Ex Dementia is an American band signed by the aptly named label Horror
Pain Gore Death home to some bands like Eatmyfuk,
Mental Funeral or the mighty
Abscess.
The
Red Mass is their third offering and is definitely worth a few listens. While preparing this review, I came across a few others that were not so enthusiastic about
Ex Dementia’s latest release. One of them going as far as labeling it “junk-food metal”. Don’t believe everything you read out there. Especially “junk-food reviews” written just to have it featured on a webzine.
These guys kick some serious ass. Are they the next band to go beyond the boundaries set by
Origin and its clones? Nope. Are they the next big sensation in the blackened
Death Metal revival? Nope. No, these guys play some good ole
Death Metal with the intent of doing something utterly catchy that will have your feet stomping and your head banging the very first minute you’ll play this record.
That may sound easy just reading this but most times it takes some real talent to achieve simple things. Listen again to your old classics, Severed
Survival, Slowly We
Rot or
Realm Of Chaos. These records might not be your typical technique-laden releases plagued with oh-so-technical bullshit, but they go straight to the point. What point? You wanting to kick some ass.
Ex Dementia delivers nine furious tracks. For the sake of comparison, let’s just say that their music delivers crushing riffs a la
Autopsy mixed with the Speed
Metal intent of
Engorged or early
Exhumed. Add to this a quite nice and refreshing dose of “good” humor and you have one of the most entertaining records released in 2009.
This
Red Mass will obviously not be one of 2009’s landmark records but unlike records that are soon praised and forgotten, I could bet a couple bucks that
Ex Dementia’s record will be one that will often find its way back to your CD player.
Again simple and straight to the point.
As if it were not enough, those guys have invited a few prestigious guests to sing along to their thrashy anthems! Parasitic Tim from
Splatterhouse lends a hand on The Radiant
Ravenous,
Impaled’s Ross Sewage delivers a couple grunts on Splattervision Channel 2 and the mighty Chris Reifert (if you need some clue as to who he is, you're probably not that into
Death Metal...) shows up on
Mud and
Blood.
That’s what I call some fucking guest stars.
Sure there's that
Venom cover that won't be too much memorable. But fuck, these guys did not mean to surpass old gods. Just pay tribute to the band with the attitude. So spare them some unfounded blabber... My only complaint is that the whole record is not even 30 minutes long and a few more tracks wouldn’t have hurt. No it wouldn’t. But then again, unless you’re fucking quadriplegic, you can just hit replay on and on until your neck hurts too much.
You know what to do. If you’re in the US, take the time to contact directly HPGD and if you're in
Europe you can get all three
Ex Dementia's records from Selfmadegod at a very fair price. If you live elsewhere... well... I'm not Google, am I? ;)
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