Slaughtery - Path-(t)o-Logic (2011)

Featuring 36 minutes of very brutal Death Metal with some technical elements, today we have Slaughtery’s first full-length release “Path-(t)o-Logic”. In this album we have tons of chugging riffs, brilliant technical sections and an overall crushing feeling that will leave your ears bleeding (in a good way) after just one spin of this release.

Opening in a very traditional fashion with “Nine Minutes”, the band shows their strengths in crafting punishing riffs, a pounding bass guitar line and some hellish vocals. The intricate guitar sections are what immediately sets this band apart from your typical cookie-cutter bands and will surely get Salughtery noticed in the scene. “Chimerism” gives a little of the old-school Death sound but with actually brutal vocals, a feat that only a few bands have come close to doing in the past.

The brutality continues with “A New Wave of Insanity” and nicely slowdowns with the instrumental “N32r0s1s 1ll2s10n”. This little break only makes the impact of tracks like “The Pal Catharsis”, “Sherbyokhan” and “Mirror” even more brutal than before. However, the screamed vocals feel a bit weak in terms of the growls, but add a nice ‘different’ element to the songs allowing them to be less linear.

Our favorite tracks of the album have to be “Ancient Civilization of Swallowed Dreams”, a very brutal and satisfying piece, and “Slaughtery’s Awakening”. This last track is the longest one of the release and features some crazy solos that are arranged in a very interesting and experimental manner.

In general, we have to say that Slaughtery has everything needed to be noticed by a bigger label. The guitar work in this release is excellent, the drumming is massive and the vocals are just crushing. All these elements paired with an excellent production and we have that “Path-(t)o-Logic” is one of the best albums from an unsigned band we have heard this 2011. So do yourself a favor and keep an eye out for this crushing band.

Release: May 27th, 2011

Country: Belgium