This morning i was checking some new stuff at Comatose music bandcamp and i was gladly surprised with Darren Cesca’s Cytolysis. We all know this man is a machine, one of my favorite Death Metal drummers out there. He had so many bands already, I had already forgotten one his entourages, which was Serpent of Gnosis. I remember when heard that shit back in 2019, in the morning, commuting to work, those vocals sounded way too familiar, boom. Jonny Davy right there, i fucking loved every track of it and became an instant obcession during those months. 2019 was cool, “Death Atlas” also took a great part of my daily commuting routine between work, college and so on. Botton line, there are other 2 albuns i have came during those days, i still listen today and no one talks about, and i feel COMPELLED to talk about them, because they are do damn good, people should be writing poetry about it, showing their parents and shit. And they are “Results” from Murder Construct (2012) and “A Stirring in the Noos” by John Frum (2017). I will start start with Murder Construct, once i am already blasting it as i write it.

Like said before, Travis Ryan, frontman of Death / Grind mongos CATTLE DECAPITATION, joined with EXHUMED members at that time, Leon Del Muerte, Danny Walker, and the rest to record MURDER CONSTRUCT‘s debut album “Results”. That shit surely brought results, good ones.

The two-minute opening track, “Red All Over”, is great at putting the listener in the mood for the album. Ten seconds in, Ryan delivers the goods, and the drums kick in over some very catchy riffs. The second track “Under the Weight of the Wood”, keeps it up with Del Muerte’s assisted vocals making the song very dopaminergic for extreme metal enjoyers. The third shot the album unleashes, “No Question, No Comment”, demands lots of questions and lots of comments. Fuck, that album is so good why aren’t people talking about it? It’s sad.

Throughout the rest of the album, the formula doesn’t change much, which is great, but there is variety in both the vocals and the riffs. It’s just pure violence. Each of the two tracks is different in terms of vocal delivery, and the Death / Grind onslaught never stops coming, not for single moment. The album closes with “Resultados”, I mean, true “Results”, good “Results”. Listen to it and tell me the results (sorry).

Now Let’s talk about John Frum, it’s a fucking weird name for a Death Metal band, right? According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frum – “John Frum (also called Jon Frum,^[1] John Brum,^[2] and John Prum^[3]) is a figure associated with cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). He is often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him. In a 1960 BBC documentary, British broadcaster David Attenborough asked the locals what Frum looked like and was told “‘E look like you. ‘E got white face. ‘E tall man. ‘E live ‘long South America.”^[4]” – Nice, LOL. At least they are worshipping real flying things.

Its line-up has some members (really?) Derek Rydquist, also vocals at The Zenith Passage. And according to Metal Archives, current drummer is Kenny Grohowski from Imperial Triumphant. Ok, let’s talk about the RIFFS.

I took this from https://ninecircles.co/2017/05/11/album-review-john-frum-a-stirring-in-the-noos

“Presage of Emptiness” is aptly named: it kicks off A Stirring in the Noos with everything you can expect from the band and the album.  Massive riffs and grooves clash in ever-changing tempos, the drumming is furious and coming from all directions, and the vocals from Derek Rydquist (ex The Faceless) move from bass-heavy roars to higher-pitched screams effortlessly.   There’s never a moment, though, where things feels like they’re going to fall apart.  “Pining Light” is even better, with the music moving in fits and bursts, guitar leads rising out of the mists as the song takes an almost groove like stance before spazzing back out into the maelstrom of noise.  Elsewhere the odd time and syncopation in “Assumption of Form” and the mania evoked in closer “Wasting Subtle Body” continue the frenzied spirit laid out at the opening of the album.”

It’s been a while since this album was release and tons of bands have come and gone already. But i have heard a few ones that sounded like this. It’s nearly esoterical, for real.

And last but not least, finally let’s talk about the album that brought me to writing this shit, Dom Lawson reviewed it for Blabbermouth, back in the day => https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/as-i-drink-from-the-infinite-well-of-inebriation which i took some exerpts, there was some details i was unware about, for example ” And perhaps that is the point here: both in lyrical terms (as the record’s title suggests, Davy is exploring his battles with addiction here),and via sonic and songwriting values that can only be described as seriously fucking direct. “As I Drink From The Infinite Well Of Inebriation” is a ferociously focused declaration of intent, stripped of all artifice and indulgence and delivered at full, bug-eyed pelt. I kind relate to that, once i’ve battled addiction myself. That title is fucking surgical.

Like mentioned before, Darren Cesca blast the fuck out of this record and i love the sound the drums, they sound very organic, almost tribal at some level. The tracks are the perfect combination of JOB FOR A COWBOY and BLACK DAHLIA MURDER but somehow, it sounds rawer and more spicier. LISTEN TO THIS SHIT

Well, i have taken this out of my system. Finally. I have talked about those albuns because they’re savage. Fucking Listen to them!