Hyperdontia – Harvest of Malevolence
Release Date: 21st June 2024
Label: Dark Descent Records/Me Saco Un Ojo Records
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Genre: Death Metal
FFO:Necrot, Hideous Divintiy, Frozen Soul, Cruciamentum, Ironmaster.
Review By: Eric Wilt
Considering the number of EPs and split 7-inch records they’ve produced since 2017, not to mention their two previous full-lengths and a live album, it’s safe to say that Hyperdontia is one of the more prolific death metal bands out there these days. According to Encyclopaedia Metallum, they have 8 releases under their belt in that time, and that doesn’t count their new full length, Harvest of Malevolence, which will be out on 21 June courtesy of Dark Descent Records/Me Saco Un Ojo Records. Hailing from Denmark and Turkey, Hyperdontia plays a grimy brand of death metal that harkens back to the 90s and the salad days of the genre’s early years. Comprised of Malik Çamlıca on bass, Tuna on drums, Mustafa Gürcalioğlu on guitar, and Mathias Friborg on guitar and vocals, Hyperdontia has produced a lot of music in a short period of time, but they show no signs of slowing down or running out of sick song ideas.
Harvest of Malevolence is filled with ferocious guitars, fierce bass, frenzied drumming, and feral vocals, which all add up to a fun listen time after time. From the old school riffing on Death’s Embrace to the booming bass intro on Pestering Lamentations to the blazing drumming on Servant to a Cripple God, Hyperdontia plays unrelenting death metal that barely gives the listener time to come up for air. Even when they briefly change things up, like the mid-paced intro of Salvation in Death or the doom metal beginning of Defame Flesh (which also has a nice groove metal section towards the middle of the track), it’s only a matter of time before each song makes its way to the fast-paced frenzy of riffs and gutturals that made 90s death metal so enjoyable.
Harvest of Malevolence is death metal the way it should be, loud, fast, and disgusting. And while some bands sound like they are trying too hard to be old-school, Hyperdontia just is. In a musical landscape that is oversaturated with mid-quality death metal bands, Hyperdontia stands out as the real deal leaders of the pack.
(4 / 5)
