Delight

Erytrosy display some really classic-themed, yet very demo-like production with this full-length album. I can only assume that it's because the band had a budget? Or maybe the recording studio was...outdated with (of course) outdated gear? I suppose I'll never know, personally. But then again, to a fair extent, I don't really care. However, if any factual news about this release comes up 'n' if I happen to hear why, then it couldn't hurt to hear the (possible) reasons behind that.

Seems that I always find bands that are long-gone, with musicians living regular lives, in some cases these days. Albums like this, will always be underrated. But I guess by having underrated releases, is a good thing. Known by a few people, and it can be appreciated by those few. Instead of many people knowing of this record 'n' talkin' shit about it 'n hatin' it, you know? The bigger your following, the more disrespectful the personalities of "so-called" fans can be. And they're just cancer to us all... Must be from the lack of love they got as kids...who knows?

This album has really retro production, even for it being produced 'n' released in 2001. As I mentioned earlier, it was probably due to having a low budget or just outdated gear in an outdated studio? One can only make (honest) assumptions about that. A lot of mystery will likely obscure this album's background. This is quality and clarity you'd expect from underground (traditional) death metal band would have had in the early 1990's, recorded on tape, in a basement. Not exactly something you'd hear from the early 21st century, especially as a full-length album. But hey...again, we can only guess why this has a foggy, yet atmospheric production.

The guitars have really quick-paced speeds. I'm assuming the speeds are at least 160 BPM. The guitars themselves are thick 'n' fuzzy. And we can't forget, medium-tuned to fit some of the higher 'n' lower notes that are displayed on-and-off throughout this entire release. The guitars are played with a "technical" groove, almost like a mixture of...technical death metal with groove metal inflences. The guitar is mixed poorly into the album, unfortunately. Really muffled. The bass guitar's frequencies are felt more than they're heard. But still pretty weak, just like the guitar. All this actually needs is a proper remaster 'n' it'll stand the test of time, I really do think that. Just needs a little love 'n' care. The drums are quiet, need to be increased. You can't even hear the bass of the drums because they're so, so silent-like. Drum track sucks, if there is a way for this album to be (officially) remastered, it would be a lot better off in its existence.

One more thing I'd like to mention about the guitars is, well, the performance and style are well-crafted....just the production and how they were handled, really sucks. The vocals sound a little less like (traditional) death metal, but more like...low-grade deathcore. That's just my opinion though. I also want to point-out, I don't really classify this to sound like "brutal death metal", but I guess I can "hear" some of those elements. If anything, I think "technical death metal" is a more...accurate-like style for this group. The guitars aren't as heavy as some other bands that produce brutal death metal. But they are well-done. So I guess it's not that bad. Just a dumb thing I wanted to mention, that's all. I'm probably an idiot 'n' you're probably right to disagree with me. That's fine. I understand I have an IQ of about "1".

Not sure what the album cover is supposed to be? But it appear it's some...insect-related creature? But what is it doing, is the bigger question? Don't ask me, don't even ask yourself, you probably wouldn't know either. But it's, well, colourful, but with a "disturbance" behind it. Only less than a handful of people would even consider this record. I know that I meet a lot of people who only listen to "well-known" music, and because of that, they think anything that's underrated, isn't good enough (even if they also claim to love underrated music, which is a damn lie, if you want to ask for my honest opinion). It's hard to recommend something like this to someone who probably wouldn't even appreciate it. So, my answer is likely "no". No, I would not recommend this to anyone, sadly. I like it, it's got potential, but because of it's status, and hearing it for myself, a lot of others wouldn't even give thirty-minutes of their time for it, which is sad because this is pretty enjoyable. At the time of this review's original release, it's currently on YouTube, just go there and listen to it for yourself...because I seriously doubt you'd ever find this in physical form...ever...period... That's all for now. Thank you for reading.

Sex and brain surgery. These seem to be two of the lyrical fascinations of Erytrosy's 2001 sophomore Delight. A strange album title when one considers the sounds on display, and an even stranger cover image for the death metal genre; but hey, if it were any indicator that the band was moving in a more experimental direction after their rather standard (if ahead of the curve) brutal death debut Incomplete Minds, then it would have my full support. Sadly, not only does Delight fail to mix up the aesthetics of its predecessor, but after five years, one might have been justified in having higher expectations...than this. The Slovakians have spun off into a brand of brutal, grind-tinted death metal that is far less interesting, and ultimately a banal exercise in futile, dime a dozen riffs.

You've basically got your standard 4xchug - tremolo burst intensity here, which grows quite old in a very short time. I guess a good comparison would be Napalm Death's 90s output, with a bit of Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse and Internal Bleeding thrown in, but Erytrosy is not quite as riffy. In fact, you could pay me to listen to this album a few dozen times and I would have a hard time remembering a single chord progression, that's how generic and below the radar this music is. The vocals sound a bit more like Mark 'Barney' Greenway than they did on the debut; not that they were unique on the debut, but this style has always tended to bore me after a few lines, and it's just another of the underwhelming factors in what makes Delight such an also-ran. I can't exactly fault the band's aggression level here, because some of the spastic death/thrash punchlines they weave off the chug-chug setups are appreciably nimble, but the notes played seemed to just have been safely snatched from whatever first idea comes to mind. There's not a heck of a lot of 'musicality' here aside from men playing death metal on instruments. The lead sequences are intensified, but not enough to save the rhythms leading up to them...

The album also sounds like arse, and in fact it seems as if even the limited budget of the debut might have been floundered away. Guitars are brasher and noisier, and the drums have a lot more crash and burn to them. But both the treble and bass dynamics of the rhythm guitar seem out of step, and it honestly sounds like a well rigged live performance or a demo than a studio effort. Compiled with the lackluster songwriting that seems like a step back from the brutal aerobics of Incomplete Minds, it becomes a difficult disc to sit through for more than a few minutes. There's just nothing of interesting occurring anywhere. No highlights, no riffs that urge me to strain my neck in response. Yeah, the bass playing still gets busy, and sounds decent against the other instruments; and the 26 minute play length ensures that it's not a whole lot of material to become exhausted with. It's not necessarily an 'awful' album, or an abject failure, but it's difficult to justify when there were by 2001 about 15 years of great death metal records to pore over. I'd take the Slovakians' debut over this any day, and I don't blame them for putting the group on an indefinite hiatus after this.

-autothrall
http://www.fromthedustreturned.com

This follow-up to "Incomplete Minds" is a long bar of sharp barbed steel that will either go in your ears or up yur arse. This release is distinguished by unrelentingly heavy riffs and saw blade through the cranium vocals. This really is one of those releases that blows my skull off from start to finish, it doesn't get much better than this i m o. I know it sounds like I could be saying this w/out having heard the music, but I've heard it many times and am blasting it thru my h.p.s now, and to try to describe any given song is like trying to describe what it feels like to watch someone get blown apart by a hand grenade - its just pure fucking obliteration.

For argument's sake, the opening song - "Broken Orgasm" is marked by massively thick layerd guitar pummeling, with a mountain of bass right behind it, and the vocals lead the charge with complete earnest intensity. This one is a real DM classic, it's too bad it didn't get more attention, it's much, much more brutal than Cannibal Corpse i m o, and I like CC.
Going on about each song would NOT be doing them justice, all I can say is this band has made gutars and bass, drums and brutal vocs sound more punishingly crushing than 9?% of the oher bands I've heard. I think they can most be compared to Defloration, DeepRed (Fin), 1st Hour of Penance album.

If you don't believe me, there should be some free DLs of some of their songs on the web, try Metal Age Prods. website.-This one desearves a 99, but don't trust me.