Dekonstruktor – Death Beat
Addicted Label – 2024
Doom, Death, Metal, Noise, Sludge, Industrial
Rated: ***
There’s always a slight feeling of trepidation whenever I start listening to an album labeled as death-doom or experimental black metal or a mix of them all. I often feel less equipped to deal with that sort of aural devastation. My tastebuds are more accustomed to the less harsh albums floating around the heavy underground. And I reckon a few of my fellow Doom Charts crazies, like mix master Chris Tighe (The Mighty Decibel), cool Justin Wittenmeier (Metal Temple, DoomedForMetal), the brand new kid on the block Eric Crowe (Doomsayer Records / Halo Of The Goat Radio) or old hand Steve Woodier (Anointing The Sick), are better at appreciating and assessing the quality of certain albums from those genres. But after pressing play on the new Death Beat album by the Russian three called Dekonstruktor, I immediately was hooked on all those, errr, hooks. Hooked on their grind. Their approach to the earlier mentioned genres implores an abundance of groove and melody, even if those are on occasion subterranean and surrendered to the noise on top. Almost all of the tracks implore some stomping doom or a droning element that will get you into a white-out kind of daze. But they all switch it up with industrial moments, sludgecore and noise elements. And all of that sounds harsh, but for some reason, as we stated earlier on, the amount of groove and melody turns these over forty minutes of white-out, black, death, doom, into something desirable and addictive. Death Beat is full of life and it will sharpen your senses…
(Written by JK)
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