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This brutal, old school death metal trio, Horrific Disease comes from Land Of The Rising Sun: Japan, and they play death metal that is completely unrelentless in its assault on the human ears.
“Outbreak” is a sheer display in all things brutally sick and twisted with the fierceness of an F5 tornado. The 12 hellish cuts on offer here just blow right past you, and you cannot even feel it zipping right by you – this shit is potent death metal in an unmerciful fashion. The production is very good and only adds to the album’s overall heaviness and tight sound.
“Lord Of Avengement” has rip, roarin’ shred-like guitars, with unique roller coaster up and down like patterns to simply put the listener to total death. Horrific Disease just do not play death, they are the epitome of what death really is – a dimension of no return.
The sci-fi lyrical themes only add more fuel to the secretive fire found on this CD, and just makes their music all-that more punishing to the listener. This death metal at its most potent, it’s like drinking a goblet of poison, to enter the world of the dead.
The music is executed with a brutal oomph, but the vocals possess that deep growl to scare the potential listener away with their raw and primitive-sounding old school death metal.
One listen to “Outbreak”, and you’ll surely feel as if your body has been infected by some eastern oriental plague. Listen with extreme care, as you might be annihilated within the first few cuts here.
http://www.explicitlyintense.com/reviews/cd-review/horrific-disease-outbreak/
We remain crawling in the festering world of death metal for a while. This time however, we're going to Japan to check out a brutal combo named Horrific Disease. Founded and fronted by Makoto Mizoguchi (Abraxas, Hate Eternal, Internal Suffering...), Horrific Disease aims to create a blend of thrash and grindcore. After some line-up changes since the inception in 2011, the band is now a two-piece, featuring Haruhisa Takahata (Defiled) on bass and vocals.
'Outbreak' generally is a brutal, hyperspeed death metal album with tons of blast beats, tormenting guitars and sick growls. In fact, it just never ends. The songs are quite short and follow each other with great intensity. Tracks like 'Waste It Now!', 'Newborn Reapers' and 'Lord Of Avengement' drill though the listeners skull and feast on his brains. Or at least, so they sound. This definitely isn't something to play when you're suffering from a hangover, that's for sure.
Here and there a breather is added, but those aren't really soothing piece of music. They're musical version of apocalyptic visions, dark, eerie and haunting soundscapes. They're also alternated by the brutally grinding songs which clearly are characteristic for Horrific Disease. Besides, I think even hardcore punk fans can appreciate this. 'Hateful Praying' for example. Somehow this song reminds me of bands like Hatebreed and company.
So what do I recommend? Well, why not check it out. This album balances between technical death metal and brutal grindcore and does so quite convincing. There's a bit of melody too, sometimes. The majority of the music is, naturally, loathsome faceripping extreme metal and perfectly capable of causing moshpits wherever it is played.
http://www.merchantsofair.com/reviews/horrific-disease-outbreak
Dat er in Japan ook oldschool deathmetal wordt gemaakt bewijst Horrific Disease op haar debuut-cd Outbreak. Eerder verschenen al een ep en een split. Twee nummers die op zowel de demo als de split staan (Slaughter en The Pissed Punisher) hebben dit debuut gehaald.
Het hoesje ziet er ietwat knullig uit en ook de songtitels doen wat amateuristisch aan. Maar dat is niet meer dan de schijn die bedriegt want als het muzikale geweld losbarst, blijkt wel degelijk dat de bandleden weten hoe deze stijl gespeeld dient te worden. Snelle blastbeatstukken worden afgewisseld met licht groovend werk en zo ontstaat een goede balans, en wordt de luisteraar net op tijd af en toe even een adempauze gegund.
De sporadische solo’s klinken lekker fel. Er wordt geen melding gemaakt van een drummer, maar toch klinkt dit niet alsof er gebruik gemaakt is van een drumcomputer. Het geheel heeft daarvoor teveel een oldschool sound en dito productie, en dat levert bonuspunten op. Al moet wel gezegd worden dat er op het vocale gebied nog verbeterpunten mogelijk zijn, want het stemgeluid wordt tegen het einde van Outbreak wel wat eentonig.
