Prophecy - Foretold...Foreseen (1998)

Prophecy - Foretold...Foreseen (1998)

Brutality from the southern states of America, 'Foretold...Foreseen' is the debut LP by Texan brutal death metal band Prophecy.

While the name certainly isn't that creative, i mean, how many Prophecy's are there? There about 24 listed on Metal-Archives fer Christs sake! The band make up for it with their inventive take on brutal death metal. Instead of being full-out brutality, Prophecy are from the Dying Fetus school of catchy riffs, as well as the Metallica school of progressive leaning metal. While a few songs fall into the brutal death metal time gap of 3-4 minutes, Prophecy opt for slightly longer tracks. Opener 'Core Of Depression' reaches an impressive eight minutes, while 'Human Atrocity', 'Inner Reality', and 'Prophecy' exceed six minutes.

While the longer tracks are definitely impressive, and are not boring by a long shot, the shorter tracks
such as 'Feasting On Flesh' are ridiculously catchy and are where the band shine. 'Diggin' A Pit' is a clusterfuck of riffing that is not to be underestimated. Jesus Christ, dat' slam 1.10 minutes into the track! Heck you could even call the riff that starts at 4.19 a breakdown! 'Ebolic Regurgitation' is a definite highlight, with the catchy riffs and classy clean guitar section. It just goes to show that they aren't just a typical Brutal Death Metal band.

Vocally it's standard brutal death metal, with the unintelligible, guttural 'or, ee, ar, or' style vocals. However, there are Corpse Grinder 'eeYAAAAAH' screams sprinkled-in throughout the whole record that break up the monotony of just super-guttural growls. In terms of the guitar work I have nothing but praise. These guys churn out an array of different styled riffs. There's Cannibal Corpse tremolo riffs, monstrous slams that have violent pinch harmonics, mid-paced riffs that either wind through tricky exercises or play catchy riffs, Metallica-esqu clean guitars, thrash riffs, rocking grooves, and strung-out doom riffs. The bass is totally audible, playing some intricate fills that cut through the mix. The drumming is impeccable, maybe its because i'm a shitty drummer, but holy shit, this guy knows what he's doing. While it's not virtuoso level or anything, he plays for the songs perfectly. And it just so happens that brutal death metal allows for breakneck double-kick as well as grooving the fuck out.

Picking out highlights is hard as every track is a total mixed bag of riffing, its easier just to say that you should just listen to this Brutal Death Metal masterpiece.

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