Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Unsheathed - 2011 Promo



This four piece band comes from Indonesia and packs a punch. A punch that hurts and leaves you confused. The perfect promo punch, I guess. Three songs makes up this promo, two of which leave you begging for diversity and the third gives you just that. The first two tracks, “Replenish Falsity" and “Hideous Paraplegic" are uniquely one dimensional, some would say boring. I suggest listening closely, as many times as it takes (not many) to realize that they are not boring, they don't showcase amazing songwriting, but hardly boring. They are still catchy with their repeating tremolo riffing and the pounding undertones of the drums balanced out by light and fluffy cymbal crashes.  Don’t get me wrong, the recording is pretty bad but it is easily overlooked.

A little more than halfway through “Replenish Falsity" there is a dissonant part with strummed chords that pretty muched ruined the song for me.

The vocals, which I quite enjoy, start to remind me of early Decrepit Birth(the only Decrepit Birth in my book) on "Hideous Paraplegic", a track with the same formula consisting of tremolo melodic riffs and rather generic drumming.

"Masochist Genocide" seems to come from nowhere and sounds like a different band entirely. It is the best song by far, nicely mixing in slightly more technical stuff with their unique, weird, melodic riffs and impressive gutturals. This track saves this promo and only gets better.



Unsheathed is an awesome name.
Very excited to hear what these guys do!
Check out the promo HERE

MASOCHIST GENOCIDE

abused, mistreated, culminate them suffering


then abolishment
reaches the longevity ancient
eternal untouchable, to define enlightenment of loathsome deeds
reshape sacred dismemberment
with deceit altered infinite
left murdered and nameless, ensures all are sprawl
violence of all instinct murderous
we are legion of masochist
and the facts suspected, on the shanties
profaned by indulgence, torture self
displayed them repulsive
ingesting putrefaction flesh
dismembered bodies, but they are only show their pleasure
subjection creating an mind
patiently to a premature death
then removed by his own body, several flesh crowded by maggots
shout implore it uselessly, pleasure over pain
then before i predicted this genocide bring offerings
pushed by hallucinations severe disease
penetrating inner organs
becomes in anguish of against failed racial
indulge in nefarious gore debauchery
drain the fluids from within
cleanse the body then removing
reclamation of souls
conversion genetic through steps
abused, mistreated, culminate them suffering
then abolishment
reaches the masochist