Impure Faith - Interview 2026

 Impure Faith is a band that has that very specific sound of Colombian Brutal Death.  Relentless.  Oh, and THEY ARE BACK!!!

Catch up with the band below:

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Yo! how are you????

I'm doing great, thanks so much for the space in Cerebral Reviewment!

Who are you????

We are a Brutal Death Metal band from Armenia, Colombia, formed in 2006.

Who are all the members of the band?

We are four musicians from different parts of the country. We've all played in other bands, accumulating experience and history, and we came together in this project to build an incredible lineup:

Andres Zapata / Guitars (Impure Faith, Eternal Chaos, Infernaeum, Ex Inbreeding Sick)

Mario Franco / Bass (Impure Faith, Ex Decarabion)

Gerson Puello / Drums (Impure Faith, Cercenatory, Infernaeum, Amputated Genitals)

Ricardo Medina / Vocals (Impure Faith, Amputated Genitals, Ex Cercenatory)

It has been 8 years or so since "Revelation of Exodus". What has been going on since then and what has changed for Impure Faith?

Having a metal band in South America is quite complex, it's not comparable to Europe or the USA. Here people have to work twice as hard just to survive and still find the little time left to make music - and we do make fucking good music.

Andres Zapata, the founder of the band, has fought hard to keep the flame of Impure Faith alive.
With our first album, "Revelation of Exodus," we finally materialized songs we had been working on for many years. We had incredible musicians on that record and did an extensive tour across the country. Then the pandemic hit and everything stopped. Unfortunately, our drummer Mauro Mazuera, who was also the drummer for Goretrade, emigrated to Canada permanently, and vocalist Gerardo D' Paublus had to leave the band due to work commitments - the band was demanding more time for upcoming tours.

In the following years, drummer Gerson Puello and vocalist Ricardo Medina joined the band, while bassist Mario Franco and guitarist Andres Zapata remained from the previous lineup. With them, the band forged an even more compact and crushing sound, with killer performances at the most important underground festivals in the country, including our second tour in Ecuador with Unmerciful in 2022 and a tour in Mexico with Putrid Pile in 2024.

I know the new single is on New Standard Elite youtube page, and a full length is on the way!!! How did working with NSE happen?

Right after finishing our first album, we started working on our second. In 2019 we contacted NSE by email asking for a spot on the label. It wasn't easy to get a response - they needed new material to consider signing us, but then things got complicated worldwide with the pandemic and the departure of former members.

In 2024 we recorded the single "Infected by Evil Manifestations," which is the video on NSE's YouTube channel. With high expectations for our new sound, we emailed the label again. Daniel, the former owner of NSE, replied - he really liked the proposal for its organic sound and put us in contact with Ryan, the new owner. We continued talks with him until we reached an agreement and signed with the label. We are extremely proud to be part of one of the most brutal extreme metal labels.

I remember seeing teasers and recording footage in early 2024 of material for the new album. So has this been completely done for a while and just has taken longer than you'd like to get released?

As we mentioned before, we had only recorded a single in 2024. The initial plan was to have the album ready by 2025, but we had a lot of difficulties recording due to the distance between members - we live in different cities: Armenia, Bogotá, and Barranquilla. We were able to finish the recordings by the end of 2025, however, the mastering took us quite a long time until we found a sound we were truly satisfied with.

We finally delivered everything at the end of June 2026. Everything is absolutely ready. The official release will be on September 18th of this year. The album is titled "Infected by Evil Manifestation" - 8 sick tracks of pure Brutal Death Metal, with influences from Disgorge, Gorgasm, Putridity, Devourment, Defeated Sanity, and Internal Suffering.

Well we are very excited for September 18th!  New Standard Elite always does a good line of merch with their releases too so I will be ordering a shirt!   The album cover is beautiful!  Is that Jon Zig artwork?  Seems like you are sticking with the anti-religion, evil, impure themes that we are used to!  Crazy question, but are any of the band members religious in any way?

Excellent, and thanks for your support! Yes, the cover art was created by Jon Zig. We wanted to work with him because he captures ideas in such a brutal and visceral way. Having our art in his portfolio means a lot to us — he has created some of the most iconic covers in Brutal Death Metal history.

