Diskreet "Infernal Rise" (Candlelight)
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Wednesday. May 09, 12:19 PM
Death metal grind for death metal grinders… or is it the other way around?

Brutality personified. Yes, indeed. This shit is brutal, alright. How do bands get to this point? A few years ago, stuff this intricate would have been not only absurd but totally unthinkable. It would have taken two or three people taking random turns to riff this fast and this eloquently. But somewhere along the line, kids got smart and before they turned 20 were suddenly crafting technical metal this extreme. Of course, by technical 90% of the time we mean soulless, and by soulless we mean that a big number of bands seem content piling riffs on top of riffs like that’s what this music is all about. Nothing further from the truth, but this is grindcore / death metal we are talking about so we can’t really go out on town complaining because of the lack of musicality.

Diskreet hail from Topeka, KS, and Infernal Rise is the first Candlelight release via their cooperation with UK indie metal label Siege of Amida, which goes to show you that you can be local, unknown, yet totally international. If we can form an idea of what that association is going to be like by judging Infernal Rise, then fans of the extreme rejoice. Diskreet play it well. Absurdly well. And absurdly fast and absurdly hard and absurdly brutal and absurdly ridiculous, which is good because this is grind death metal or death metal grind, whichever way you prefer. Infernal Rise packs dozens of blistering riffs that pick up speed faster than the concord and come to a halt more violently than an airplane crashing. Blast beats abound, violence is of the essence, and vocalist Stephen Babcock emits this shit cookie monster growl that is well; brutal, deep, goes with the music, and approaches the music’s intensity, which is just what it needs.
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Hansel Merchor

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