Release Date: 25 July 2025
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 612789665617
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal  Death Metal  
Release Date: 25 July 2025
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 612789665617
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal  Death Metal  
Description
After unleashing a superbly received full length album in "Blood Sabbath", Canadian death metal band Serpent Corpse have come up with a new release with strong focus on songwriting and which sees them take their steely, thrash-tinged sound ahead. The songs on "Retaliate" are fleshed out but never forced, showcasing their full expression with them being generally longer than usual. The shortest song on this EP is over five minutes while the longest song is just over nine minutes, which clearly shows their progressive tendencies.
Each of the songs are packed with riffs albeit meticulously and there are sublime progressions within them all. The raw energy is palpable and comparable to the bands from the late 80s/early 90s when death metal still intermingled with thrash metal elements and the sound kept mutating. It is exciting to see the sound evolve especially towards the end, where they attempt to break out of the mould to write music that is more experimental without losing the plot.
Serpent Corpse have not only aced the test with their faultless rendering of classic sounding thrashy death metal music but their ability to work on it to make it something more than what we've been accustomed to listening all these years is quite frankly impressive.
For fans of - Atheist, Death, Resurrection, Cancer
Tracklisting
Misanthropy
Veilburner
Devenial Verdict
Monument of Misanthropy
Maere
Sepulchral Curse
Eternal Storm
Demiurgon
Kingdom
Abyssalis
Demiurgon
Tithe
Bone Fetish
Innumerable Forms
Hexrot
Thorn