VIOGRESSION - Perception Blur compilation
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
For anyone out there going, who? Let me explain in my not so humble opinion. VIOGRESSION were a USDM act from the Midwest. To be more accurate they were from Milwaukee, Wisconsin which was and still is a hot-bed when it comes to metal. Remember people, before the Maryland Death Fest it was the Milwaukee Metal Fest which reigned supreme for quite a few years.
Now VIOGRESSION should not be seen as a connoisseur's type of act. Honestly if you've been into USDM from the nineties, especially bands from the Midwest which were many, then they should come to mind easily. I have a copy of their debut album, Expound And Exhort, from 1991. I have a reissued CD, yeah oh well. VIOGRESSION had a follow-up full length but I never checked that one out.
Musically VIOGRESSION were a death metal act heavily influenced by OBITUARY. But they added some flair in the guitars, some atmospheric passages as well as soundbites. Now when this compilation came in for review I pulled out their debut and blasted it for o'l time's sake. I think it still holds up today. So what we have here on this release is a how did they get there type of release. Perception Blur contains a bunch of tracks from the band's demo days circa 1989 - 1990.
If there's one gripe I have about this release it's that the cuts on here are not in chronological order. Particularly VIOGRESSION was originally a thrash band but this release opens with the four tracks from their Execution demo from 1990. This was when the band was totally into death metal as well as heavily influenced by OBITUARY. These tracks are damm good and hold up well over the ages.
After which comes their Perception Blur when the band was still in their thrash mode. Once again these five tracks hold up well. There's a definite West Coast thrash influence going on. I'm thinking METALLICA obviously and maybe some EXODUS. Honestly I hear bands today doing similar material. But ya know this originally came out in 1989 at a time when thrash was old hat and death metal was in bloom.
The final tracks consist of demo cuts when they were still calling themselves APOCALYPSE. It's more primitive sounding and a couple of these tracks would find themselves re-done on the Perception Blur demo. The release ends with two rehearsal cuts. But overall it's their tracks from the Execution and Perception Blur demos which are worth the price of admission here.
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