- Country: Kazakhstan / Russia / Germany
- Genre: Old School Death Metal
- For fans of: Skeletonwitch, Necropanther, Witch Vomit
Cyclopic are a new multinational Death Metal band formed in 2025, making their debut with “Flesh of Chaos”. From the first minutes you understand that here we have OSDM with plenty of groove, dirty sound and riffs that beg for a headbang.
“`The guitars go from heavy power chords and tremolo to palm-muted chugs and more thrashy passages. The bass can be heard working underneath, while the drums do not hold back, with blast beats and double hits constantly raising the intensity.
There is also a strong d-beat feel at points, but Cyclopic’s main weapon is the riffs. They have many good ones, without trying to make things overly complicated.
“Abyssal Hordes” is my pick from the record. It opens with a very strong groove that unfortunately does not last long, before the guitars attack with tremolo and blast beats. Fortunately the opening riff returns in the chorus and darker harmonies come with it.
Then more doom passages appear that bring Witch Vomit to mind a little, while there are also melodic harmonies that make the track even stronger.
The same mood continues across the whole of “Flesh of Chaos”. Pick slides, tremolos, heavy chugs, a few breakdowns and darker diminished passages are scattered throughout the songs, while the solos move mainly between shredding and more atmospheric moments.
What I like most is that the record never forgets its main goal: to be fun and make you bang your head. Cyclopic do not try to reinvent Death Metal. They take OSDM, fill it with groove and dirty riffs and do it with plenty of appetite.
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Tracklist
- Swords of Savage – 03:53
- Flesh of Chaos – 03:29
- Lich Seed – 03:13
- Abyssal Hordes – 02:19
- Cyclopic – 03:10
- Eye of Rhynn – 03:08
- Vanishing Tower – 02:57
- Grotesque Feast – 03:55
- The Wanderer – 03:54
- Doomed to Eternity – 03:13
