Album Review: Omophagia – Rebirth In Black (Unique Leader Records)

Brutal tech-death outfit Omophagia will release their blistering new record Rebirth in Black, on the 16th of September via Unique Leader Records.

With all the intensity of a rampaging beast and all the technicality of a band so proficient in their instrumentation, Omophagia have something special to share with their listeners. Kicking off with an ominous cinematic Intro before easing their way comfortably into the ripping chaos of The Consequences of Guilt. The medley of heaviness is absurd, and the barbarity is irrefutable.

Yet, for all its technical savagery, Omophagia layer the album with these massive sounding cinematic touches. Another of which serves as an introduction to the grotesque cruelty of Redemption in Self-Destruction. Watch out for even more brutality in this track thanks to Nile’s Karl Sanders. Before the title track ups the calibre of Omophagia’s technical detail with an even more intense explosion guitars, drums, and vocals. The speed only matched by the eye-watering heaviness.

Rebirth in Black, the album, is not about showing off even though Omophagia’s technical abilities are on another level. Shunning meandering and excessive showcases in favour of consistent creativity. Hence those electrifying cinematic touches that add such lavish flavour to things. It’s their creativity and focus on unrestrained ruthlessness that keeps the album interesting. Where immense tech-death tracks like The Plague, Thoughts of The Earth and Serve as Slave come at the listener with all the ferocity of a starving monstrosity.

Continuing on, Insights of A Dying Man features some of the chunkiest riffs on the entire album. Where technicality is moved to the side (to some degree) in favour of a no-nonsense example of death metal and the ending features some unsettling moments.

Followed then by Omophagia smashing their instruments as hard as possible with All for None and switching between unmitigated chaos and cinematic splendour with Time Tells. Before this roaring release wraps up with one last fast, furious and perfectly distilled example of tech-death in the form of I Live for Your Death.

Utter carnage.

Omophagia – Rebirth in Black Full Track Listing:

1. Intro
2. The Consequences of Guilt
3. Redemption in Self-Destruction
4. Rebirth in Black
5. The Plague
6. Thoughts of The Earth
7. Serve as Slave
8. Insights of A Dying Man
9. All for None
10. Time Tells
11. I Live for Your Death

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