NECROBLASPHEME - INTRODUCING PURE VIOLENCE - DESTRUCTIVE
France has the best metal scene in the world right now. This highly underrated country blasts out sheer brutal talent band after band without pause. Just in the last year this writer has had the fortune of introducing Inhumate, 7th Nemesis and Arkhon Infaustus to the readers. Each of those bands has been a revelation unto itself. Now, with the introduction of Necroblaspheme, the list is once again longer. Despite a somewhat cliche name and the fact that the Parisians were only formed two years ago, Destructive Records' very first release is a sure-fire hit for death metal mongers.
Necroblaspheme obviously succeeds because Yann, Christophe, Charly, Carol and Olivier are either super fast or super heavy and completely void of moments of frailty. The band's singer is reminiscent of Sylvain Houde of Kataklysm with his powerful and versatile roar, and the rest of the band is hardly far behind. The guitars are sharp - think razor blades - and the drummer completely in disdain of the pots and pan-ish sound his colleagues prefer nowadays. His snare and bass drum sounds are warm and heavy. He constantly varies his rhythm to keep things interesting. Additionally, Necroblaspheme is on a constant mission to change both its tempo and rhythm. Fast and heavy rhythms abound, as do rhythm changes which keep the listener on his toes. A good example of this is the song Ad Nauseam. Then again songs like Foetal Bondage Concept and Isolating Torture And Torment are occasionally reminiscent of early Disgrace and Demigod. Overall though, this band is about bashing heads, impaling torsos and inflicting mass violence. That is the logical end to a band bent on a mission of pure death metal! - Ali "The Metallian"