The concept was created by our guitarist Andrés Zapata. This album, "Infected by Evil Manifestation," is the direct continuation of our first album, "Revelation of Exodus."To give you some context: in "Revelation of Exodus," nothing was placed by chance. Every character and scene has a meaning. The central figure depicts the physical death of the being — flesh and bones decaying — while its essence transcends through the activation of the pineal gland chakra. The red planet in the background is Hercolubus, in its esoteric representation; its gravitational approach to Earth triggers an apocalypse, destroying the land and its structures. It also shows the fall of the Catholic Church — nothing but empty statues and temples that offer no real salvation for humanity. We see four nuns kneeling and weeping before the chaos, clinging to a failed faith even as they watch their own death approach. Finally, at the top, a few luminous people levitate — they represent those who have reached a higher state of consciousness and will be abducted at the end of times. That's why the title: Exodus is both the end and the beginning.

The aftermath begins with this new album, "Infected by Evil Manifestation." After the planet's destruction, evil takes over the Earth. We once again see a central figure, half-human and half-beast, representing duality as a universal principle. He sits upon his throne of thorns, his body fused with a serpent — metaphorically representing hidden wisdom, ascension, and the transformation into enlightenment — holding the symbol of the Hermetic principle in his hand. At his feet, four fallen demons levitate over piles of bodies — humanity — representing the four corrupted elements. In the upper left corner, there is an energy portal, the same portal the occultist enters at the end of our music video for "Morbid Creed." In short, the Earth no longer belongs to humans. It is completely possessed by evil.

This is its latent hell. As you can see, our lyrics and concepts are quite far from the standard in BDM and even more so from Goregrind / Grindcore. However, we still keep some classic imagery of the genre. Lyrical content is fundamental for us.

What is something, OTHER than music, that inspires Impure Faith?

Nothing. Only music gives us a reason to keep existing in this putrid world.

What other releases are you excited for this year?

We have another music video ready with live footage that will premiere on the album release date. Later on, we will release the sequel to the "Morbid Creed" video, this time set in hell — we need to continue the storyline. In October, we will get together again to start the creative process for the next album. We will take the necessary time to produce even more powerful and sick music.

I love how seriously you guys take the music!  Does Impure Faith practice a lot?

Not as much as we would like, really. As we mentioned before, all the members live in different cities. What we do is rehearse hard individually at home. When we finally meet, we just put everything together, and it sounds really tight because everyone has already done their homework.

Do you guys all have families? kids?  

Yes. Our drummer Gerson has a wife and a young daughter. Our guitarist Andrés has a wife and an 18-year-old son. Mario, the bassist, has a girlfriend and a teenage daughter. As for Ricardo, the vocalist, he has no partner or kids, so he can still enjoy the crazy life, haha.

What about jobs?  What do you guys do to make your livings?

Mario is a graphic designer and also works in his family's restaurant chain. He is the one who gives the band its entire visual identity, which is a huge help. Andrés is a Social Communicator - Journalist and audiovisual producer. He is in charge of the music videos and handles the band's digital marketing. He owns his own company, Century Productions, which is an event promotion company and music studio. Ricardo is a cybersecurity expert working for a US company, and Gerson works in sales, also for a foreign company. Both are bilingual.

Well, thank you so much for answering some questions!!!  Any last words?

Once again, thank you for your interest in the band. We hope you enjoy our new album. It was several years of tenacity and dedication to deliver the best of Colombian Brutal Death Metal to the world.

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Dissonance - Interview 2026

Yo!  I am super pumped for the upcoming EP!  Let's start off with who we are talking to and what you do in the band?

Hey my name is Alexandros Hatzikyriakos and I play bass in Dissonance and I am one of the two founders of the band.

Who are all the members, their roles, and ages?

So, the members are as follows, Dylan Cruz is our vocalist and was also responsible for the recording and mixing of the upcoming EP and he is 25 years old, on guitars we have Jared Davis, and Jared McGuire, Davis being 23 years old, and McGuire being 27 years old. George Alvaro is our drummer and he is 20 years old, and lastly Alexandros Hatzikyriakos on bass and I am 22 years old.