Men zegt dat wat van ver komt, lekker is. In het geval van Horrific Disease heeft men gelijk. Liefhebbers van Hate Eternal en Krisiun kunnen dit eens proberen.
http://www.zwaremetalen.com/recensie/33496/Horrific-Disease-Outbreak.html
There is something to the extremer side of thrash metal that appeals to me. If it is the fact that they are touching on other genres or what I am not sure of. But one thing is clear; HORRIFIC DISEASE have a thrash sound that cuts through sheet metal like a precision laser. This is some of the more brutal thrash that I have heard in a very long while. This takes me back to a time when conformity wasn’t the norm of the day and everything seemed fresh and new. Cool as hell thrash metal.
http://battlehelm.com/reviews/horrific-disease-outbreak/
Japanese Death trash metal realised the album, that is awesome in every sense, but this is more death metal album than trash metal album.
On the album it can be heard tehnical compliance that is brought to ideal,acoustic is great,production is phenomenal. On this album trash metal can be less heard that death metal, but there is trash metal on the album but not so much.
This album brings you in the world of brutality,revenge,death,rebellion,darkeness.Horrific Disease is a unusal band that brings great music, with there own style of musical presentation.This band is anonymos band a desirves a lot of attention of the public and listeners, death and trash metal music at it best, death metal at the highest point and ultimate metal power of death and trash metal.
http://demonreports.tumblr.com/post/135699783461/album-reviewunderground-of-metal-horrific
Yesterday we did (finally) update the review for the six-way split 6 Ways Of Hell, which was a collaboration done by Russia’s top-label Satanath Records at the one hand, and six bands / projects from the East of Asia at the other: Barzakh (Indonesia), Goresluts (Malaysia), Savage Deity (Thailand), Shadowmirth (Brunei), Suicidal (Singapore), and last but not least, Japanese duo Horrific Disease (Makoto Mizoguchi and Haruhisa Takahata). For the review on that record, done with pain, passion and pleasure by undersigned, please check out the upload of yesterday, December 24th 2015.
The tracks from that split were taken from their upcoming album (which this review deals with), as a kind of teaser, I think. The main parts were written and recorded throughout the past years, but finally they get compiles officially under the banner of Outbreak, eventually being a twelve-track album with a total running time of just over half an hour. And first a word about the sound: grandiose. The mix in between the different aspects has been worked out with attention and punctuality, resulting in a clean yet, at the same time, enormously full and brutal production.
Outbreak brings a well-balanced mixture of Crust / Punk at the one hand, and Grind / Death Metal at the other. For the better part all this finds its roots within the scene from two and a half / three decades ago, including the overdose on Horror elements (a limited yet pretty cool injection of haunting synths at the one hand, and terrifying samples at the other; and check out the artwork as well to understand…), quite some energetic grooves (cf. the bass lines, a. o.), and some subtle Thrash-injections (cf. some raging riffs but especially the throat-cutting solos). But on top of it, you need to pay attention to the sarcasm behind the whole concept. Actually, the humoristic aspects, whether it was meant to be that way or not, are part of the whole experience. And another striking element is the variation, with some pieces rather dwelling within the metalized current, some rather of the grinding kind, and others being deeply punkish in performance (and for the insiders: do I hear some Belgian Asociality in a piece like Slaughter?).
