Death Metal
Self Release
Release Date – August 1st 2025
Review By Smudge Smith
Harvested hail from Ottawa, Canada and this is their debut having issued a 5-track demo back in 2022 which was very well received. Line-up changes occurred during the intervening years along with recording this. They are influenced by the likes of Suffocation, Dying Fetus and Deicide.
Opener ‘Harvested’ gets straight to the point on some classic old-school death metal riffery and explosive beats. They go through a mountain of riffs and changes in the three and a half minutes before the utter brutality of ‘Repressed Neurosis’. ‘Unending Madness’ eases up on the gas a little on the intro before they career into another rabid, rapid banger and they don’t let up on ‘Synaptic Confusion’ either.
‘Designed Dilemma’ has a riff like an annoying wasp that you can’t swat then ‘Gathered And Deluded’ brings some squally harmonics and singer Adam Semler goes between death and black metal vocals. It’s utter chaos and brutal – more like a fight than a song and there’s only one winner. ‘Voices Of The Void’ is a maniacal stomp before the groove of ‘Unanchored’ and the horror of final number ‘The Infestation’.
Crikey this is good and covers a lot of bases. Old school death metal, technical death metal, a dash of black metal and some groove metal too. The tracks cover mental illness, horror, thriller all wrapped in an aggressive and punishing sound.
Track List –
Harvested
Repressed Neurosis
Unending Madness
Synaptic Confusion
Designed Dilemma
Gathered And Deluded
Voices Of The Void
Unanchored
The Infestation
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