LIVIDITY - Perverseverance
Metal Age Productions
"No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal", more on that later. Anyways I've got a friend who is far from being a fan of death metal. But to his credit, and the fact that he's originally from Illinois, he is a fan of some of his home state's sicker shit. I'm talking about bands like MACABRE, IMPETIGO and LIVIDITY. In fact it was him who turned me on to LIVIDITY.
Now in the history of brutal, or if you prefer "brootal", American death metal there are plenty of stand out albums that over the years have defined the genre as well as influenced denizens of imitators. In my not so humble opinion LIVIDITY's Used, Abused, and Left for Dead full length from 2006 is one of those defining albums. Then again that's if you consider gore, death, porn and grind all rolled into one to be defining. Which I do by the way.
Now in 2009 the band released the follow-up, and their fourth full length overall, To Desecrate and Defile. It was a decent release but you knew ahead of time what you were getting, if the cover art didn't give it away. Now with the exception of a couple of split releases and a live album the band have been very quiet. I kinda figured Dave Kibler and co. retired. I was wrong and glad about it after hearing this.
On Perverseverance you have LIVIDITY pretty much kicking down the door and letting the inhabitants know that THEY'RE BACK & SICK AS EVER. Seriously when you open your release with a crowd chanting "No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal", ya know we're not talking about choir boys here. Nor are we talking about imitators just going for shock value. LIVIDITY were always known to go in big as well as deep without any reservations about offending someone.
Now for fans you should know what you're getting here but for the un-initiated? Bludgeoning brutal death metal with plenty of movie samplings, intense jackhammer riffing, guttural vocals, pounding rhythms either in the slow dirge style or just frantic death grind insanity. After nine years quiet LIVIDITY are still one of the best.
http://www.metalage.sk/
https://lividity-map.bandcamp.com/album/perverseverance
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