http://www.concreteweb.be/reviews/horrific-disease
Vanuit het land van de rijzende zon bereikt ons het debuutalbum ‘Outbreak’ van het duo Horrific Disease. Leden Makoto Mizoguchi en Haruhisa Takahata hebben al een EP en een split cd op hun naam staan. Zoals hun naam het al doet vermoeden, is hun inspiratie vooral gehaald uit pandemieën waarbij de overlevenden worden belaagd door hordes gemuteerde monsters. Muzikaal tappen ze uit het death metal vermengd met de nodige thrash, punk en grindcore elementen. Hierdoor wordt er hevig tegenaan gegaan, en Takahata zijn stemgebruik klinkt niet echt als grunten maar als een rauw gebrul. Af en toe hoor je een hele korte geluidssample van een nieuwslezer, maar deze zijn te kort om naar lucht te happen. De korte maar hevige nummers - ‘Mortal Bite’ duurt slechts 15 seconden - zijn af te raden voor iemand met aanleg voor migraine of andere hoofdpijnen. Veel afwisseling hoor je niet en mij persoonlijk klinkt het iets te zielloos. Fans van extremere metal mogen dit gerust eens uitproberen.
http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/nl/reviews/view/id/31227
Ci danno dentro a testa bassa i giapponesi Horrifc Disease, in questo debut album nel quale il death metal si incrocia con spunti brutal/grindcore e svisate thrash metal. Un po’ crossover e un po’ estremisti i giapponesi, i quali spingono al massimo riffing e pattern ritmici e con una voce rabbiosa e spessa che ha cadenze crust. Makoto Mizoguchi, fondatore e chitarrista (Abraxas, partecipazioni dal vivo con Hate Eternal, ex-Pyrexia ed ex-Internal Suffering) produce scenari tirati al limite del crust, oppure poderose missive death metal, creando poi scorciatoie inattese come il death metal di scuola svedese, vedi “Hatefull Praying” che rimarca le staffilate alla Rogga Johansson. In ogni caso questo “Outbreak” è una piacevole scarica di energia che presenta aspetti del sound abbastanza variegati. Gli Horrific Disease realizzarono un EP nel 2012, un anno dopo la loro nascita, e poi parteciparono allo split “6 Ways of Hell”, lavoro che trovate QUI recensito.
http://www.metalhead.it/?p=62220
Knüppelthrash allererster Kajüte. Die Japaner meinen es ernst, da verspricht das Cover nicht zu viel. Ob der knappen Spielzeit haben sie noch ein kurzes Intro zu bieten, aber dann knallt es. Tiefes Gebrüll schimpft sich mit zackigen Drums und mürbe mahlende Gitarren durch die Platte, gerne mit Doublebass, aber mindestens Uptempo. Die Leads in "Hateful Praying" klingen etwas aufgesetzt, als im Song integriert, sonst gibt es leider nicht so viele erwähnenswerte Auffälligkeiten, deswegen sei der Durchlauf am Stück empfohlen. Die 2012er EP "Disease From Hell" und die diesjährige Split "6 Ways Of Hell" gingen diesen zwölf Tracks zwar voraus, allerdings sind von der EP alle sechs Tracks auf "Outbreak" enthalten. Die beiden Beiträge der Split auch, erscheinen damit jetzt zum dritten Mal. Da ist den Japanern nicht viel neues Eingefallen. Doch die meisten Thrasher dürften Horrific noch nicht kennen, daher halb so wild. Möge man sich von ihrem Punch eine halbe Stunde wegblasten lassen.
http://www.crossfire-metal.de/12256-0-HORRIFIC-DISEASE-OUTBREAK.html
This is a great album forged in the spirit of death metal and high doses of thrash metal structures, which denote people with musical skills.
Coming from Japan, it’s the creation of Makoto Mizoguchi, an old metal warrior who has been part of Hate Eternal, Pirexia, Internal Suffering, etc. Of course, this guy knows how to create massive and destructive death metal with complex essence and hyper-fast guitar riffs. All tracks have excellent roots in brutality, but this guy added some melodic stuff in specific moments and all is based the work in literally tons of guitar arrangements. In the first tracks everything seems to be rooted in a violent hybrid form of thrash metal and death metal with guttural vocals. The putrid air of 90’s corrupts every note, but somehow this guy incorporates modern sounds with good taste. Also, I liked the way he composed using punkish spirit and technical elements here and there, like if two worlds collide with rabid guitar riffs. My favorite one is “The Pissed Punisher”, which is the last track and sounds chaotic and totally complex to the extreme. This is a good album for those who are looking technical bands from Japan, with high doses of violence and brutality.
https://zombieritualzine.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/album-review-horrific-disease-outbreak/
Horrific Disease are a band from Japan that plays a mixture of death metal and thrash and this is a review of their 2015 album "Outbreak" which was released as a joint effort between Satanath Records and Rebirth The Metal Productions.
