Necropolis (CD)

Release Date: 06/14/19

Eastern European Death Metal / Hardcore bulldozer

Metal blog Grizzly Butts wrote, 'The Occult pull from their own pool of Entrails-like thunderous riffs just as much as they lean into post-Hatebreed breakdowns and Slayer-core riffing. The guitars aren’t really reaching beyond their pit-riffing and heaviness much of the time but the power of the production is absolutely felt. In fact it’s all so heavy handed that the only nuance that survives are the waves of groovy riffs and dual-growled vocal horror. Heavy for heavy’s sake is an essential part of this type of hardcore and if a band is going to be called ‘Entombed-core’ they’d better deliver this hard after this point because The Occult set a nice high bar for Swedeath HM-2 guitar-rumbled hardcore on ‘Necropolis’.' Another respected Metal Blog, Cvlt Legion, shared, 'Necropolis pays tribute to old-school European death metal in fine fashion, ready to get out on the live circuit to kick some heads in! Good! 8/10'