Having toured ceaselessly since the release of 2015’s ‘Depopulation’ (via Pelagic Records), Implore have honed their gruesome brand of grind to a ferocious point that has seen them grace the stages of Resurrection fest, Summer Breeze and more with their demonic, low-end rumble. This special 7” EP, entitled ‘Thanatos’ (the demon of Greek Mythology), is a limited, coloured release (263 clear, 263 black from Wooaaargh Records; 263 White, 263 black from Grind Promotion and a special edition box containing all four versions form Implore themselves) aimed at rewarding the faithful for their loyalty. A blistering, five track EP that sees all five tracks dispatched in a mere eight minutes, ‘Thanatos’ is a dizzying experience that sounds like a mini-riot has broken out inside your house, eschewing the clean, clinical lines of so much modern death metal for a raw, intense experience that threatens to shred your stylus with the force of its misanthropic rage.
Opening with the feedback-strewn ‘disgrace’, Implore set to work deconstructing punk with a ferocious assault that sounds like the Sex Pistols thrown in a cement mixer with the Rotted. The result, which is like standing in the corona of a nail bomb blast, is a visceral rearrangement of your nerve endings which is compounded by ‘sold’, a sneering, ferocious twenty-second blast that recalls Naplam Death at their ‘Scum’ infused best. At two and a half minutes, ‘fog’ is practically an epic, although the mix is so brutal it threatens to shred your speakers long before the time has elapsed. As short, sharp and brutal as a drunken brawl, ‘Skeptical masses’ still finds time to lay down a pummelling groove in between razor sharp riffs whilst final track ‘misery and desolation’ shudders under the burden of a hatred so intense its claustrophobic. A grindcore clusterfuck that will leave the unwary plastered against the wall, ‘Misery and desolation’ sums up the toxic appeal of Implore in two skull-crushing minutes.
This is a nasty little vinyl gem. Super limited, ultra-heavy and born in the flames of a dark passion so intense its practically burned into the surface of the disc, ‘Thanatos’ is a throwback to the days of vinyl listening parties round your mates house and tape-trading. The music is pure and unsullied by commercial interests, the artwork impressive and the sound a wretched, blackened thing that offers no quarter. Extreme and uncompromising, ‘Thanatos’ will leave you scarred for life: Embrace it! 9