How did Dissonance start?  Were you guys in other bands?  What's the story?!

Dissonance started as an idea and remained that way for a decent amount of time, in 2023 I had come up with the name and just sat on it cause at the time I had no one to jam or write with, and no one with similar interests was really coming my way to really help get the project started. Later that year I had met Jared Davis at a show out in Long Island, and we really hit it off, he was going to school in Binghamton at the time so we didn’t ever jam till many months after the fact but we still kept in touch cause we were into a lot of similar bands, and both had desires to make a brutal death metal band. In 2024, I had made a draft of the logo and me and Jared had agreed to meet up to write some songs not long after and from then on Dissonance actually became something tangible. 

We had limited time so we would have writing sessions once a week for a month and that’s how we came about writing the EP that will be released this year. We wrote four songs and ultimately scrapped the first one cause we felt like it didn’t do justice like the rest of the material, and after these main writing sessions we would make slight changes and tweaks to the songs, where by the fall/winter of that year we had the full EP written but only the guitar and bass parts as we didn’t have a drummer or a vocalist. Around this time, Jared had to begin planning to move to Virginia for work and we still were left with no drummer or vocalist, but before he moved, we ran into George at a show. He was just goin around the venue asking people if they play instruments wanting to be in a band and then he ran into Jared and they talked for a little bit and exchanged information.

I reached out to George a few days later and he had sent me a clip of him playing Suffocation as a warm up and we had mentally decided that he was definitely going to be our drummer. We jammed with him and he just fit right in, he came into that first practice already having his own drum parts ready for all the songs, and we gave him full creative freedom to make any changes, or add cool drum parts/fills and it just felt good. At this time, I was in a band called Coronary Thrombosis, but I would shortly move to another band from Yonkers called Scumbag and that’s where we met our vocalist, Dylan. 

I had gone to a few Scumbag practices and Dylan knew about Dissonance and expressed interest after we had put out a post seeking a vocalist, again we were super hands off that being that we had no lyrics prepared, we kind of just gave him the themes we were going for and he came up with some really sick lyrics, vocal patterns, and dynamically switching from highs to lows it really came together.

After we got Dylan on vocals we had started to prep for recording the EP very shortly after, and we did drums first, guitars second, bass, then vocals. We thought we were content with this lineup as we were sitting on the EP and preparing it for release, and trying to find the right label, and finalizing the mix, when we started discussing the prospect of getting a second guitar player and that’s when we had reached out to Jared McGuire. 

I knew Jared from his other band called Death Island, as they’re good friends of Scumbag, and after playing some shows together and getting to talk to him, I’d find out he is super into brutal death metal and it immediately caught my attention that he could potentially be our second guitarist. We sent him the material to learn and after some prep time we had a full band practice for the first time and he really held it down and we were down to welcome him aboard. 

Now after two years, we finally have a solid lineup that’s ready to begin work on our full-length, and it is super exciting to be able to go from writing songs as a two piece to a five piece, a lot more creativity, and ideas to share and bounce off of and I really believe that what’s coming next is going to be a huge step up from what everyone will get to hear soon.

4. - Congrats on the NSE signing!  That is going to put so many new ears on the ep!  How did that come about?

Thank you, we are all really happy that the band got signed to New Standard Elite and it really had been the goal from the start on where we wanted to be signed, and where we wanted the EP to be released. We really just love all the bands and talent on the label and wanted to be a part of it, after the release was finalized and we were scouting labels, I had emailed Ryan Baker over at NSE and just explained who we are, dropped a link to all the songs, along with the information regarding the release, and then we waited a week or two before we got a response. He said that he liked it and that he was going to send it over to Dan Osborn as well and then we waited another week or two before he said he would like to sign us, and now here we are. All of us were super excited to have this opportunity and Baker so far has been super cool to work with.

How did you guys name the band?