Horror movies samples start off the album before going into a very heavy thrash metal direction where you can also hear all of the musical instruments on the recording along with a great amount of blast beats and the vocals are done in more of a death metal growling fashion and the music is also very heavily rooted in the mid 80's and early 90's.
While the music sounds very old school the production gives it more of a modern style and some of the riffs also use a small amount of melody and the vocals also have more of an understandable approach to them going back to the days when thrash was still evolving into death metal and the solos and leads also remain very true to an old school style of extreme metal when they are utilized and the songs also bring in a great amount of back up gang shouts and there is also a brief use of clean playing present on on e of the tracks.
Horrific Disease goes back to an era in the mid 80's when thrash was becoming more extreme and evolving into death metal and they update the style for modern days, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark, violent and real life themes.
In my opinion Horrific Disease are a very great sounding mixture of death and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Waste it Now" "Mortal Bite" "Hateful praying" and "The Pissed Punisher".
http://extrememetalzine.blogspot.ru/2016/02/horrific-diseaseoutbreaksatanath.html
Ecco! Lo sapevo! Non ho più l'età per fare head-banging come un ventenne. Ora mi sa che dovrò prendere una bella bomba di antidolorifico per farmi passare lo strappo alla cervicale. Sono vecchio ormai, ma quando dallo stereo escono dei lavori come “Outbreak”, la testa parte da sola e mulina su se stessa fino alla fine dell'album. Era un po' che non mi capitava sotto mano un bell'album di marcissimo Death Metal – Grind con influenze Crust vecchio stile.
Il duo nipponico al secolo Makoto Mizoguchi alle chitarre e Haruhisa Takahata al basso e voce in circa 30 minuti scarsi (il mio collo per questo ringrazia!) danno vita ad un vero e proprio assalto nucleare vecchia maniera, con voce al vetriolo, chitarre taglienti e batteria ( nell'album percossa dal session Masazumi Mitsuno) lanciata a mille all'ora contro un muro sonoro. Siamo dalle parti della vecchia scuola Grind, citando il devastante quanto seminale “World Downfall” dei Terrorizer e tanta matrice svedese Crust-Grind stile Disfear o Nasum. A supportare meglio il marasma sonico, metteteci un po' di sano Death Metal americano, ma di quello ignorante, sporco e laido come il cesso di un ospizio, ed avrete una vaga idea del quadro sonoro espresso in “Outbreak”.
Ignoranza a go-go, certo, ma solo dal punto di vista musicale; le liriche, per quanto non presenti nel libretto, si rifanno alla denuncia sociale e al giustizialismo tout-court, infarcito i proclami sull'inevitabile declino sia morale che di diritto dell'uomo. Da un punto di vista prettamente tecnico, qui è difficile fare una corretta analisi, dato che è impossibile, almeno a mio parere, non tenere conto di un po' di sporcizia ed imprecisione che sono intrinseche nel genere stesso, e che lo rende refrattario a qualunque critica oggettiva. Dal mio punto di vista comunque le dinamiche sono rese con giustizia, tutti gli strumenti, tenendo conto delle dovute scelte stilistiche, sono discretamente registrati e comprensibili. Il che è già un successo. Le chitarre sono appuntite e taglienti e l'amalgama delle compressioni e distorsioni le rendono comunque udibili e corpose. Il basso è gregario al chaos dell'insieme, ma non per questo troppo confuso o deficitario di corpo, il che risulta il giusto e doveroso compromesso per lo strumento. La batteria è sempre compressa e triggerata, ma anche nelle velocità elevate risulta comprensibile e con il giusto tiro, evitando l'effetto “flatting” tipico del Grind ortodosso. La voce è al vetriolo e ricorda molto quella di Oscar Garcia dei già citati Terrorizer, quindi si gode alla grande ed ha la mia benedizione.
