Exhumed β Necrocracy
- intothewellsabyss
- Aug 6, 2023
- 3 min read
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August 6 2013 β Exhumed released their sixth studio album, Necrocracy via Relapse Records, although it was previously released in Germany on August 2, and worldwide on August 5, 2013. (Apple Music or Spotify)
A music video was released for the lead single, Coins upon the Eyes (Watch video). The album was described by frontman Matt Harvey as slower, more melodic, and darker than the band's other albums. The only album to feature bassist Rob Babcock, the first to feature drummer Mike Hamilton and the return of Bud Burke who now switched to guitar as opposed to bass on Slaughtercult and Anatomy is Destiny.
Background:
The writing for several of the songs on Necrocacy began during the preceding All Guts, No Glory session. Harvey indicated that the tempo variation heard on Necrocacy was a conscious decision that emerged while playing shows in support of All Guts, No Glory: "πππ ππππ ππππ π ππππππ’ πππππππππ ππ ππππ π πππ πππ ππππ πππππ ππππππ’ ππππππ π ππ πππ’ ππππ ππ ππππ ππ, πππππππ ππππππ πππππ, ππ πΈ ππππ πππππ’ ππ ππππ πΈ π πππππ ππ πππππππππππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππππ π½πππππππππ’."
Relative to its previous recording sessions, Harvey describes Exhumed as "πππππ-πππππππππ" going into the studio. As a result, "π πππ ππ πππ πππππ ππ πππ ππππππ, πππππ, πππππππππππ, ππππ ππππ ππ πππππ, π πππ ππππππ’ πππππππππππ πππ πππππ. πΈπ π ππ π ππππ ππππππππ ππ ππ ππππ π³ππππ πΌππππ ππππ π’ππ ππππ ππππ ππππππ ππ ππππππππππ πππ πππππππππ." The pacing of the album also gave Exhumed additional opportunities to explore its sound in the studio, according to Harvey:
"πππ πππππ πππππ π ππππππ ππππ ππ ππππ πππππ ππ π ππππππ ππππ πππππππππ ππππ πππ πππππ ππ ππππππ. ππ ππππ π πππππ πππ π πππ ππ πππππππππ πππ πππππ ππ πππ πππππππππ ππππππ, ππππππ’ πππππππ π π ππππ'π ππππ’ππ πππ πππππ π πππ ππ π πππππππ π’ππ ππ πππ πππππππππ ππππ, ππ ππππ π ππ πππ πππ πππππ ππ ππππππππ ππππ ππππ‘ππππππ ππππππππππ πππ ππππππππ πππππππππ."
With βNecrocracyβ, Matt Harvey wrote lyrics that applied gore aesthetics to politics. He noted that the "πππππππππ πππππππππππππ" of the album were due to the fact that "πππ πΏπππππππππππ ππππππππ π ππ ππ ππππ ππ πππ πππ π ππππ ππππ πΈ π ππ π ππππππ, πππ ππππ ππππππ’ ππππ ππ ππππππππ πππ π ππππ πππππππππ ππ πππ ππ’ππππ."
Despite the political theme, Harvey continued his exploration of gore;
βπ΄ππππ’πππππ ππ πππππ ππππππππ πππππππ πππ ππππ ππππππππ πππ πππππ, ππ ππβπ πππ ππππ π π³πππππππ πππππ ππ πππ’πππππ, πππ πππππ ππ π πππππππππ πππππ πππππππ πππππππ ππππ ππ πππ πππππ. πΈπβπ ππππ’ ππππ-πππππππππ, anti-consumerism, that kind of stuff. πππ ππ’ππππ ππ π°ππππππ ππ ππππ ππππππππ π ππππ’ πππππππ πππππ, π πππ ππππ πππ ππππππ πππππ-πππ ππ πππ ππππ π·πΎπΆπΆπ πππ πππππ’ π·πΏπΆπΆπ β ππβπ πππππππ πππ πππ ππππππ ππ ππ‘ππππ πππ π πππ, πππ πππ π πππ πππ ππππππ πππ ππππππππππ’ πππππππ’, πππππ’ ππ πππ πππππ ππ π ππππππ ππ π ππππππ’ ππππ ππ ππππππππππππ, ππππ ππππ πππ πππππππ’ ππ . π·ππππππππ’ π πβππ ππππ π ππππ πππππππ ππππ πππ πππππ’ πΈπΆππ πππππππ’ πππππ ππππππππ πππππ πππ πππππππ ππππ ππππ ππ πππππππ ππππ πππ πππ πππππ-ππππ πππ πππ πππππ-ππππ. ππ πππππππππ’ πΈ πππππ ππ π πππ ππ ππππ ππππ ππ πππππ, πππ ππ’ πππππππ πππππ πππππ πππ ππππ!β
Critical Reception:
Neil Pretorius of About.com said; β
β...πππ ππππ ππ, groovier and much more melodically inclined approach of Necrocacy provided for a more mature and accessible sound that puts it on par with Carcass's Surgical Steel as one of the best Death/Goregrind releases of the year.β
Praising the album's mixture of "πππππππ ππππππππ’" and "ππππππππ, π·πππππ πππ-πππππ ππππππππππ", David Perri of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (Bravewords.com) said, "π΄π‘πππππ πππ πππππππ πππ ππ‘ππππππ π πππ π πππ ππππππ’ ππ πππππππ πππ πππ π· πππππππ ππ πΈπΆπ·πΉ".
Neil Arnold of Metal Forces expressed the opinion that with Necrocacy, "πππ π²ππππππππππ πππ’ππππππππ ππππ ππππππ’ ππππππππ πππππ πππππ πππππππππ π²ππππππ ππ πππππππ ππ π πππππ ππ πππππ ππ πππππππ ππ ππππ".
However, the album did receive some criticism. Joe DeVita of Loudwire conceded that "πππππ πππ πππππππ ππ ππππππππππ πππππ ππππππππππ’ ππππππππ πππππ ππππππ", but ultimately concluded that Necrocacy is "πππππ ππππ ππππππππππππ πππππ ππ ππππ".
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