▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Gorgosaur ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Lurking Among Corpses █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-06-29 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Memento Mori ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Emerging from the depths of the underground, █ █ Swedish death metallers Gorgosaur showcase their █ █ love for the old-school with their selected name █ █ from an actual creature of the earthÆs history. █ █ This is more than appropriate on display in their █ █ first full-length album, which was released April █ █ 25, 2016 on Memento Mori, as this impressive beast █ █ rumbles and strikes like a true dinosaurian █ █ attack. █ █ From the outset, this here is given the classic █ █ Swedish death metal charge that appears so █ █ fervently in the countryÆs acts, and the inclusion █ █ of the classic chainsaw-churning groove litters █ █ the album from start to finish. This display of █ █ these traditional riffing and frantic █ █ full-throttle rhythms that allows them to move █ █ forward at the typical tempos and still generate █ █ the kind of effective atmosphere typically █ █ associated here. This attack lets it to delve deep █ █ into the rather frantic display of attacks from █ █ the old-school wave where the charging riffing and █ █ dynamic drumming were all at the forefront of the █ █ style found there, and it brings this out in raw █ █ form here. The problem here is that the album is █ █ indeed too raw for itÆs own good, with the short, █ █ blitzkrieg-style found here not really allowing it █ █ the chance to really get a much more distinctive █ █ rise out of these tracks. TheyÆre just so familiar █ █ and tend to run through so many familiar elements █ █ that it just reads as yet another old-school █ █ Swedish death metal band paying homage to the █ █ greats of the past. Granted, a lot of that is █ █ perhaps due to the fact that this one just doesnÆt █ █ really have any kind of time to get this done with █ █ the brief track lengths with only a few of these █ █ songs breaking the three-minute mark so itÆs █ █ opportunities to really change that up as the █ █ simplicity of the riff-work keeps this so █ █ straightforward and to-the-point it doesnÆt get to █ █ really do much about it. Otherwise, thereÆs a lot █ █ to like overall about this one. █ █ While running into yet another common problem █ █ found in so many of these Swedish death metal █ █ projects of not being inherently original about █ █ itself, thereÆs still a good deal amount of █ █ positives found here to make this a select choice █ █ for anyone even remotely appreciative of that █ █ particular scene or just old-school death metal in █ █ general. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Basement Funeral Hymn 1:28 ░ ░ 2. Terror Incarnate 2:59 ░ ░ 3. In Darkness They Come Crawling 3:20 ░ ░ 4. Body Snatchers 3:05 ░ ░ 5. Pyromaniac Narrations 3:23 ░ ░ 6. Lurking Among Corpses 2:50 ░ ░ 7. Gashes and Demise 3:47 ░ ░ 8. The Antropophagus 3:08 ░ ░ 9. Burial of Rats 3:24 ░ ░ 10. Death Is Psychosomatic 2:43 ░ ░ 30:07 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░