EXECUTION returns with “Camisole”, their third full-length since 1989. Since their beginning, these French veterans crafted an authentically dark experience that avoids modern extreme Metal’s common pitfalls. The latest record is a concept album about confinement in a psychiatric hospital. It’s about the beginning of madness, the struggle in a brain between the border of reality and unreality. And based on this, the current line-up of Bruno on vocals, Dip and Abigail on guitars, Sylvain on drums, Stef on bass and Sophie on vocals / keyboards, made an interesting and unusual ride from start to finish. Though I didn’t have the experience to visit a psychiatric hospital yet, however from the idea of reading various stories and visuals from movies, it’s not an easy encounter. There is something terrifying about those gray, gloomy corridors and the whole surroundings of any psychiatry sections. With screams echoed from the rooms, some of them fighting their own demons that feelings expand. And from the very beginning of this record with ‘Black Tomb’, ‘Camisole’, ‘My Sufferings’ to ‘Painting Of Death’ that mood reflects something very similar to those. The venomous vocals add genuine menace, shifting between acidic snarls and haunting deliveries that feel genuinely unsettling rather than theatrical. With turning up the volume, one can enjoy the old-style sound, which is packed to the brim with realistic, well-composed Thrash Metal with sharp Death Metal ingredients and Black Metal atmosphere to capture the madness and paranoia. The remaining numbers come into foray with ‘Screaming From The Coffin’, ‘Garden Of Ashes And Dust’ and the record closer ‘Horizon Macabre’ relaying on constant aggression and the band’s animalistic approach channels three decades of experience into a focused statement. This isn’t empty brutality – it’s extremity that invades your thoughts and lingers long after listening. The production maintains rawness while ensuring clarity, allowing the razor-sharp riffing to cut through the oppressive soundscape. The songwriting demonstrates maturity and altogether gives away a genuinely disturbing yet compelling offering that offer some authentic extreme Metal in an oversaturated genre. Find out more about the band and release here: www.facebook.com/execution.deathmetal, www.facebook.com/greatdanerecords