Hallucinating in Resurrecture
2012 Dark Descent Records
Back in the early 1990s, the UK was rife with death metal bands... Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Benediction, and the unholy triumvirate of doom death: My Dying Bride, Anathema and Paradise Lost. Many of these have since taken different paths. Some have stayed true to their roots, others added some experimentation, and still others have given up any resemblance to death metal entirely. Recently though, there has been a resurgence. It may well be that alongside their brethren of Grave Miasma, Spearhead and Cruciamentum, Binah is at the forefront of a revival of the spirit of old. The ancient feeling can be heard throughout all of the songs here, as Binah channel the likes of Autopsy, Asphyx and Demigod. In fact, the old Finnish scene plays heavily into their influences. The same kind dark vibes can be found here. The Finns had a real talent for taking what the Swedes in Stockholm were cranking out in 1990 and 1991 and putting a more twisted spin on things. Entombed may have pointed us to the "Left Hand Path," but the likes of Demigod and Abhorrence were the bands that strayed off that path and led us to even darker depths of sonic brutality. To put it bluntly, Binah learned from those bands, and learned their lessons well. They've taken the old school sound to heart and given us something that evokes those old feelings, but at the same time is not just a simple derivative of them. "Hallucinating in Resurrecture" is an album that could not have been written or even conceived of in death metal's golden age.
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