I ended the review I did for January’s comeback-EP Inner Evil (it was the first thing this Finnish band did after an eighteen-year hiatus) with ‘awaiting the upcoming full length, I can’t stop craving for more…’. It was meant to be a compliment, for this band’s return was excellent! Check out the update on February 23rd on this wonderful site… One of the tracks from that two-tracker, by the way, has been re-recorded for this full length (God Is Delusion).
Evil Prevails was recorded by original bassist Juha and guitar player / vocalist Rami, guitarist Kristian and drummer Rolle in a couple of weeks during this year’s summer. The result brings thirty seven minutes of material that continues the path the band promised to go with their January-EP. It brings an old schooled form of Doom-Death / Death Metal-alike power with an aggressive undertone, a late eighties / early nineties approach, and a DIY-attitude. Lovely, not?! Besides, the organic approach is very ‘trans-European’, with the Finnish scene coming to mind more specifically, yet with more than just a hint to the ‘early’ scenes of other countries (Spain, Germany, Holland, Sweden and the likes are not-that-stupid comparisons). And what’s more, Convulse go further than ‘just doing it the old way’, by adding a couple of post-proggy elements (listen for example to the end of Unholy War to understand this statement).
One remark: with the Inner Evil-EP, I thought Convulse wanted to concentrate on old school-oriented, slightly ‘traditional’ Doom-Death material. This album brings the focus on energetic, dynamic and pushing straight-forward Old School Death Metal with hint of Doom-Death, which isn’t what I was expecting to hear. Though, compared to the roots…