Osmosis - Deciduous Altars Of Obscure Liturgy FLAC download

This Spanish band plays old school "brutal" death/ Death metal in a manner that aims to be quite adventurous, but remains in my 90's/ 00's comfort zone, with a bit of more "current" (But not too modern) approaches. The playing isn't really based on brutality, even if blastbeats remain present: About half of the music is more based on semi "progressive" compositions that makes it a little "disconnected" (In a positive manner), while the other half tends to evolve towards an heavier DM or 90's brutal death. You can feel the musician(s) listened to end 90's IMMOLATION, also perhaps SKELETON OF GOD, MORTAL DECAY and a variety of old Brutal death (That didn't totally lie towards the extreme), while some "black metal" approaches remind me of MAYHEM (Wolf's lair) or aren't that far from SUFFOCATION ("Souls to deny", think about the opening track). Some heaviness and dark moods aren't unlike MORBID ANGEL on "Gateways to annihilation", while some fastest moments could remind of Australian ALTARS (Less fucked) or perhaps mid old BLOODY SIGN. Perhaps the "progressive" word I previously used can be misleading, to be more precise I could say the compositions are quite complex with a certain amount of changes at the level of riffs... The playing in itself isn't really progressive, but the music doesn't sound instantaneous either, and so could sound boring in the hears of those who need instantaneously catchy simple old death metal. There are some nice, or even very nice feelings when the band approaches more black metal/ Depressive/ darker moods with quite cataclysmic arpeggios (A bit more of it could enhance the sufferance). I appreciate the production, it remains quite dark and "warm", no plastic or clearness abuse here. There are some interesting moments, some parts with more feelings, and the whole is pleasant to listen to... Now this globally remains destined to those like quite technical stuffs, even if the music isn't really. Once the worms have developed, they can also turn into technical monstrosities of the horrible, and remain ugly and disgusting at the same time.