Sembra incredibile, ma fa piacere constatare che il genere, per quanto ormai inflazionato e spesso ridotto a macchietta autoreferenziale, in mano a questi due loschi figuri riacquisti smalto e credibilità e ritorni ai fasti di un tempo, o perlomeno stimoli un reale interesse che non sia il solito trito e ritrito clìchè politicizzato troppo spesso fine a sé stesso. Per quanto siamo ben lontani da qualunque novità e spesso il “già sentito” sia la norma e regola, “Outbreak è consigliato a chi, come me, è rimasto realmente impressionato da album come “ World Downfall” e “Sounds of the Animal Kingdom” e che, quando li riascolta, scapoccia come non ci fosse un domani! Grind it to the core!
http://heavymetalmaniaczine.blogspot.ru/2016/03/horrific-desease-outbreak-review.html
La formazione nipponica degli Horrific Disease, guidata dal chitarrista Makoto Mizoguchi, è al suo secondo passaggio su Aristocrazia, l'avevo infatti incrociata nello split a sei intitolato "6 Ways Of Hell". Stavolta invece scrivo del suo esordio in solitaria con il primo disco "Outbreak", ufficialmente rilasciato nel 2015.
La creatura in questione punta all'assalto crudo e puro, la proposta death metal dalle venature spiccatamente thrash — e in certe occasioni pure grindcore — lancia una bordata dietro l'altra, non prendendosi né pause né attimi di respiro, confezionando così poco più di trenta minuti di costante aggressione. L'album randella in maniera ignorante, sfruttando l'ottima vena in sede di composizione chitarristica di Mizoguchi, il growl ruvido e sporco di Haruhisa Takahata e la batteria che tira spesso dritto per dritto di Masazumi Mitsuno.
In scaletta sono piazzate cannonate come "Under The Judgment", "Slaughter", "Lord Avengement", "Hateful Praying" e "Your Own Justice", che purtroppo esauriscono il proprio potenziale una volta concluse. Se da un lato dimostrano di essere praticamente perfette per elargire una copiosa scarica di adrenalina e scapocciate, dall'altro sono incapaci di reggere sul lungo corso, perdendo di passaggio in passaggio parte del proprio irruento fascino.
Gli Horrific Disease sono estremamente scatenati e con "Outbreak" vi offrono musica che — se accompagnata da una dovuta dose d'alcol e dalla giusta compagnia di amici — vi farà di certo trascorrere dei momenti altamente goderecci. Di conseguenza prendeteli per ciò che sono e non pensateci troppo sopra: si meritano un ascolto, preferibilmente se a volume sparato.
