These young Bristolites have been slugging it out for long enough; now on E.P. number three it beggars belief that still no label has snapped them up. Rightfully, they haven’t leapt at the first crummy deal that’s come their way but…hello? Where are Candlelight and Century Media et al, they should be throwing contracts at these boys! They have always impressed me both as a formidable force on stage and on CD and Disposable Suffering shows them in no less favourable light. The title track gets things off to a strong start and rather than go straight for the throat they open with a rather atmospheric, even creepy prelude that draws the listener in before suddenly the floodgates open and out they charge with a riff that is seriously monstrous.

Of course, to say this band isn’t influenced by Sepultura would be a blatant fabrication and to write this off as unoriginal would be missing the point. Show me any thrash or death metal band that is truly original and, well, I’ll buy you a beer. Sepultura kind of went crap post-Arise (though I do like the Cavalera Conspiracy album from last year) and so just like there’s a place in the market for a new Metallic a or a new Testament (not in a biblical sense) so there is for a new Sep. Music goes in circles, but anyway. Seregon as a band are getting stronger, tighter and those rough edges have really been filed away with this sounding pretty damn professional. That’s not to say expect something so overproduced that it doesn’t sound genuine; in fact, the production seems to allow that visceral brutality to boom out to its full extent. There’s a certain primitivism to their sound and James Moore’s vocals are forcefully delivered with the kind of pissed-offness that has you expecting a fist to come flying out of the stereo.

‘Band Of Brothers’ is a ferocious and feral beast with some heavy as fuck guitars and a sick bassline and certainly leans heavily towards the death metal side of the fence while at other times the thrashier influences prevail. ‘The Company’ is fast and furious, with razor-sharp riffs and some rather inventive drum work which really gives emphasis to the cymbals. There are times on this recording where I really do spot some likenesses to the sound on the new Evile album; a very lazy comparison but if you haven’t heard this band before and you like Infected Nations then you’re sure to dig this.

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Luci Herbert

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