and seriously lacked in the visual department. And that release has been out of print for years now, making these recordings unavailable outside of shitty MP3 rips online. If you're a vinyl collector, though, you're now in luck, as almost all of that material has now been reissued as a series of three 12" records, each one chronicling a different era of the band, from their earlier more straightforward death metal to the convulsive violence of the Obscura period; all three records have been re-mastered by current Gorguts member Colin Marston (Krallice / Behold The Arctopus) and pressed onto 180 gram vinyl, with new artwork from former Cryptopsy frontman Martin Lacroix, who also contributed the album art to Gorguts's latest album Colored Sands.
   Somehow, the 1991 Considered Dead demo sounds even more ragged and reptilian than its predecessor; even that classical guitar intro is turned into something more dissonant and diseased here. But when Gorguts kick into the putrid death metal of "Stiff And Cold", it's about as powerful as this sort of death metal can be, a pummeling assault of dungeon-crawling barbarism composed from blasts of ghoulish screams, scuttling riffage and complex, atonal guitar leads, a shambling wretched old-school death metal attack that still bore a resemblance to early Death, even down to Luc Lemay's gasping, ghastly vocals. There's are some killer atmospheric touches as well, and tracks like "Drifting Remains" and the rampaging thrash of "Rottenatomy" are primo examples of early Gorguts. But it was with 1992's Erosion Of Sanity that Gorguts really started to explore a more experimental, progressive direction, and the band's five song demo featured on the second side of this LP shows a distinct shift in direction. Right from the start, the band tangles the listener in contorted, jagged riffage, "Hideous Infirmity" flailing its tentacled riffs and off-kilter, proggy chug-blasts, convulsions of octopoid drumming erupting amid the crushing blastbeats and half-time breakdowns. The punchy sound of the bass burbles to the front of the mix with the occasional jazzy run, and the band's continuing fascination with prog rock likewise surfaces with the bizarre atonality, twisted melodic figures and warped time signatures that appear throughout the recording. Songs like "A Path Beyond Premonition" will suddenly scuttle sideways, the guitarists spewing evil leads that spiral madly into the churning off-kilter heaviness, like Middle Eastern scales being played backwards and forwards at the same time. This stuff definitely didn't sound like anything else in death metal back then, revealing an unconventional sound that was fast propelling them into the realm of bands like Cynic and Atheist. That latter half of the record alone makes this a recommended listen if you're a fan of Gorguts' later, more prog-tinged heaviness.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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