EFFIGY - MCMXCII Darkest Day reissue
Redefining Darkness Records
What we have here people is a cool concept and one I wanted to do with various demos by extreme metal North Carolina bands from way back when. Basically Redefining Darkness Records has teamed up with Raw Skull Recordz (Europe) to put out the series called Forever Underground. The idea is to re-release obscure demos from bands that never got their due when first released.
Now any of you readers familiar with bands on Deathgasm Records? Well I am and have a nice collection of CDs from them. Some of the members (the rhythm section) from EFFIGY moved on to form ABOMINANT which has had a decent enough career for themselves since the mid-90s. I have a few of their CDs and saw em once. As far as EFFIGY goes, they were from Kentucky as well as ABOMINANT and put out this demo in 1992.
Now prior to writing about this release I pulled out two ABOMINANT CDs to compare. And of course there's a huge difference for example EFFIGY saw the future and it wasn't looking backwards as far as death metal goes. This release showcases a band that jumped on board the melody train with a tech death scene in mind. Remember this came out in 1992 and we all remember what changes were happening.
The four cuts on here showcase a band that was very cool with prog standards, neck breaking song structure twists and punishing crescendos. The vocals have a mix of deathly snarls and barks. Leads are very fluid like. The rhythm section has a touch and go jazz influence paired with your typical beat the shit out of everything mentality. In the end I think this is an amazing find.
http://www.redefiningdarkness.com/
https://effigy.bandcamp.com/album/effigy-mcmxcii-darkest-day
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialEffigy/
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