Farscape
"Purged and Forgotten"
Dying Victims Prod. 2023
What do you associate Brazil with? Just for quick
reference. Well, of course... Sarcofago, early Sepultura and Jesus of Rio. So
seeing the above cover with Shreck, you certainly wouldn't guess that Brazil is
where we're going today. And that's where Farscape comes from. A band unknown
to me so far. Apparently I missed a bit, because "Purged and
Forgotten" is already the fourth album by these gentlemen, so it's high
time to check out what it is. On the album in question we get hit in the face
seven times, and the fight lasts less than forty minutes. The quartet from,
nomen omen, Rio, treats us with thrash music. And at this point, anyone
familiar with the South American scene will think of the peculiar, raw
atmosphere there. Well OK, some clue it is, but I will surprise you. Farscape
are indeed based on inspirations coming from the Teutonic school, but they
enrich their music with completely unpredictable and unconventional elements.
Such are, for example, the more technical entrances or distorted vocals, somewhat
reminiscent of early Cynic albums. In addition, at times Nocturnus keyboards appear
in the background. which may seem a bit grotesque at first. Well, in order to
deepen this grotesqueness I will say that the chords also sometimes allude to
Browning's crew. Not enough for you? Well, listen to the acoustic ending that
appears in the same "Miss Violence".Strongly surprising is this
album. For seemingly its core is already solidly rusty, but the ornaments that
the guys have woven into it completely change the perception of the whole. For
seemingly most of it is indeed strongly predictable, but not a few of you will
be surprised to find that the guard held against the attack will be outwitted
by an unexpected punch. I've had that happen at least a few times. I like such
tricks, especially since, in addition to the rather original treatments, the
Brazilians have kept the sound of their album at an exemplarily old-school
level. Let me tell you, in the overall summation, once a person has cooled
down, I think this album can bring down walls. And the little icing on the cake
is the "hidden track", which is a Living Death cover played at the
end. An excellent album, seemingly classic and yet surprising. More, I want
more of such!
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jesusatan
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