16 minutes of Polish Death Metal terror is what the intro and five following tracks on this debut release from DEPOPULATE offer, brutal and straight forward, this release is straight to the point. Classic grinding Death Metal, a good mix of good old heavy English Grindcore deeds and more universal Death Metal, heavy and quite catching guitar riffing and some good screeching leads. The drumming is quite good, not that much fuzz, straight to the point blasting and cymbal crashing. And the deep guttural growl is effective and delivers the lyrics as a blow to the head. The bass muds a bit here and there and rumbles a bit too much at other times, as the procutions is quite driven in the low regions, which is both good and bad. The bottom is heavy and lays a good base for the higher guitars and maniacal growl, though it muds and looses a bit focus a tad too often and the reverb on the vocals isn’t that well controlled all the time. For a first release this is quite good, and something I’d like to hear more of, Death Metal as we know it, though with some passion, anger and dedication with drives this forward, slashing us down. More brutality at: www.facebook.com/depopulate