(Death Metal) Infernal Poetry - Paraphiliac - 2013, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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Paraphiliac is Italian death metal horde Infernal Poetry‘s fourth full length album, and the band has come a long way indeed since their formation in 1996. With their new home Bakerteam Records promising a rather different experience with Paraphiliac compared to the waves of death metal bands emerging in recent years, expectations are rather high for the band since this is my first encounter with Infernal Poetry‘s music.
Fitting to the themes that Paraphiliac revolves around, the band sets a rather disturbing, post-apocalyptic mood with the introductory track Preliminaries before letting all hell break loose with Stumps, presenting to listeners a rather modern style of death metal to listeners. The riffs alternate between crushing and trebly ones, ensuring that there is constant tension in the air. The more technical moments of guitarists Christian and Daniele bring about rather strong resemblances to bands such as Decapitated and Cryptopsy, what with the complex lines that are easily found throughout the album, though they take a more groovy approach in their riffing techniques. Vocalist Paolo also shines on the album and rather than the usual death growls, he utilises angry barks that help to display the energy and rage that is contained within the band, at the same time giving sort of a barbaric and aggressive touch to the music.
But it is not simply destruction and chaos for the band as they also present some more melodic moments such as towards the end of Stumps, like a lament for the end of the world brought about by human destruction. The extremely melodic solo on In Glorious Orgy is also spectacular, bringing in some sense of order amidst the apocalyptic, hopeless setting. The range of influences are also displayed as the album progresses, with songs like Hypertrophic Jellyfish bringing in a slight South American death/thrash metal sound, sounding like a more technical version of bands like Sepultura, this especially so with the vocals of Paolo which can at times bear quite an uncanny resemblance to the techniques of Max Cavalera. On the same track as well there are even some rather hardcore moments, further turning the brutality and intensity of the music up a notch.
The production on Paraphiliac is stellar and extremely polished, ensuring that all instruments ring out loud and clear, and this helps to make the music all the more enchanting as well. The guitars on the album sound extremely majestic, backed by the powerful rhythm segment of the drums and bass. The impact created by the low-end growls of bassist Alessandro for instance can most clearly be heard on Hypertrophic Jellyfish.
Well to be honest there is nothing particularly innovative here as touted by the band, but what I can assure is that Paraphiliac contains some damn good technical death metal, and with the musicianship of the individual members, there is certainly something for everyone on this album.

Alessandro Infusini Bass
Alessandro Vagnoni Drums
Christian Morbidoni Guitars
Daniele Galassi Guitars
Paolo Ojetti Vocals