Soreption - Deterioration Of Minds

Published March 03 2011

*=Staff's pick	Suppressing The Mute The Hypocrite, Undying* Breeding Exile* …To Dim The Aching A Wolf Among Men Deterioration Of Minds By Venom Entitled March Of The Tyrants*

Genre	Tech/Progressive Death Metal	Fredrik Söderberg	Vocals
Tracks	8	Anton Svedin	Guitar
Runningtime	30 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	Ninetone Records	Rikard Persson	Bass
Release	03 March 2011	Tony Westermark	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Producer	Tommy Rehn
Similar artists	The Faceless, Decrepit Birth, Decapitated

Looking for brutally technical death metal greatly inspired by Decapitated and The Faceless? Then you needn't look longer than to Sundsvall's Soreption. These guys sure know how to churn out some of the most technical stuff this side of "Organic Hallucinosis" that I've heard in a long time. Be warned - "Deterioration Of Minds" is not easy listening by a long stretch and if you're easily offended by doublebasswork then you need to stay away from this record. For the rest of us, well, let's just say more aggressive-prone metalheads this is quite the treat.

Starting from tone one of Suppressing The Mute it's pretty obvious that these guys know how to just shred on their instruments - guitarist Anton Svedin's playing ranges just beautifully from the super-technical, fast, super-tight as demonstrated by most technical deathsters out there, to some of the more beautiful soloskills I've heard. Drummer Tony Westermark has, as suspected, the speed needed in this kind of music and works perfectly with bassist Rikard Persson.

Despite being "just" three instrumentalists the sound is really thick, much to the credit of the fat riffs favored on this record. I really like the growl of Fredrik Söderberg - enough old-school and with a very nice low end. And you can hear words - which is nice. Playingwise Soreption has nothing more to prove.

As the music goes there are few sub-genres that demand more of the listener than techdeath - the music isn't for beginners. Soreption has managed to write some very memorable songs, and although all the songs don't do it for me, there are elements in each composition that I like. Best are The Hypocrite, Undying with its nice groove and Breeding Exile that amply shows the tightness of this band.

If you like such bands as Decapitated and The Faceless you'll recognize those bands' music as just slightly better than Soreption's - but the Swedes have managed to put out a strong record that despite lacking somewhat in originality has some very strong points to make up for this.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
8	6	6	7	6

Summary
6,5 chalices of 10 - Martin