Cancer
Terminal
Self-released
5 Track EP
Release Date: 25th October 2016
Written for RAMzine
Cancer – Australia
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/canceraus
Genre: Emotional Dark Black Metal
Biography:
As James Hillman once said, “The only thing that grows in a human body after a certain age is cancer”.
Featuring members of Deadspace and Inquinamentum, Australia’s Cancer play a depressive black metal in the vein of artists like Life Lover and Sweden’s Shining.
The Perth-based group recently completed the recordings of their first studio effort with engineer Nish Raghavan from Xenobiotic and Deadspace. Comprised of five tracks, “Terminal” sees Cancer delivering an emotional, dark and raw black metal intended to capture and portray the harsh realities that we all face in this colossal orbiting ball that we call Earth and has transformed into one giant malignant cell!”
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The biological Cancer as everyone knows can grow inside anyone at any age, although when it is black depressive metal it will probably only grow in the hearts and minds of the people who love it – sometimes this genre can be difficult to embrace but from the get go, this black metal band tears strips off the audial and conjures up dark and malignant thoughts that manifest in the deepest of people’s fears. The high pitched screams are haunting and terrifying and leave a black bitterness on the tongue, running its course of captivation deep within what is a very creative encounter.
It’s unique in a sense and doesn’t sum up the usual run of the mill black metal for me at all. It is far too ‘alive’ to simply fall into just ‘black metal’ although the emotional part does strike a few chords, be them more in a melodic vein. As you listen to the wailing banshee cries you can feel an icy finger move from the top of your spine to the base with icy cold shivers that follow.
The glorious rampage is heightened by a sinister, haunting destruction and a sheer blackness that infests under the skin, like Cancer itself, but without the chemotherapy that makes your hair fall out! It’s a very bold EP from Cancer that leads with emotion, dark riffs and malevolent energy, setting about imposing its venomous rhythms into a blackened soul with yet uplifting consequences. It’s only when you get to ‘To taste your Contempt’ that you feel a slight change in direction, where things start to sound ‘black metal’ but can even be described as epic in delivery. The vocal is gnarly and possesses a demonic madness as the tempo quickens to a striking pace and combines evil personified. The final track takes a sidestep back again and tries to defy its roots with a blood-curdling scream that bear testimony the band sound less human and more animalistic with each and every engaging rhythm that follows.
There is a toxic beauty contained within all five tracks on this brilliantly thought out and crafted EP. Raw in places, epic in others but somehow they have managed to capture something for everyone who isn’t even remotely into black metal which is a feat in itself and a clever move for Cancer.
Do not be afraid of Cancer this one is good!
9.5/10
Track List:
Distant Dreams
Hypoglycaemia
Chicanery
To taste your Contempt
Anamnesis
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