The name was chosen by me and it was based off the definition of Dissonance, that being a lack of harmony between musical notes, and a clash between two disharmonious and unstable elements. With the riffs and the overall tone of the songs we wanted to create something that is unpleasant, unsettling, and uncomfortable, along with a dark and depressing atmosphere, so the name of the band though not relating exactly to the definition, is meant to represent the feelings associated with the music, the imagery, and the general lyrical themes. Suicide, depression, self-mutilation, drug-abuse are all unsettling things, and when we combine it with compositions that give off these evil/dark emotions/atmospheres, I thought the name would really do it justice, and it is almost used as a synonym to explain and try to push how we want people to perceive our music and our art.

The first single "Disgust in Erysichthon's Rapacious Desire" is already making waves, with the comments on the video all praising the production, art, and all around style.  How has the reception felt to you guys?

The reception has felt really good, there was some speculation as to if the music would be received well by the community especially considering a lot of the trends in the scene at the moment, so when we saw a lot of praise and support behind it, we were very surprised but also very pleased. A lot of work went into these songs and this release so to see word already start spreading about it, and have people comment on the production, and the art work, and the song itself really means a lot to us all and has us very eager to continue writing so that the next release is even better.  

I also love the band logo!  You did that?  Can you talk about how long you have messing around with that sort of thing and what your process is like?

Appreciate it, this is still the only logo I have ever made and basically, I was taking a night class where we couldn’t use any phones or laptops or it was an automatic failure and we had three hours in there. I sat down one night in there, and started sketching the logo and I looked at it afterwards and I was like damn I think that’s the one. I took a photo of the logo and then touched it up on Procreate and that was that. Logos are still something I want to try doing more of but at the moment that’s the best of my capabilities.

Who the fuck is Erysichthon?  I'm trying to research but got lost. He cut down a sacred grove of trees and made his daughter a slave?  Am I even close?  How did you guys decide to go with this this?

Yea so, Erysichthon is a figure in Greek mythology who cut down Demeter’s sacred grove of trees to build himself a banquet hall. As punishment he was cursed by Demeter with insatiable hunger, thus leaving his family impoverished, sold his daughter to slavery, and eventually consumed himself. The song tells and modern interpretation of this story from his daughter’s point of view and the interpretation is surrounded around the concept of drug abuse, the parallels of this story and those of an addict who lost everything align, maybe not in the form of someone eating themselves in the end but the way they lose everything to this disease/curse.

Originally, we had the idea to sample a scene from a splatter movie called Naked Blood, where some chick is eating herself, the sample never ended up making it to the EP but we took that scene and Erysichthons story and used it as inspiration for the theme of the song which ended up staying. 

So Dylan recorded, mixed, and mastered the release.  His "Hanging Garden' stuff sounds cool also.  Is the production stuff a big part of his background?  Where do you guys record?

Yeah, so Dylan brought up the idea of fully recording the EP for us when we were searching for options, and then fully recording it eventually resulted in him mixing it, and we really had no skepticism we believed he would put out an awesome product. Outside of the Hanging Garden release and our EP, recording/mixing is something he has showed much interest in as far as doing it more frequently, and he is also going to do the recording and mix of the upcoming Scumbag EP, so far all his mixes sound great and it seems like the more he works on his skills in that field the better it gets. We recorded the drums, bass, and vocals all at his house, and our guitarist Jared Davis recorded his parts at home in Virginia, and then he sent the Stems over to us so Dylan could mix it all. We took a day to record all the drums because we had to move George’s kit from the city to Yonkers which was a pain, then we took about 2-3 sessions for guitars and bass respectively, and vocals went through a good bit of revisions for how Dylan wanted to layer things and what techniques he wanted to use, so it took him around 4 or 5 sessions in total . Multiple sessions for the strings and vocals really gave us the ability to focus on key parts and listen back to a previous session knowing what we want to change/improve while going into the next one. Overall, the recording process was super comfortable, and fun, and I really don’t see why we won’t take the same approach when we do the album.

I am of course a big Jon Zig fan, who killed the cover artwork by the way, but what really caught my eye are some of the more unique pieces on your instagram done by Overactive Imagination?  Will these be used for anything?  They are great!

