Ektomorf - Aggressor

Published October 31 2015

*=Staff's pick	Intro I* Aggressor Holocaust* Move On Evil By Nature You Can't Get More Emotionless World* Eastside Scars Damned Nation You Lost You're Not For Me Memento

Genre	Thrash/Heavy Metal	Zoltán Farkas	Vocals
Tracks	14	Zoltán Farkas	Guitar
Running time	47 Min.	Tomi Schrottner	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Szabi Murvai	Bass
Release	October 30, 2015	Robert Jaksa	Drums
Country	Hungary	-	Keyboard
Producer	Tue Madsen
Similar artists	---

Ektomorf's music hasn't undergone some kind of metamorphosis this time around either, because most of what's included on this new effort is more or less a resumption of the band's own work. It's heavy as hell and the album's title really reflects the contents very well. All songs aren't exactly alike of course, but this record doesn't contain any greater amounts of variety either and their focus seem to be set at coming out grating and pulverizing more than anything.

The massive and engrossing riffing indeed make this into a grinding piece of music. I think that without these heavy guitar parts this album would have been undistinguished and to some extent rather pointless actually. The vocals are pretty deep and guttural, aggressive and mostly a little bit angry, but the capacity and the ability of Farkas' performance is neither one something that will go down in history as sprung out of abundant range or talent.

The band is pretty much unable to bring forward any really memorable, dazzling and remarkable melodies in its heavy music and most of the time they simply just keep the momentum going, seemingly out of sheer obstinacy and stubbornness. I can't find more than a few parts that I become attracted to and it's like I can't get a full grip of the whole thing really. It's definitely not a crappy release, but since it can't allure me more than occasionally, I believe that 4 chalices is a fair rating.

See also review of: Retribution , Black Flag , Instinct

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	4	4

Summary
4 chalices of 10 - Tobbe