Necrophagia - Holocausto De La Morte CD Review

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2002-08-04 : Vikram : Link
Originally formed in 1983,Necrophagia began as an entirely different beast than the 1999/2000 version.Although the main characteristics of the original incarnation are still present (Killjoy's-sick vox and the abundance of gore/horror elements and influsions),the band has taken on a different sound and presence in Holocausto.., with the exception of the re-release of the classic Seasons Of The Dead(a must have!,this album can be called the mother of all death metal) in 1998,not a whole lot was going on in the proverbial "phagia" camp, until they were approached by phil anselmo(yes,of Pantera!!)to take him on as a member,re-vamp the band and begin to compose new material,Killjoy agreed and the new Necrophagia was born, with Dustin Havnen on bass(the dude on the Pantera-reinventing the steel cover sleeve, so now you know who the dude is)and Wayne Fabra on drums.The result finds this rebirth taking a far more twisted version than its predecessor.Holocausto plays out more like a series of horrific tales,almost short stories that are stiched together in the eeriest of fashions.Bizzare samples linking the scary tunage housed on the disc(my picture lp,in this case)with an overall feeling of fear.From the let-go,phil's self taught.primal riffage burrows and twists into the listeners mind,they are as interesting as they are off-kilter!Killjoys insane vocals just get everything off on a downhill tangent as the insanity just builds and builds to various apexes of madness on tracks like "bloodfreak","burning moon sickness" and "cadaverous screams of my deceased lover". this blood-curlding,ooze-dripping gory death-sludge will appeal to fans of impetigo, autposy and the like or just sick freaks in general!
2002-08-04 : trident-netzine : Link
The gore and guts sickos are back! Fair enough, the line up is different and Necrophagia have integrated some doom parts but that only makes them more sick than the "Season Of The Dead " days. It's difficult to describe a band like this except that this isn't an album for people with a weak stomach so don't go playing it to your aging grandparents . The cover art is tacky splatter horror shit and certainly enhances the image projected by these wierdos with their extreme anthems praising blood, gore and necrophilic perversion. There is no band who can compare to these guys!
2002-08-04 : Al Kikuras : Link
I'm a big fan of the first Necrophagia album, Season of the Dead. I got it when I was 12, so I am happy to hear those ideas taken to the next level, even if it took 11 years. I didn't know quite what to expect, to be honest. I wasn't sure if it would be an updated, all-out modern death metal album or if they would hold to the old style. It is definitely a mix between the two, but I would say the old style prevails, with the exception of Killjoy's vocals. On Season of the Dead he went for an almost spoken word approach... tame by today's standards, but much more brutal back when the album first saw the light of day. His new style is much more over the top and sick. I think if he hadn't made the change, the album wouldn't hold much water.

The new Necrophagia doesn't blow away the rest of the stuff out there today, but then, if you listen to a Necrophagia album expecting deep lyrics and intricate music, you've got to be pretty clueless to start with. The music herein is good, just very straightforward. On the same note, you don't watch Fulci's "Zombie" expecting great dialog and phenomenal acting. You expect gore, violence and a few chuckles, which they deliver in full. That is the appeal of camp. This style in music appeals to some people, to others it doesn't... just like those movies appeal to a select audience. I look at is as I might look at a movie like "The Gates of Hell" or "Day of the Dead" versus bigger budget horror flicks like the Nightmare On Elm Street series. To use film terms, it's not high-budget or well-produced but commercial standards, but there is a certain campy appeal that other works in that genre are missing. Holocausto De La Morte captures the essence of campy horror flicks perfectly. Fanatics of the genre, as well as fans of disgustingly vile death metal in the vein of Impetigo (sans the grind), will revel in this album like a zombie feasting on the brains of a fresh kill.
2002-08-04 : Wayne Klinger : Link
With a nice release date of Halloween 1998, Killjoy & Co. (including a rumor of Phil Anselmo A.K.A. "Anton Crowley---?") have returned with their longly-anticipated follow-up to "Season Of The Dead" - full length. "Ready For Death" other releases were in between, but this new 8-track spin is truly unique despite some of the lame reviews I read in trendy-ass magazines. If you don't know what Necrophagia is all about, you shouldn't be in music. One of metal's truly influential bands as so noted by many thrash and death metal notables. Killjoy is even more demonic and guttural on this on and with more eerie-laden music to set yourself up to be a sacrificial lamb. "Season Of The Dead" is all by itself, this is the '90s, so like it or leave it for what they've done on this release. A band to be rediscovered!
Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 4:36:05 AM : BARBARIAN
The masters have risen from slumber to feast on poser souls and kill trendy bullshit metal,prepare for hell motherfuckers the fathers are know back to ravish this christian infested world.