
Troglodyte
(Everlasting Spew Records)
30:18min
Italian CANNIBAL CORPSE for your perusal. This is a brilliant shout out to CANNIBAL CORPSE’s late ’90s sound and pays homage in the nicest possible way. BECERUS is an Italian Death Metal band based in beautiful Palermo. The album clocks in nicely at 30 minutes which is actually a little more time than what you would anticipate for a sound like this. Track #3, ‘Aggressive Illiterate’, is perhaps the best representation of their sound. Is it bad that I can tell which parts of this track are from which CANNIBAL CORPSE’s songs? I don’t know, I just love it. At the baseline, this is a phenomenal love letter to the genre and the band. From their Bandcamp “BECERUS is about brutal and mortal Death Metal, so if BROKEN HOPE, MONSTROSITY, early CANNIBAL CORPSE and BAPHOMET are your thing, then you’ll be fine with these cavemen. FUCK AI GIMME GRUNT! For fans of CANNIBAL CORPSE, MONSTROSITY, BROKEN HOPE, FULCI.” I think that is pretty much all anyone can say about the band and this release. Brilliant Death Metal that invokes the lords of current Death Metal in all forms and manner. Well, you’ve got to be asking yourself why listen to BECERUS when you can listen to CANNIBAL CORPSE? BECERUS add in the twisted modern dimension to a late ’90s spirit and their solos sound great. Call it old wine in a new bottle, however, you will be entertained! Isn’t that what you want? For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/becerus, www.facebook.com/everlastingspew
Vamsi Kanagovi
• BECERUS - Interview (Frank Stöver)