Hailing from Berlin POSTMORTEM are amongst the
very few bands that for years fulfill only their personal standards. Their
music develops gradually not for being changed but for achieving its inner
necessity for quality. From 1991 (according to
some opinions even from 1987!!!) till
now the quartet did not served surprises. This refers to its new release as
well.
Based on Scandinavian death metal
their music keeps the good German taste for the clear riffs. They could preserve the melodic clue of the track while at
the same time fill it with uncompromising metal gallop. The typical death
metal singing freely moves from growling bubbling to high screams.
Besides
„The Bowls Of
Wrath“
keeps the tradition as if it opens the
door to new doses of hate. The rhythm section sounds mechanized, and it
crushes common measured and merciless. The aggressive vocals whistle in this
post modern blizzard fulfilling the zone between DISBELIEF and OBITUARY. The
tempo is mostly middle but the continuous double bass drums create impression
of speed. The homonymous song „The Bowls
of Wrath“
(5) stressed me with high clear female
vocals in a fragment in its middle part that would be suitable for the joke
replica concerning a popular phrase „Oops!... I killed again“ (4). As if the end of the movie raises the tempo and the
aggression.
On their new album POSTMORTEM
strengthen with an idea the industrial sound. There are no new approaches and
genius riffs but the straightforwardness of the band is respectful. This is a
worthy release in the discography of POSTMORTEM!