I’m really glad you like those pieces, the artist is Isabella Randazzo, and she did all the artwork pre the Jon Zig cover, she actually made the original EP cover before it was suggested that we get it redone by Zig by Baker, so the whole art concept with the woman in the tub was originally done by her and it got “Zigified” as I like to say. The other pieces notably the blue girl will be used for merchandise at some point for sure, and we actually have patches underway with the one where she’s ripping apart her face.

When can fans expect "Seduced By Self-Mutilation"?

The full EP will hopefully be out by Spring time, fingers crossed another month or so, we are super eager to have everyone hear the full product. 

Can you tell us some artists than have greatly inspired the bands sound?

Man, there are a lot, it would be tough to pin down each influence but for sure bands like, Defeated Sanity, Gorgasm, Malignancy, Cerebral Effusion, Guttural Secrete, Regurgitation, Suffocation, Disgorge, Deicide, Internal Suffering, Deeds of Flesh, Inveracity, Disavowed, the list just goes on and on but those are some notable ones for sure. Oh, and George loves Lividity an unhealthy amount so they definitely are in there.

Thanks a lot for your patience and answers!!Any last words for you fans?

Thank you, and I speak for everyone in the band when I say we deeply appreciate all the support we have been shown at such an early stage and we are really excited to keep moving forward and create more sick music, and get to your city to play for y’all soon enough. Stay tuned for the EP and everything else to come, much love!

DISSONANCE

NEW STANDARD ELITE

ISABELLA RANDAZZO

JON ZIG

SCUMBAG

CORONARY THROMBOSIS

HANGING GARDEN

DEATH ISLAND

Protrusion - Interview 2026

Protrusion is pumping out some crazy old school death metal.  Here is a tiny interview, links at the bottom.  Check this band out, you will not be sorry.

How's it goin?!?!  Let's start with who you are and what you do in Protrusion?

I'm doing well. Thanks for asking us to do this interview. My name is Colin. I play guitar and do vocals in Protrusion.

Can you list all the members and their roles for us?

The other members are Kyle Christman on guitar, John Elston on bass, and Kevin Baum on drums.

Can you tell us Protrusion's origin story?

We are all local to the same area. I sought out a few reliable and passionate people to write some old school death. I wanted a real band, not just like a project or one off thing. We hit it off right away writing and jamming all the time. I owe a lot to these guys for answering the call when I came knocking.

From where I am sitting, 2023's Demo has had a very successful reception!  Would you guys agree?

Yes. It was honestly a bit surprising to us that people liked us as much as they did. It felt really good for something we did independently to be given as much praise as it did.

What was the process like for writing and recording that demo?

We wanted that distinct cassette demo sound, so we recorded using really barebones methods. We used a few mics and recorded live right from the living room of Kevin's house. Later we overdubbed guitars and vocals in a similar way so it has a very live feel. Its one of my favorite recordings I've ever been a part of.

Barebones. Hell yeah. Are you guys taking a different approach with the album? In what ways has it been different and/or similar?

We did things similarly to the demo, just with Tony Tipton from the band Regurgitation as our mix engineer. The sound quality is much better than the demo, yet we were still able to aquire a raw and energetic quality to the new album. The main differences in improved sound quality can be attributed to Tony's expertise in producing sick death metal records.

Can you talk a little about the art, on the demo cover, your logo, the merch, it is all amazing!

Jon Zig designed the cover art for our upcoming album. He totally nailed what we were looking for. 

Gruesome Graphx designed the cover art for the 23 demo, but our logo was designed by our bass player, John Elston. John is great artist whether the medium be pen and paper or his career in the tattoo industry. He owns his own studio here in Lafayette, and also handles a lot of our flier designs for our shows.

Who or what influences Protrusion?

Our influences are pretty much countless. Gorguts - 'Considered Dead' is a totally under appreciated master piece and its probably what inspired us to form this band. Early Cannibal Corpse is another big inspiration. Maybe we don't sound like them on a musical level, but the aura of sickness that they had back then is unmatched. We strive to achieve something similar.

How is the scene around you?

There are quite a few solid venues within easy driving distance where some great shows occur frequently. I do wish for Protrusion to play in new areas outside of just Indiana. If any promoters read this then hit us up.

