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SRUIN210
East Coast raw death metal/punk savages Kontusion finally release their pulverizing debut self-tiled demo on vinyl, CD and cassette (reissue) via Sentient Ruin, in the wake of its original 2022 self-release on tape and digital formats. Upon release the four-track, seventeen-minute slab of necrotized terror saw the duo of drummer Chris Moore (Repulsion, Coke Bust) and of vocalist, guitarist and bassist Mark Bronzino (ANS, Mammoth Grinder) revel into a gore-splattered, chaos-torn disfiguration of lo-fi, blown out primitive death metal and punk-infused carnage reminiscent of (and influenced by) 80's and 90's bands like Terrorizer, Napalm Death, Discharge, and Convulse. The four skull-crushing tracks see Kontusion regress to a state of demented, feral abandon, incorporating influences from raw punk and hardcore to deconstruct death metal and reduce it to a mangled and scattered pulp reeking of terror and shrouded in destruction.
credits
released September 29, 2023
KONTUSION is:
Mark Bronzino - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Chris Moore - Drums, Synth
All songs written and performed by KONTUSION
Recorded and mixed at Volume IV Studios in New Brunswick, NJ
Additional Tracking done at Damaged City Studios in Washington, DC
Mastered by Nick Townsend at Townsend Mastering
Cover art by Matt Plunkett
Logo by Rio Oka
Layout by Logan Neubauten
Extremely inventive and multifaceted sci-fi prog death, just like iridescent ethereal world on the cover art. Best band's achievement up to date. And easily in 2023 AOTY list Dmitry Nevozhay
An outstanding Extreme doom death album, in the best tradition. The funerary atmosphere reminds of Evoken ('Centuries of ooze" bears striking similarities, for my delight). It is overall sharp, dark, hypnotic and unrelenting. One of those rare convincing new bands that hold proud the legacy of the biggest names. Bertrand Marchal