The fusion between subgenres in Metal has become a common feature in the search of a personal approach for the past 10-20 years. It’s obvious that sometimes things don’t work as the bands want, but the value on such tries is that something great and new can come from such experiences. On 1987, CELTIC FROST suffered a lot on the hands of Metalheads due the release of “Into the Pandemonium” (due its unexpected experimental approach far from what was heard on the band’s past releases, and remember that many complained a lot due the presence of a soprano singer and keyboards on “To Mega Therion”), and some years before, it was called a classic and root for many Metal genres of the 90s. For this reason, maybe the younger Metalheads will love the work of the Australian quartet ALLOCER shown on “Worship”.

The fusion of Melodic Death Metal with traits of Deathcore isn’t something new, many bands are doing it. The difference lies in the fact that they use a more brutal and fast approach nearer Death Metal (of course that are breakdown parts in the middle of the songs, especially on “Pounds for a Pound”), and contrasts between unusual screams and grunts. They’re just beginning, of course, but their music is really promising, filled with energy and aggressiveness that can tear ears off! Nicholas Heckingbottom worked on the recordings (with mixing and mastering done by GLDCHN Studios), and the concept for the sonority was to be something that could be modern and defined, but relying on instrumental tunes that would be comfortable for the band to reproduce on live shows. And things work on a pretty good way, indeed.

For those that stay in the past, the band has nothing to offer. But for those that don’t care about Metal from the past, present or future, “The Scavengers Daughter”, “Pounds for a Pound” and “Drogher” are filled with very good songs with great instrumental parts (bass guitar and drums creating an insane and solid rhythmic mass, guitars using very good guitar riffs and arrangements, and some melodic solos) and insane vocals (with growls and screams contrasting a lot). If you don’t care about genres, time or anything else, the quartet makes music for you.

It's clear that ALLOCER has some shards to be sharpened, but keeping things in this way, “Worship” states clearly that they deserve a chance of a full-length.