http://www.aristocraziawebzine.com/recensioni/7446-horrific-disease-outbreak
Das japanische Death Metal Trio haut hier ihr Debüt raus und dabei kann man nach dem Intro Part in „Tortured In Entirety“ musikalisch nicht meckern, die Herren fegen drauf los wie der Teufel, ballern knallharte Salven raus und die Riffs sägen auch sehr stark. Beim Gesang bin ich da erst mal nicht so angetan, denn es wirkt mir etwas zu abgehackt und aufgedrückt. „Waste It Now!“ verhält sich über weite Strecken sehr vertrackt, kommt aber immer wieder unbarmherzig mit Baller Passagen angeflogen und bietet dazu auch hier und da mal treibenden Groove. „Under the Judgment“ beginnt mit einem düsteren Sample und wenn dann im Highspeed das Solo raus gefeuert wird, geht das ab wie wahnsinnig, hier haben die Japaner eine super Nummer am Start, was bei „Newborn Reapers“ nicht so ganz der Fall ist. Hier geht das Trio zu nah an große Bands der Szene ran und das klingt schon leicht geklaut. Dafür ist der kurze Kracher „Mortal Bite“ ein wahrer Genuss und auch der „Slaughter“ knüppelt ungehobelt aus den Boxen. „Lord of Avengement“ ist total verfrickelt, wobei der Gesang mal wieder so ein paar kleinere Kritiken zulassen muss, doch gegen Mitte des Songs geht mit den Japanern der Gaul durch und sie fegen erneut extrem flott nach vorne. „Hateful Praying“ hat neben mittlerer Härte auch ein paar Melodien mit drin, kann mich aber nicht so ganz packen und auch bei „Distracting Decisions“ klingt es teils eher chaotisch als technisch. Wenn die Japaner wie in „Your Own Justice“ flott und geradlinig nach vorne treiben, dann klingt das um Längen besser und auch im drückenden Mid Tempo wie in „Never Satisfied“ hört sich das schon besser an. „The Pissed Punisher“ kommt in knüppelndem Death mit leichtem Thrash Versatz daher und klingt wieder recht gut.
Bei den Japanern wechseln sich leider Licht und Schatten ab, so dass es hier gerade noch für 6,1 von 10 Punkten reicht.
http://ffm-rock.de/index.php/reviews-interviews/cd-reviews/25579-horrific-disease-outbreak
Интересный релиз японской команды, которая, сидя у себя в Токио, решила вдруг обратиться к корням дэт металла. И это выразилось в сабжевом альбоме, который так дышит 80-ми годами, что прямо удивительно. Группа валит дэт уже пять годков, до этого альбома сделала эпишку и сплит. Собственно, в настоящее время это дуэт без барабаннера, случилось так, что ударные на этот альбом были записаны еще за два года до его выхода. Но, как говорится, главное результат. И он таков, что стоит послушать этот альбомище, который, как оказалось, много чего доказывает.
Ну а теперь сюрпрайзы — один из членов формации успел, кроме всякого разного, поиграть на ливе в американской Hate Eternal. Вот такие дела. Амбициозный мэн, или просто попал в нужное место в нужное время. Так бывает, но факт есть факт.
Олдскул данного диска Horrific Disease состоит в том, что он сработан на грани дэта, треша и грайндкора. Уже это заставит чаще биться сердца японских, да и не только, любителей тяжеленной музыки. Гитары валят солидный качевый дэт метал и организуют трешевые атаки, настрагивают апокалиптический грайнд — все это как понимаете, не одномоментно )), а вот вокаллер берется за руль и сворачивает в КОРовый замес. Итог получается вполне органичным и продуктивным. И главное — с явным желанием отреанимировать стилистику старого времени.
Замечу, что как квалифицированные музыканты ребята из Horrific Disease не повторяют никаких заготовок и шаблонов, фишка как раз в том, что они, взяв инструментарий и запал, поджиг, бикфордов шнур, работают в означенной стилистике и сочиняют оригинальные (иногда даже и по структуре) песенки )). В этом ценность их работы. Но конечно, эта сумасшедшая парочка понимает, в каком стиле она музицирует и следуют неписанным правилам. Узнаваемость гарантирована. Гитарист хорош как в асфальтово-катковом давлении, так и в соляках — недлинных, как и полагается в стилистике, но выразительных и «горячих». А где струнник вырывает для себя места и времени поболее, тогда он показывает свои лучшие гитарные качества мелодиста.
Хотелось бы все-таки пару слов сказать про вокалиста, этот чел работает в кор-ключе — агрессивно, энергетически, скорострельно, что само по себе налагает на его связки огромную ответственность и недетское напряжение. Так к этому еще и добавляется, что у него голос ниже, чем у большинства кор исполнителей, и вокализировать в таком регистре, кажется, еще труднее. Но что там ЕМУ труднее, а что легче, слушателю, в принципе, по барабану. Другое дело, что результат на выходе — мощный, прессующий и гнетущий. Впечатляет. А в жуткой творческой кооперации получается — как бомбы бросает Horrific Disease в слушателя.
