Pithy and visceral the cacophonous musings of DEATH COURIER are as sublime as they are undefined, comprised of caustic and unhindered rhythms and powerful leads, "Necrotic Verses," is a torrent of melodious censures and jarring charisma.

The album opens with the somber and extreme title track, "Necrotic Verse," a near 4 minute Thrashing piece whose rhythm has excellent interwoven leads and structure such that the strings move in and out of tempo whilst never carrying with them a sound of any off putting substance or detracting from the soundscape of the song. "Mourning Ecstasy" is, among other things, a oxymoron for starters and overall a pretty uplifting song, once again making use of well placed accentuation. The "Interlude" serves as a respite for the album separating the intensity of the piece into two separate beasts altogether; the song is comprised of stereoscopic noise delivered through a multitude of overdubs of guitars and a powerful bass accompaniment.

"Pillars" has a light break within the introduction but quickly dispels its lighthearted atmosphere into the more aggressive caliber which had commenced the song. The album ends on, "Remnants," which is also the longest track on the album-comprised of a long buildup the verse begins in a rush of guitar and drums burgeoning into an even faster variant as the verse continues to progress; the song diverges into an elision for the outro having the guitar leads slowly grow louder over the rhythm.  The band makes a strong use of building on the strengths of one another, having their instruments ring clearly at each accentuation; the strings contain a strong sense of unity with the drums, using the flow of the grooves to create strength for their own rhythms such as in the opening progression for

"As Heaven Blends With Rot." The guitars are gritty and heavily saturated in tone and distortion creating a mash of intensity and despair which can be heard plainly in every track; the bass has a distorted tone about itself making it blend it with the guitars to some capacity; the drums are fast as well as vicious, but don't possess a great amount of diversity when it comes to the progressions, instead choosing to stick to a bass-snare groove-it works for the songs, and Thrash Metal is well known for implementing such as the core concept behind the music is to create something to head bang to; the vocals have a great capacity ranging between guttural and more forwardly pronounced, there are few Death Metal singers out there who actually make the distinct effort to growl with such a manner of articulation as it requires having focus on pharyngeal voicings coupled with proper pronunciations in lieu of the standard of imitating a scream while growling, through the latter technique the mouth remains open and produces a long vocalization devoid of distinct syllable-the vocals remind me of Brendon Smalls whom also growls with a focus on articulation.

"Necrotic Verses" took me by surprise, the music doesn't have a great amount of complexity to it however the album has an overarching sense of unity which is unfortunately not a common enough trait in studio produced recordings. Coming in from the perspective of never hearing the band before I've been thoroughly impressed by what I've heard, the band has evolved greatly from their inception and continues to produce great works 33 years in.