New brutal death metal from Germany. Extinctionist have been around since 2007, put out a demo EP in 2009 ('All flesh Must Be Eaten'), and their debut full length album 'World Extinction' saw the day of light in April 2011. The album's title is much too suited nowadays, as people are being destroyed by radioactive spreading all over the world from Fukushima, Japan, not to mention every other threat. "Is it?" you ask, and continue: "Why there's nothing about it in the news?" Exactly, people, exactly. Why, indeed!

Enough of grim future visions, no matter how true they are, or will be. There's always time for a brutal death metal record lasting just over 30 minutes, right?! Well, it of course depends on many things. Extinctionist's style is keeping their music in constant transition, both pace-wise and part-wise. This, of course, makes it uneasy to catch. Generally, the music varies from technical stuff to slamming heaviness. Mixing in grindcore is more than expected. One thing that this kind of music needs are good riffs. There are some, but not enough to lift Extinction above the gray mass of average brutality. No matter how unfashionable a band wants to be, I still want catchier songs, period!

The vocals are varying with growling and squealing. The latter is one of my least favorite styles ever, and plays a big part on this record. A guy sounding like a squealing pig, putting out things such as "wiuu-wiuu-wiuu", "meep-meep-meep" and "tweet-tweet-tweet"; how the fuck can someone enjoy hearing something like that? I don't feel it's extreme at all, but just very, very annoying. Lower vocals are practically lower tone versions of squealing. The lyrics help to understand the topics, but not much about the actual "sung" words. If it didn't say "meep-meep", that is... I mean, there's no idea in sounding too "extreme", because here, for the most of time, it's just about making voices, not putting out actual words. About the lyrics, then. They are, surprise surprise, about the suffering or death of mankind, and many are inspired by H.P.Lovecraft and movies. Whoa, the band does one about 'Event Horizon', one of my favorite movies! Still, 'Claustrophobic Cacophony' doesn't strike me as a song...

The production is bass-heavy, but surprisingly clear for every instrument. It is also mostly an organic-sounding affair. A job well done. The painted cover art may not be very detailed, but looks okay for a death metal album cover. Well done for a band effort, surely.

So, if you want your brutal death metal to be full of alteration, and can stand some nasty pig squealing, 'World Extinction' just might be your perversion. Sadly, it's not mine. I've heard worse, because this is mainly well-done, but is a tad too jumpy, and therefore uninteresting, for me, and features that "meep-meep-meeping"!!!

Rating: 5- (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Lane
09/09/2011 19:56