Альбом выпущен на стальные рельсы в сотрудничестве с немецкой конторой Rebirth The Metal Productions. И послушав этот диск Horrific Disease, не удивляет количество официальных дистрибьюторов, словно выстроившихся в очередь: Punishment 18 Records (Ita), Xtreem Music (Esp), Sevared Records (USA), Morbid Skull Records (Slv), Metal Masala (Ind).
P. S. Да, собственно, и стильное выразительное оформление диска напомнит вам старые дела.
Makoto Mizoguchi is surely a known face in the American Death Metal scene, having been member of bands like INTERNAL SUFFERING, PYREXIA, ABRAXAS and also live guitarist for the giants HATE ETERNAL. Nevertheless, HORRIFIC DISEASE is a project from his country of origin, Japan, born in 2011 with a different line-up that changed after the release of their first demo. "Outbreak" is their first album, the outcome of his intent to play a mixed form of brutal Grindcore and Thrash Metal. Twelve tracks for just more than an half hour, they sound very aggressive and technical, where Mizoguchi is able to show his shredding guitar skills. Songs are never too long, they're straight to the point and full of energy. There is not time and space for atmospheric or progressive parts, but there's some good heavy solo and ear-splitting riffs. I would say that there is a Punk / Hardcore approach in the songwriting, even if the production is more oriented to the brutal Death Metal direction. The drums are annoyingly triggered and I dislike a bit the vocal style of Haruhisa Takahata, too monotonous in my opinion, but these are the only negative aspects here. I'd suggest to check this band if you're fans of DYING FETUS, MISERY INDEX, NAPALM DEATH, DARK ANGEL and HATEBREED. At any rate you can find elements of these bands in the HORRIFIC DISEASE sound.
http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/Albums-EPs-Demos/H/HORRIFIC-DISEASE--10623.html
Japan is famous for a lot of things. Death Metal might probably not be one of those things though. However, this does not mean that there are no exemptions to this rule as Horrific Disease are proofing with “Outbreak”.
Founded in 2011 there have been one EP and one split with various other more or less unknown bands. Generally speaking I expected not more than a slightly entertaining and fun record with bonus points for being a bit exotic. In the end I have to say I got much more as “Outbreak” is a pretty entertaining DM album with a few elements of Thrash Metal.
The sound is raw but powerful and reminds me a bit of the first 3 or 4 albums by Obituary. Even the vocals by Haruhisa Takahata sound a bit similar to John Tardy. The riffs are pretty much standard stuff but precisely executed. The bass is audible and even gets some moments to shine. Also the lead guitar work is great in some places building a nice contrast to the mechanical rhythms. I am not hundred percent sure about the drums though. I am not an expert but I would not be surprised in case they were programmed as they sound a bit artificial.
Otherwise the production is very professional and offers a clear sound and enough power to blow through your speakers. The songwriting does not offer anything completely new but Horrific Disease have a great sense for the flow of an album. Melodic parts are cleverly placed among the faster and intense moments that dominate on “Outbreak”. A lot of the refrains are really memorable and after 2 or 3 listens you will note that a lot of the music has already been stuck in your head. Especially impressive are the parts where they romp up the intensity like in e.g. “The Pissed Punisher” by pushing their instruments to the limit.
Thinking about other similar bands additionally to Obituary I came up with Death and Slayer as prominent points of reference. While the quality of those three giants might not be reached Horrific Disease delivered a magnificent album that is more than worth a listen.
The art work is also interesting showing a man in some kind of protective suit watching the outbreak of a zombie virus on his monitors. This is another detail rounding off a very solid slab of fast and heavy music.
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