01. Drowning into the Mental Demise
02. Why do you Need a God?
03. Sociocollapsus
04. Part of Civilization
05. Automatic Conformism
06. Controlable Terrorization
07. The Rising of the Black Moon
08. Not My Business
09. House of Chthon
10. Maniacal Progression
11. From the Anatomical Deeps
12. Coitus per Machina
13. Soporific Anabiosis
14. Pornopedophilic Mockery
Comment:
2nd album of this incredible band from Ukraine of intense, technical and relentless brutal Death!! Imagine an hybrid between KRONOS, CRYPTOPSY, SEVERE TORTURE, DISAVOWED... but on speed!! 14 songs with great production at polish Hertz Studios.
Resultaría impreciso hablar de sorpresas cuando se habla de una banda con quince años de trayectoria y múltiples ediciones a sus espaldas. Sin embargo, para quienes no estén familiarizados con sus andaduras, este tercer álbum de los ucranianos Mental Demise puede suponer un grato descubrimiento. Final step to future madness está avalado por Xtreem Music y goza de una sensacional producción a cargo de los consagrados estudios Hertz. Breve pero conciso, extraña que haya tardado tanto en salir a la luz, desde que fuera registrado en 2007, tratándose de un trabajo bastante bien hecho.
Mental Demise interpretan en este disco un rocoso brutal death que se rige por los conceptos básicos de agresividad y precisión. Es uno de esos grupos que ponen todas sus habilidades al servicio de un sonido compacto, directo y carente de artificios. Podrían ser comparables a gente del corte de Vader, Kronos o Inveracity, por citar tres ejemplos de estilos diferentes pero gusto común por la solidez. Para tal cometido es imprescindible contar con un batería de los que clavan los temas, rápidos y brutales sin perder naturalidad. También ayuda disponer de un bajo potente, que aquí vuelve al conjunto todavía más pesado gracias a su destacadísima presencia. Y cómo no, unas guitarras firmes en sus tareas y un vocalista moviéndose en el habitual registro gutural.
La propuesta gana interés cuando, además, comienzan a incorporar elementos propios del goregrind de forma muy acertada. Respetando en todo momento la base de brutal death, Mental Demise introducen algunos toques cercanos a los viejos Carcass o a bandas polacas del palo de Dead Infection, a quienes incluso homenajean con una versión de “From the anatomical deeps”. Dado que el conjunto es bastante dinámico y constantemente están pasando de una parte a otra, los riffs más simplones y los ritmos más elementales se tornan todavía más pegadizos. Lo mismo se puede aplicar a una segunda voz (más bien son gritos recrudecidos) que conlleva bastante protagonismo realzando determinados momentos.
El disco les ha quedado bastante completo porque, aparte de la comentada versión, incuyen un tema rescatado de su primer álbum (“Maniacal progression”) y otros tres pertenecientes a una maqueta promocional del 2003. La suma es de media hora de música brutal y divertida, e igualmente destacable a nivel de ejecución. Sería una buena recomendación añadir Final step to future madness a la lista antes de salir a hacer la compra.
Mamma mia che mazzata questo “Final Step To Future Madness”, ultimo disco partorito dalla mente dei Mental Demise, act brutal sulla scena da più di dieci anni (si formarono nel lontano 1995). L’unico scopo di questi ragazzi pare che sia picchiare il più duro possibile e radere al suolo tutto e tutti con la loro musica. Di certo non danno molto importanza alla qualità tecnica (cari lettori, dimenticatevi quindi i Necrophagist o gli Origin) quanto invece all’impatto sonoro (un ottimo termine di paragone in questo caso sarebbero i primi Cannibal Corpse). I quattordici brani che compongono l’opera risultano essere scorrevoli, mai banali e non ripetitivi che consentono al disco di essere ascoltato più volte senza annoiare. Non sarà originale e né farà la differenza del genere (divenuto ormai ripetitivo) ma piacerà ai maniaci (nel vero senso della parola) del brutal perché comunque tutto sommato questo è un buon CD!
Ukrainian five-piece Mental Demise is proof of that East European death metal is much more than just bands from Poland, Slovakia or Russia. The Ukrainians have put out various split CD's and two full-length CD's prior to Final Step to Future Madness and it shows.
Mental Demise plays brutal death metal, but of the more groovy kind. The songs are short, catchy and straight forward. The band is good at varying things by changing between the fast and somewhat slower parts. Moreover there are lots of breakdowns in the songs as well. There's no unnecessarily filler or annoying samples to divert.
The vocals are in the vein of Deicide as the Ukrainians use the same type of effect on the vocals now and then. Overall the music is conventional, but the band does try a few different things that work effectively like the alarm in "Why Do You Need a God?" and the shouting on "House of Chthon". It's not big things, but they do make a difference.
I like the production. It's meaty, crusty and the bass is audible. Nothing seems to vanish in favour of one or the other.
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