What is something about the band that may surprise people?

I think playing live is where we turn the most heads. Our sound isn't something people come across frequently at shows. When you see us play live you won't forget that. 

Colin, thanks so much again! We can't wait to hear the album!! Any last words??

Thank you again for having me.

Be sure to check out our debut album, 'The Last Suppuration' coming in March 2026. Cheers!

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Sacrificial interview - 2025

New Standard Elite has a talent for finding crazy young talent.  Sacrificial is an up-and-coming Brutal Death act out of Milwaukee.  Do not sleep on these dudes.  Music seems to be tight, marketing tight, professionalism stands out.  I mean, what is not to love here?! Oh, and their ages range from 16-18.

Sacrificial, it's an honor to interview you, and I look forward to what is next for you guys!!!! - CR 

Cerebral Reveiwment - Thanks for taking the time for an interview!!!!  Who are we speaking to?

Elijah - Hello! This is Elijah, the drummer for Sacrificial! 

Thank you for reaching out. 

Who are all the members and their roles and their ages?

Sacrificial consists of five members, 

Elijah White, 16 - Drums 

Leo Tulcanaza, 16 - Guitar/ Vocals 

Xavier Rivera, 17 - Bass/ Vocals 

Warren Tynis, 18 - Vocals 

Sebastian Shackleford, 18 - Guitar

Can you tell the origin story of the band?

Sacrificial started in the dining room of Elijah Whites home in December of 2021 under the name Serrated. The band originally consisted of Elijah, Leo Tulcanaza, former vocalist Julius Ortiz, and shortly after, former guitarist Gloria Pabon. At the beginning, Serrated was not sure what genre we wanted to commit to. This changed in May of 2022 when the band moved to Leo’s basement, where we still practice and record to this day. The band was taking a stab at Thrash Metal. In December of 2022 the band changed the name to Sacrificial, Gloria parted ways, and the band recruited Xavier Rivera to bass. This recruitment would eventually lead to the genre shift from thrash metal, to Old School Death Metal. In April of 2023 the band played its first (basement) show, and continued to begin gigging into the summer and fall. In October the band parted ways with Julius shortly after releasing a short groove/ thrash demo (which has now been removed from all platforms). The band, now a 3 piece, started to write new material. In March of 2024, the band met Mylo Roark, who joined the guitar department for just shy of a full year. Shortly after Mylo joined we released another demo, this time consisting of an OSDM sound (and that we also eventually removed from all streaming services). During Mylo’s time in the band we began writing brutal death metal, this is the genre the band knew we must remain as. In July we decided to record one of these “Brutal” songs, Blown Apart with a 10 Gauge. This song was not only our first (and only) single, but also our first brutal song we released. It was also our first time working with a producer, Christofer Swahn of Worship Nothing Studios. In January, 2025 we welcomed Warren Tynis to the lineup. We were writing our most brutal material yet. In March, the band recruited Sebastian Shackleford and parted ways with Mylo. Around this time we finished gathering all the parts for all the songs that will eventually go into our first album, Eternal Suffering. In April the band recorded a 3 song demo and sent it away to Christofer for a mix and master, with plans to send the outcome to our dream label, New Standard Elite. In May we received our final mix and sent it to New Standard Elite. After what felt like years of anticipation we got a reply from the owner… we were signed. On June 4th, 2025 the news was announced, along with the release of our Demos advanced track, Guzzling Condensed Viscera. The remainder of the Demo is to be released shortly (as of June 17th). The band is entirely dedicated to writing the most brutal material that we can manage. We look forward to our future in brutal death metal. 

Damn!! Such a young band achieving such an awesome goal, gaining the support of one of the genre’s leading labels!  Has this lit a fire under your asses?!  How many songs are on the demo?  Can we expect a full length release in 2026?

