D.E.R – Quando A Esperanca Desaba (reissue) (2012)

The brutal reissue of D.E.R’s 2008 “Quando A Esperanca Desaba” comes to us through Polish label EveryDayHate. Featuring 16 tracks of head crushing Gore/Death Metal this is one of those heavy has hell releases that should be in everybody’s collection when you want to get the party started (and the neighbors extremely pissed at you).

Pummeling across tracks that are less average around one minute a piece, this album blows you away since the punishing opener “O Que Foi Escrito eu Apaguei”. Thankfully the booklet comes with English translation of the lyrics, just to know what exactly is being spewed through the band’s brutal vocalist pipes. The songs are heavy and brutal with some nice melodic elements that keeps them separate and provide nice pacing between tracks.

As the tracks bleed your ears, there is small sense of ‘déjà vu’ that might put some people off, but for a gore/grindcore release this is fairly standard. Reminding us of Impetigo, and the destructive Napalm Death, this Brazilian band has a very raw and down to the basics approach, something that allows them to be super-fast, very violent, and yet crystal-clear sounding. The drumming is an exercise in skill and endurance, while the guitar work dabbles in the more typical Death Metal riffing style, but suddenly brings down the hammer and gets as intense as everything else.

With an excellent flow, and a heap of songs, “Quando A Esperanca Desaba” is one of those releases that will break your speakers and leave your ears ringing… just what the doctor ordered. If you like raw brutality and excellent musicianship, be sure to get this reissue and start headbaning form the first second it comes on.

Release: 2012

Country: Brazil