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Three years after the last effort “Digitotality”, the Czech Exorcizphobia come out with a new album: “Spiritual Exodus”! The themes covered in the new album range between reincarnation, mental conditioning and altered visions of reality. Band formed in 2006 native to the Czechia, it adopts an old-fashioned thrash metal late 80s, with an inclination towards the New Jersey/Bay Area "school" but with a modern and personalized touch. In their songs you can hear influences from Overkill to Anthrax. In "Spiritual Exodus" we meet a very aggressive Thrash Metal, but sometimes also "melodious". Strong tones and heavy rhythmic guitars with pounding rhythm on drums are the master in all the songs, leaving a little 'back to perception the voice and perhaps even the solo guitars. Problems of mixing or production? Let’s start with “Initiation”: an instrumental start that after a few minutes leaves the field with granite riffs and a disruptive and aggressive energy! “Violence And War”, although pounding and continuous of “Initiation” has a character of his own, a violent and angry attitude, with grooves and massive riffs that are very reminiscent of the Thrash style of the 80s/90s. A good deal. “Reflection”: maybe the song I prefer, short as a duration but not as intensity and involvement. The voice changes completely tone becoming almost melodic with an excellent galloping rhythm. As if to want to trespass into a more catchy Thrash Metal, but without daring too much. “Down The Rabbit Hole” takes us to a tighter pace with Anthrax riffs. "Those Who Oppose" recalls '90s Heavy Metal pieces as a compositional or inspirational nature, I dare say to the "Black Album". "Ring-Pass-Not" is a piece in which we find the best of the influence of the Death Angel and Testament, also great protagonists of the American historical Thrash.
"Through A Glass Darkly": the pace slows, but the level of arrangement remains faithful to the stamp imposed on the album. The voice also becomes less furious and more distinctive. A nice piece with its overwhelming riffs and solos of very good workmanship. Here, if I close my eyes I feel like listening to a Heavy/Thrash band from the late '80s. To close the record we think “Tiwanaku”, an instrumental that begins with a classical guitar with sweet notes that accompany the start of the drums and then unleash the guitars that raise the rhythm. An instrumental that lasts 7 minutes, seems almost to accompany the listener with more melodic and rocking sounds at the end of the album, leaving behind all the roar, anger and aggression that has accompanied us here. Only around the final minutes the pace is slightly faster, but keeping that more Heavy component. Nice solo around the fifth minute. Overall a song that didn’t mind at all, the right conclusion of a well-made album. Beautiful artwork on the album, it gives a good idea of the themes covered in "Spiritual Exodus".
Favorite songs: “Reflections”, “Through A Glass Darkly” and the instrumental “Tiwanaku”. allaroundmetal
Release Date: 9/22/2023
FFO: Sacred Reich, Suicidal Tendencies, Voivod.
Location: Trutnov, Czechia
Exorcizphobia is back with new LP! The album is titled “Spiritual Exodus“ and in many ways continues where its predecessor “Digitotality“ from 2020 ends. Through the themes as reincarnation (Reflections, Ring-Pass-Not or Through a Glass Darkly, which is musicalized poem of general George S. Patton), altered states of consciousness (Initiation) or alternative points of view on our reality (Down The Rabbit Hole, Those Who Oppose), finding itself in the atmosphere of combining the ancient and current. The aesthetics of this aproach is even audible. Old school fashioned thrash metal is combined with modern and distinctive touch. The whole record concludes in seven plus minutes long instrumental called “Tiwanaku“ which links the music with fantastic artwork made by Paolo Girardi.
“Spiritual Exodus“ will be out through DOOMENTIA RECORDS on Vinyl (black, color gatefold), CD and MC. Special CD edition for Japan will contain songs from EP “Friend Of Lunacy“ and will be out on CARNAL BEAST. Release date of the physical formats is September 22. Album will be out on all digital platforms on September 25, except bandcamp (6th of October – bandcamp Friday). The band will be promoting the album on the german club tour with Israeli band BLACK SACHBAK.
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Exorcizphobia - Spiritual Exodus
Tracklist
1. Initiation
2. Violence and War
3. Reflections
4. Down The Rabbit Hole
5. Those Who Oppose
6. Ring-Pass-Not
7. Through a Glass Darkly
8. Tiwanaku (Instrumental)
TOMAS SKOREPA – RHYTHM GUITAR AND VOCALS
ONDRA SIMA – LEAD GUITAR
TOMAS KEJKRT – DRUMS
ALES KOSTKA – BASS
Recorded at Davos Studio by Jindrich Tomanek Mixed and mastered by Martin Hollandr Produced by Skorepa, Hollandr and Tomanek Artwork by Paolo Girardi Booklet layout by Lukas Prskavec PHOTO BY JAN ERBEN All music and lyrics by Tomas Skorepa and Exorcizphobia.
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