Krighsu

Chances are you may have heard of Wormed from Spain, who play and perform technical/brutal death metal. If you have, this album Krighsu is probably their best, a few steps up from Exodromos. Obviously this is technical, start/stop on a dime precision death metal. The elements that make Wormed unique, however, all have gotten kicked up a notch, from the most ridiculous vox in the business from Phlegeton to the off-kilter slams and relentless drumming. I believe this is due to the bleak sci-fi angle that Wormed take with their lyrical content, the music contained within Krighsu is no doubt modern and futuristic but it is also suffocating and dirty at the same time. This band wants you to know that it's not just you that's going to die but the entire universe and they do their best to get your senses in tune to that. Multiple listens are demanded not just for this album, but I swear there are pieces and parts from all their other releases that show up, perhaps just as physicists have detected echoes from previous big bangs! In that sense, this album is one of the few in my collection that's made me go back and listen thoroughly to a band's back catalog for clues including their distant debut full length Planisphaerium and the EP.

Just buy it, if you're looking you want to...so do it!

Most of us have been anticipating this new album Wormed has been teasing us with over the past few months. The Spain based band has developed quite the following even while staggering their releases over a sustained period of time. After all this dispute over what we (the fans) "think" the band should do, I'm glad Wormed can still exist and continue to set a high standard for their scalding, mind-bending music. Krighsu is the Wormed we hoped for.If you struggle with math, you'll have a hard time adding up the technical nonsense that is Wormed's new album, Krighsu. I guess you'll also need a language major to understand the name of the album as well. Soon you'll be asking yourself how much academy you need in order to enjoy this album. For those weak of mind, fear not, there is metal for you as well. Just pop in some Emmure. On a more serious note, be warned, this is a technical album not for the faint of heart or mind. If I tried sticking this CD in my late 90's Diskmen, I'm positive Krighsu would annihilate it.What is so insane about Krighsu? A more suitable question is, will Krighsu make me go insane? Yes. Get some medical insurance, cotton balls for all your moistly little body cavities, and allow the brutality to drain your brain. The sci-fi technical extraterrestrial complexity will have you laughing at all and any (I love this cheesy new subgenre) "AlienCore".What sticks out to me on Krighsu is the drumming. The fast blast beats constantly changing tempo, the raw snare sound, and the smooth transitions that are made at such high speeds. There are off beat fills, and creative blast beats which I have never heard. There are even some high speed breakdowns that leave you wondering, was that a killer slam, or a breakdown that sounded superb? Another highlight is the deep, brutal death metal like vocals. Powerful gutturals with a few squeal-like accents at minimal intervals, excellently balanced and executed. The guitars are good too, but given my music background, I get lost all too often in drums and vocals.Now you can have a terrific album and all, but that doesn't mean it hits on all ends. The guitars are only good. Maybe I holding them at too high of a standard, but I feel the writing could have been a little closer in aptitude with the drumming. Also, there were some really great segments of songs that I felt were not given enough time to develop. Sure, this is the nature of fast-paced technical death metal, but I feel if certain portions were given more time, this would be an unforgettable release.Over all, this is a great album for the subgenre that it's in. I'm always glad to experience some good talent and energy from a sub genre flooded with horrendous counterfeits.*This review was originally written for Metal Injection by Nate. With permission from Metal Injection, Nate has gained the privilege to submit his reviews on his personal amazon account.

awesome album art to start,this wormed cd is clearly the one to have there like astropysist that are the best tech deth band ever even rivalling the great immolation