Derogatory (U.S.): "Above All Else” (FDA Rekotz)

Derogatory (U.S.): "Above All Else” (FDA Rekotz)

Devotees into those old Earache and Roadrunner bands, you better buckle up your seatbelt for a trip back in time to early 90s death metal.

I will limit this review to three observations. The riffs are clear yet heavy, with some thrashiness. Two: the songs are fairly traditional and linear. It’s definitely fun and you don’t have to be a math wizard to understand it.

Finally, Derogatory plays fast. They blast and also play at speed-metal velocity. Derogatory is not a “melodic” band but a sick, heavy one. The melody that is heard comes from the only place in traditional death metal: in some moments of the guitar solos. It’s “melody,” but it’s not sweet, sugary stuff.

Death metal: “baby Malevolent Creation” or “baby Monstrosity.”

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