Decrepisy Deific Mourning Review

Portland Oregon. The Pacific Northwest where often, it rains more than it shines. I can't think of a better geographic location for the band Decrepisy, and their latest effort Deific Mourning. To understand Decrepisy, you have to be willing to forego expectations. This release is in stark contrast to the previously relentless Emetic Communion. The pandemic, sickness, and a state of real-life horrors are what main man Kyle House (Acephalix, Negative Prayer) had to work with. The result is an album that definitely leans more goth and doom within their death metal than the latter. 

Decrepisy’s sound here is hard to categorize. It's rooted firmly in the old school variety of DM such as Morbid Angel, but they turn right around and throw in lumbering mid pacers to downright slooowww melodic sections that bring to mind Morgion. Throughout the album’s 7 songs, we are treated to crushing icy production and some really sturdy and adapt guitar playing. Daniel Butler’s growls are a perfect fit to the cold sounding nature of this music, and the production doesn't ever get too murky or too biting, it's the perfect marriage of lows and highs and mids, alot like life I suppose.

What strikes most is Decrepisy’s inclusion of industrial elements via samples and distorted bass in “Corpseless”, and “Spiritual Decay”. One would think they'd be out of place on a death/doom record, but they work to enhance the overall feelings here, which are anxiety, depression, grief and despair.

With this album being so dark, one may think they need to pass it up. However, don't avoid it. Despite its very helpless aesthetics and mournful sounds, it's an enjoyable and varied listen. After all, isn’t variety the spice of death?

Standout tracks - Dysautonomic Terror, Corpseless

~TB