Chaotic Matrix

Internal Suffering has 4 full length albums and each being drastically different from one another, giving each release something exciting and new to listen to. This is their second full length album. Internal Suffering plays a very blasty style of brutal death metal. And especially on the first two albums, a very BOMBASTIC sounding death metal band.

The album starts out with what I can only describe as the coolest death metal intro I've ever heard. I usually skip intros with the majority of most bands, but every time I put this cd in, I listen to the whole intro. From what I can tell it's a sorcerer from some sort of HP Lovecraft chanting to some demon, giving some sort of offering. It gives this epic feeling without being cheesy.

The recording of this album is perfect, in my opinion. Everything feels very raw and natural. The drums are completely unrelenting and the drummer is proficient at keeping up with fast tempos for long periods of time without any mistakes. But this whole album does have a LOOSE feeling as if it may have been recorded in one take. Not to say their playing was at all sloppy though. The guitars have a good tone, no complaints. There's nothing too fancy here on the guitar end of things. Very fast tremolo picked riffs, mixed with the occasional groove riff and even some slam riffs throughout. The bass is indecipherable. Nothing else to really say about it. The vocals have a very raw, intense grunt to them. Something that really changed after this album, as they started to enunciate more and bring more lyrical clarity to a forefront for their sound.

The album is divided into three parts, much like an old Kataklysm album. Titles have subtitles, as is the album tells a story. I'm not entirely certain if there is a back story to this album, but from what I can tell from the lyrics there isn't a definitive storyline. Definitely a concept though. Most of their lyrics are making references to HP Lovecraft stories, resembling Morbid Angel's Formulas Fatal to the Flesh album. If you can follow along with the lyrics, the do give the song a more grandiose feeling.

My personal opinion on this album is that not only is it the best Internal Suffering album, but also the best brutal death metal album. It may not be the most innovative album, but it makes up for it in every other aspect.

What the hell do they put in the water in South America? It seems like every country there has their own ultra brutal death metal outfit. Well, these Colombians have been blasting already a while and I must say I wasn't actually caught by this album the first times I listened it. Then one day I put it on at work with headphones and discovered some really great riffs I hadn't heard before. Internal Suffering is not as slammy as its cousin Goretrade but they do offer some cool slower moments too even the main point is in fast as hell blasting. Vocals tend to get a bit monotonous as they are full time low end sewage grunting. Production is a bit weak and I recommend you to listen this album with headphones, it opens so much better that way and you can hear the riffs clearer. Recommended for fans of ultra brutal death metal.

My, oh, my. What can I say about Colombian bands that I haven't already? Almost nothing, if I'm not mistaken, but this is very good. When I say good, I meant the consistency of Colombian bands; releasing album after album of UNRELENTING brutality. Everything about this albums brutal; the production, the riffs, the drumming, the vocals, like I said, EVERYTHING. The production is shoddy, but in a harsh thick way, if that makes any sense, but it's beyond words. The leads are sloppy as hell, and that rules, but more importantly are the frighteningly heavy slams, with that all-so-familiar [Colombian] sound that I and many others have come to enjoy so much. This band, like Artery Eruption, I initially shunned for some time until I finally heard this sophmore effort, and what I got was a pleasant surprise. The drumming is thunderous and just, well, super-fucking-fast! The vocals are pretty much what you'd expect, ultra-guttural/deep with some bullfrog action. If you haven't heard this band before, I'd come them to a sloppier, heavier version of Spain's Human Mincer. So with all that said...why are you still here reading the review? You shoul've been away ordering/downloading/whatevering to get this album!