Year : 2020 (Japan Limited Edition 2021)
Style : Thrash Metal
Country : Czech Republic
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 134 mb
Bio:
The band was formed in 2005 with the name Deathmarch. Founding members were: guitar - Tomas Skorepa, bass - Jan Erben, drums - Jakub Vaclav. In 2006, Josef Valkoun joins the band – guitar, and the band changes its name to Exorcizphobia. In the upcoming season, the band is performing in the clubs alongside the czech legends like Debustrol, V.A.R. or Tortharry. In 2009 the band has issued live record "Remains Of Early Years." in the DIY spirit. At the end of 2009 they have released their debut EP "Inside Disease." In the following year the band has appeared alongside Drömdead, Bonded By Blood, Lazarus AD, Torture Squad, Short Sharp Shock and speed core legend Wehrmacht. The Band has got the first experience with large festivals at the Open Air Music Festival in 2010. It´s definitely worth to mention that Tomas Skorepa has had a chance to perform as a lead guitarist with the band D.R.I. at Obscene Extreme 2010. A t the end of 2011 Exorcizphobia recording LP "Something Is Wrong ", which will be released early this year 2012. The drummer Jakub Vaclav leaves the band after six years and Martin Šotola comes to replace him like a new drumer from band P.L.H.
Album:
Exorcizphobia is a hard working Thrash band from the Czech Republic. Since their formation in 2005 the band has released a handful of split EPs and full length albums. Digitotality is their third such full length, a further exploration of a sound that hearkens back to foundational Bay area Thrash Metal. Given some extra lift by a new rhythm section in bass player Ales Kosta and drummer Tomas Kejkrt, the pair join lead guitarist Ondra Sima and rhythm guitarist/vocalist Tomas Skorepa, the band’s sole remaining founder. The combination results in a very heavy, propulsive Thrash groove similar but not derivative to early Testament.The eight song album kicks off with “Desires of the Flesh”, an effective intro to the band’s flawlessly executed traditionalist approach. Sima displays his versatility, throwing in both a slower solo and then leading the band in a pyrotechnic display later in the track “Corporate Dance” cues the listener up for a series of “evil business” themed songs, including the title track and “Profit At All Costs”. These themes evidently strike real anger within Exorcizphobia, they approach the material with real fury. “Digitotality”scarcely leaves room for a breath between the notes and deserves a spot on anyone’s 2020 year-end Thrash playlist. “Profit At All Costs” menaces just as hard and utilizes some classic call-and-response lyrics, effectively underscoring the collective anger of the economically downtrodden.“Ancient Deception” builds with a slower tension, an inexorable march across the sonic landscape. The track builds and builds, crafting a journey in three stages until the last third of the song where all four musicians go off in an extended musical break guaranteed to keep heads banging. The song showcases new skinsman Kejkrt’s talents especially well, giving him the chance to alternate speeds like a race car driver shifting rapidly through all his gears. “Oumuamua” is next, an enthralling instrumental named after the mysterious interstellar object discovered in 2017. Like another great cosmically-named Metal instrumental, Metallica’s “Orion”, the track uses alternating time signatures to create mood and motion.Exorcizphobia wisely bring the Digitotality project to a close with the thundering earblast of “Perception Is The Key”, a deceptively longer track which again calls to mind early Testament or Kill ‘Em All style Metallica but adds a slower, moody guitar solo for contrast. Digitotality hits all the marks and is a great pickup for any fan of Thrash that is both thoughtful and hard-hitting; hopefully Skorepa continues on the path he’s blazed and that he can keep this particular unit of musicians together to drive Exorcizphobia to further musical heights.
Line Up:
Tomáš Skořepa - Guitars, Vocals (2005-present) - See also: Final Flag, ex-E-Force (live)
Ondřej Šíma - Guitars (2014-present) - See also: Final Flag, ex-Kron
Aleš Kostka - Bass (2018-present) - See also: Final Flag
Tomáš Kejkrt - Drums (2019-present) - See also: Okult, Pit Full Death
Tracklist:
01. Desires of the Flesh 05:23
02. Corporate Dance 03:34
03. Digitotality 04:15
04. Profit at All Cost 04:40
05. Correct Opinions 04:55
06. Ancient Deception 06:08
07. Oumuamua 09:21 instrumental
08. Perception Is the Key 08:02
09. Game Ends, Secret Is Revealed (Live 2018) (Japan Bonus Track)
10. Questions (Live 2018) (Japan Bonus Track)
11. Beer and Weed (Demo 2013) (Japan Bonus Track)
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