Compress are a band from Massachusetts that plays a very raw form of black metal with elements of crust and hardcore punk and this is a review of their 2024 ep "The Final Level Of Consciousness" which will be released in March by Eternal Death.
A very distorted sound starts off the ep before going into a heavier direction crust punk influenced direction. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Vocals are a mixture of high pitched black metal screams and growls which also adds in a touch of death metal while melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing. Synths can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and clean playing is also added on the closing track.
Compress plays a style of black metal that is very raw as well as mixing in elements of crust and hardcore punk to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover misanthropic themes.
In my opinion Compress are a very great sounding raw black metal band with elements of crust and hardcore punk and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Final Level Of Consciousness" and "Damnatio Memoriae". 8 out of 10.
http://eternaldeath.bandcamp.com/album/the-final-level-of-consciousness
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