𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
August 3, 2007 — Gorefest released their seventh and final full-length studio album, Rise to Ruin in Europe on August 3, 2007 via Nuclear Blast. (Apple Music or Spotify)
The album was released on September 25, 2007 in the US via Candlelight Records. The CD was mixed by Danish producer Tue Madsen at his Antfarm studios in Århus, Denmark.
The Wells Perspective:
When Gorefest announced their breakup in 1998, we all assumed that it was the end of the band, with each respective member moving on to new endeavors. In 2004, Gorefest proved momentarily, that these thoughts were premature. After a six-year absence, Gorefest reunited, releasing their comeback album La Muerte, which was well received by fans and critics alike.
Longtime fans were frothing at the mouth by the time Gorefest released the follow-up in 2007's Rise to Ruin. The Dutch Metallers seventh release was brimming with menacingly overwrought Death Metal, yet it was somewhat penetrable. Albeit, Rise to Ruin was not approachable in the way that Soul Survivor was, with its 70’s Rock influences.
Furthermore, the album did not take on any nuance of the more popular Melodic Death scene of the time. But, Rise to Ruin was chock-full of catchy, hook-laden goodness that many listeners could, and would latch on to. This blend of heaviness and hook-savvy charm was a winning combination for old-school fans of the band, who ultimately praised Rise to Ruin as a return to form. — E.N. Wells
Another Hasty Exit:
Unfortunately, following the release of Rise to Ruin, Gorefest once more called it quits with the following statement;
“𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚗, 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝. 𝙾𝙺, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝‘𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎, 𝚠𝚎𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚘𝚏, 𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜: 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝‘𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝? 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝: 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙻𝚊 𝙼𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚃𝚘 𝚁𝚞𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎‘𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚎’𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟺 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜."
Once more, fans are left wondering… is this truly the end? Only time will tell!
Performance & Critical Reception:
Rise to Ruin entered the Dutch chart at position No. 61 in August 2007.
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson writes;
"𝚁𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚁𝚞𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚗‘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚎; 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚡𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 — 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛 — 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎-𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝚁𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚁𝚞𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝‘𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟽.
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