First of all thank you, second of all most definitely. Getting signed has inspired us to always be our best selves, both musically and personally. In terms of lighting a fire under our asses, I would say it SORT OF did. By the time we got signed we already wrote all of the songs that we want to have appear on our first album. Though now that we are actually signed (we are still excited beyond comprehension) we do definitely have a few tweaks in mind for our songs; we want them to be as brutal as possible. The album should have 11 songs including an intro track, at least that is the plan right now. 3 of these songs will appear on the Demo, and one is already out (go check out Guzzling Condensed Viscera on the NSE YouTube Channel!!!)

 As for an official release date we don’t really have a real answer right now. We are still planning to take a few months to practice the songs and get them as tight as possible before we hit the studio. I’d say expect it either fairly later in 2025 (no promises) or early in 2026. That’s the plan. 

ART BY PILEWORM

LOGO BY JON ZIG

I know the band has already gone through a wide range of sounds and members. Does it finally seem like you are finding your home in brutal death metal?

Brutal Death Metal is 100% the roof we would always like to fall under. After several years as a band, we have never been more comfortable playing a genre than we are with Brutal Death Metal. We’ve tried thrash, osdm, etc, but honestly, I don’t think we would (or will) ever want to return to those genres. Pure Brutal Death Metal is what we strive for, and 100% is where we find our home. 

Can you tell us about some of your favorite bands?  Favorite BDM bands that maybe influence your sound and then also some influences from other genres or just stuff you like?

Our inspirations definitely have a pretty wide range. Everyone in the band listens to different stuff, but we always connect through new (and old) Brutal Death Metal. I could get into the favorites/ biggest influences for everyone in the band, but that would take forever. In general Cryptopsy, Dying Fetus, Suffocation, Gorgasm, Disgorge, Defeated Sanity, Stabbing, Severed Savior, Inveracity, Septycal Gorge, and Malignancy are our main (Brutal) influences. When we got signed it actually partially had to do with the fact that NSE thought we sounded like Dying Fetus! We can’t complain about that comparison! As for other (non-metal) genres we really like everything as a group, maybe these favorite bands/ genres can be heard in our playing, maybe not, but here’s a small list: The Beatles, Catch 22 (and ska punk in general) Neoclassical Jazz and just Jazz in general, math rock in general, Prog, etc.  I mean we just have a little bit of The Beatles in our playing right? 

I’m sure we will be hearing more Sacrificial and thank you for answering some questions!  Anything else you’d like to say?

Plan to hear some new Sacrificial very (VERY) soon! We also have some other pretty significant announcements that will be coming out in the next few weeks and months. Definitely keep an eye out for all of that! Thank you Cerebral Reviewment for the amazing questions, and to anyone who may see this… Stay Brutal! 

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Worship Nothing Studios

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Desecation - Left To The Trogs - 2024

 Desecation first caught my attention for being so young while still pumping out such a mature sounding brutal death EP two years ago with self-titled "Desecation", which I briefly talked about HERE.

Since then, just following them on social media and their youtube presence, it is clear that they are young but taking this very serious and being themselves, not trying to change anything about what they bring to the table.  Being original with their sound.  

Also, they are surrounded by and playing shows with legends like Cephalotripsy, Disgorge, Vulnificus, Condemned and many more.

When they started to give previews and glimpses of this new album, I was beyond pumped, and now I get to sit down and listen.

Album artwork by legendary Jon Zig

"Left To The Trogs" opens with a disturbing sample that I recognized from a long time ago.  From a scene that definitely stays with you if you ever saw it.  It is from a Kurt Russell movie about 10 years ago, called "Bone Tomahawk."  A scene in which a man is help down and scalped and then held upside down and hawked in two.  It's just lovely! Check the scene out HERE.

The audio from this scene perfectly sets the tone for the next 20 minutes.  An unforgiving onslaught of raw, original BDM with each element of the music getting its proper showcase.  Production is clear yet perfectly raw. 

Guitars are a delightful mix of fuzzy and crunchy, musicianship is tight and steadily marching to and from heavy slams and catchy riffs.  The riffs seem slightly more technical here than on "Desecation".  Excited to watch how this young band keeps growing and progressing.    

Vocals throughout this album are diverse.  Nasty gargling gutturals with the occasional pig squealing and sometimes your basic death growl.  Every method done with confidence and a gravely delivery that sounds well-honed.   Drummer is crazy, detailed fills with a lot going on under the surface.

