Monday, February 18, 2019

Crust: Shapes of Inner Urge



“Shapes of Inner Urge” is a nice under the radar death metal release from these Germans. The music on this album is a little straight death metal; killer riffs behind a wall of blast beats and some very powerful vocals. The guitar work on this album surprised me the most. They may not play a technical sound in nature, but they are definitely the highlight of the album. The guitars create some very nice harmonies throughout and there are some well executed solos to be heard as well. The drums, although very aggressive, are very standard and provide the basic sound death metal hangs its hat on. At the end of the day, Crust’s sole album may not be on par with fellow countrymen; Fleshcrawl, Atrocity or Apophis, but it's definitely worth a listen. File this under another band lost in the shuffle of the grander schemes of things.

Highlights: "Darkside", "Decomposition", "Grass", "Mince My Logical Mind", "First Breath"

Rating: 3.5

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