Review
Opening with the galloping triplets of 'Banished to the Skies,' Florida death metal veterans Monstrosity return after a seven-year studio silence to assert their space in a vastly changed extreme music ecosystem.
Rather than attempting to match the hyper-speed excess of modern technical trendsetters, the band delivers what Your Last Rites characterizes as a "calorically dense slab of death metal" that favors sharp riffs and classic songcraft. While the record retains their trademark Floridian weight, it also "eases away from rapt technicality in favor of thrashing prog-death muse," as Mystification Zine notes, balancing raw aggression with intricate compositions. New frontman Ed Webb injects a "refreshed sense of brutality" with his guttural bellows.
This stylistic shift is anchored by progressive, melodic solos that contrast directly with the blistering, thrash-fueled crush of 'The Colossal Rage'. While some critics found the record "unavoidably uneven in tone" or overly long in its final act, the consensus leans toward praising its seasoned, no-nonsense delivery.
