Dead And Dripping here create bludgeoning yet highly intricate brutal/technical death metal which loosely sounds like a cross between Demilich and Suffocation. There’s so much more to it of course and it’s an album that will keep you busy for months to come. It’s easily one of the standout albums where this sub-genre goes, showcasing superior songwriting skills and not just playing chaotic or brutal music just for the sake of it.
DEAD AND DRIPPING – Blackened Cerebral Rifts
Dead and Dripping create their own kaleidoscopic world of dizzying and pummelling brutal/technical death metal where they relentlessly whip up a maelstrom of mind-boggling riffs and drum patterns. It’s too easy to drown yourself in their undulating waves of intense blasting and slower breakdowns and one can’t be blamed to lie corpse-like amid it all. There’s even an interlude right in the middle of this album serving as a flotation device but as it’s aptly titled, it’s only hopeless given the sheer magnitude of the complex brutality that is offered here. As breathless as it will leave you, the music here is highly intricate and meticulously executed, and not rushed just to come across as needlessly chaotic or extreme. Everything is perfectly audible even with the riffs piling up, the organic production only adding value to the vigorous and ultimately highly enjoyable playing. For what Dead and Dripping set out to do, with ‘Blackened Cerebral Rifts’ they certainly get the job done, not compromising in any area and delivering one of the most satisfying if not rewarding albums in this genre.
For fans of: Wormed, Demilich, Defeated Sanity, Suffocation, Mortal Decay, Wicked Innocence
Line up –
Evan Daniele – All music and lyrics
Artwork by Jason Wayne Barnett
Track listing –
1. Tragic Ascent Of Absurdity’s Pale Moon
2. Humanoid Statues Parading Condescending Gestures
3. Aural Interference With Uncanny Subconscious Frequencies
4. Infinitely Plummeting Into Violet Portals Of Delusion
5. Hopeless Desire For Reprieve
6. Meticulously Unraveling The Serpentine Consciousness
7. Kaleidoscopic Visions Of Porous Obsidian Eternities
8. Molecular Degradation Upon Warped Onyx Stoves
9. Hysterical Mirages of Otherworldly Calamity
Official release date – August 11th, 2023