Imagine burning your toast in the morning to the point the bread is completely charred over, perhaps even lit on fire. Clean up that mess and you will find there are crumbs at the bottom of the toaster that somehow formed right onto the metal of the housing of the toaster. This is where you will find Implore and their newest release, The Burden of Existence (Church Road Records).

The blackest, crustiest death metal in the game today is here to smash the establishment and the very society we have all been born into.

 

‘Masochistic Tendencies’ could have well opened this album with how it fires right out of the gate. Upbeat, tremolo guitar riffs sneak through over the chaos of the underlying grindcore, and of course enough blast beats to turn up the intensity without overdoing it. That breakdown at the end is a great transition right into the next track as well. ‘Accept the Loss’ is next and is “the heavy” track on The Burden of Existence as the tempo stays pretty mid-range but having the drumming match this same dynamic of what I like to describe as the sound of elephants marching.

 

This is the song that will make people hurt each other in a mosh pit and I am here for it! The album wraps up with ‘The Sense of Endings’ which continues the mantra of Implore as heard on the previous tracks up to this point. However, there are more breaks in the usual “brutality” with some melodic guitar leads that will get your headbanging hard in unison. Then suddenly, the last note hits and silence washes over as the time for sensing the end is over, as the end is here.

 

A friend of mine had said to me when I mentioned I was lucky enough to review The Burden of Existence, “Implore never disappoints.” This statement really rings true as yet again the German four-piece have delivered a stellar collection of their own brand of blackened death metal with sprinkles of grindcore and crust punk over the top.

 

If there was ever a time to start listening to this group, this is the album, this is the year, this is the time.

 

Buy the album here:

https://implore.bandcamp.com/album/the-burden-of-existence

 

8 / 10

TIM LEDIN