I have been paying attention to Desecation since I first found them.  A decent amount of live footage is already on youtube and they have that "thing."  They just feel like the complete package.  Hoping to catch them live soon.  Check out a video of the band performing at Angel Ochoa's (Cephalotripsy) Birthday party:

Most of their live videos show three members, and they are listed as a 3-piece band, but I believe this video is their full band line-up:

Todd Novoa - Guitars

Marc Novoa - Guitars, Vocals

Alex Sisko - Vocals

Nate Gonzalez - Drums, Vocals

Sam Little - Bass

Overall, I am LOVING this new offering from this young, still up-and-coming California band!

Will be spinning this allllll day!!

"Left To The Trogs" will be released January 23rd, 2024 via BrutalMind.

Check out "Inducing Cognitive Paralysis" from the album HERE

Embryonic Devourment - Reptilian Agenda - Deepsend Records - 2013

Artwork by Jon Zig

Lets jump back in time to Cephalic Carnage's prime.  Or maybe to what some may think of as after their prime: an album from 2007 called Xenosapien.  I remember first hearing it and thinking it was a really tiring record.  It was one that took many, many listens to get through to me.  When it finally did, it solidified its place amongst some of my all time favorite albums.  The past week or so, listening to Embryonic Devourment's new album, Reptilian Agenda, I was in a similar predicament.  Maybe I was reminded of that Cephalic Carnage record because it is only every six years or so that I have such profound reactions to works of music.  Reptilian Agenda definitely reminded me of Cephalic Carnage at times, but more so renewed by dying belief in modern death metal.

In so many reviews I talk a lot about the mixing and mastering and the production qualities and the blips and blaps that most people probably don't listen for nor care to read about.  It is refreshing to write about a record that could have probably been recorded with a lot worse production than it was, and it would still stand miles ahead of its peers.  Reptilian Agenda is that album.
At just under twenty-five minutes, I find myself wishing this were longer. I spend the entirety of each listen intensely tuned in, head bobbing along, impatiently waiting for the next song to begin, all the way until the end.  Usually, 'concept albums', or whatever you may call them, are not my thing.  I just think it's too hard to meld together great song writing with great story telling without coming off cheesy. Oddly this album is one that does this extremely well.  The band has done a great job here, considering the subject matter;


"The concept for this album is over the top Just to give you a glimpse, its an album about a Reptilian race from a planet called Nibiru.  This race has been manipulating our systems of power and governing the human race for thousands of years.  This is something we believe in strongly to be true.  Whether it be the reptilian serpents in the bible, the worship of Sobek Ra in ancient egypt, the dragon gods of Japanese history, the giant lizard statues found from ancient mayan/aztec civilizations, or the pyramid of sobek ra on our dollar bill.  We sometimes shapeshift into reptilian gods for our live show even.  We aren't the typical band and we don't have the typical sound.  We aren't gore based or satan based.  We are a conspiracy band focused on the Reptilian Agenda - for we are reptilians by nature.  Does this sound interesting?  Free your mind to other possibilities..."- Austin Spence (Bass, Vocals) 
TAKEN FROM THIS INTERVIEW

So.......yeah, a surprising record to get be back into concept albums.  Perhaps it's the band's claims to truly believe this stuff.  More likely, for me, it's the sheer awesomeness of song-writing and diversity of death metal experienced throughout this half hour.
Not surprisingly, the lyrics are over the top also.  They are not about gore or rape or any brutal-to-be-brutal crap.  They are a good read, about a race that is taking us over and brainwashing us.  So, yes, they are political, but in a revealing way.  The lyrics, like the album, beg multiple reads and an alert yet open mind.
Overall, Reptilian Agenda is an amazing album.  You get diversity in riffs, vocals, and instrumentation.  More importantly, it is an incredibly cohesive story, from beginning to end.  Jon Zig provides beautifully haunting artwork to accompany.  Do yourself a huge favor by buying this one.  You'll get all the magnificent artwork inside, and all the lyrics.

EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT

JON ZIG

DEEPSEND RECORDS