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Cytolysis – Surge Of Cruelty (Technical Brutal Death) out August 8th 2025 via Comatose Music
In his ravenous pursuit of the essence of wickedness he has incinerated even the cold ashes of his empathy and become a scientist, an artist, in his dedication to the instigation of absolute despair in others. With his soulless yet remarkably creative invention he has invoked revelatory levels of agony and raging flames of torment beyond imagining. He has meticulously aroused states of being in his subjects wherein the memory of mere pain becomes a dream, an unattainable nirvana. And with each bloody step along his path he calls out to the powers he reveres – notice me, elevate me, transform me – but as yet, they remain silent.
Darren Cesca, drummer with Goratory, Eschaton and previously Deeds Of Flesh, has returned with the second album from his unconscionably brutal solo project, Cytolysis. Surge Of Cruelty is constructed from eleven sonic acts of torture, where twisted technicality and methodical precision collide with frenzied explosions of fury and unnerving alien atmospheres. From the psychotic dissection of opening gambit, ‘Your Slow Demise’, the listener is led ever deeper into an inescapable labyrinth of terror. An arcane aura bleeds through the cracks between the devilish riffs of the title track, ‘Surge Of Cruelty’, while ‘A Blood Soaked Offering’, featuring a shockingly inhuman guest vocal performance from Brian Forgue (Syphilic etc), is relentless, merciless in its stabbing assault. Forgue is not the only guest vocalist, with throat ripping contributions also being made by Adam Mason of Goratory, Mac Smith of Apogean and Eschaton and Flo Butcher of Tortured and Vile infamy. Perhaps the most intense and scarring track though is delivered by Cesca alone; saved til last ‘Hung From The Rafters’ ensures that an indelible mark is left on the consciousness, a wound that will never heal, suppurating in the mind through every passing day.
Surge Of Cruelty was also mixed and mastered by Darren Cesca – a role he has fulfilled for the likes of In Asymmetry, Pillory and Goratory – and the overwhelming force, intricate riffs and deep, destructive bass tones have been captured perfectly. Adorned in the hypnotically horrifying artwork of Vladimir Cebakov (Six Feet Under, 1914, DeadHead etc), that taps directly into the vein of vicious indifference that pulses beneath the cold skin of Surge Of Cruelty, this second barbaric testament from Cytolysis will be unleashed by Comatose Music on August 8th. Prepare to be flattened by this shuddering juggernaut of torment!
Line-up:
Darren Cesca – all music and vocals
guest vocals on:-
Devout Sacrifice by Mac Smith
A Blood-Soaked Offering by Brian Forgue
Tortured Flesh by Adam Mason
Mark of the Demons by Flo Butcher
Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal
For fans of: Cannibal Corpse | Deeds Of Flesh |In Asymmetry | Incinerate
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