From Bandcamp, “RETROMORPHOSIS’ first full-length is bursting with freakishly fast riffs, warped rhythmic precision and cosmic horror. “Vanished” officially cracks open the chemical beaker with a familiar yet no less bone-shaking growl, while adding heavy droplets of old-school crunch. “Psalmus Mortis” also finds these most deviant of metal evangelists spreading evil by implanting more seeds of horrific sci-fi.” The album has eight songs. “Obcscure Exordium” is first, and it’s a short introductory instrumental. The music is complicated, and technical, and I like the supporting keyboard parts and backing vocals.

“Vanished” has that Old School Death metal charm, with horrid, guttural vocals, and wham bar dives, and very technical music. The band is so tight together as a unit, it’s almost as if they are on rails, dipping and ducking around turns with masterful timing. “Aunt Christie’s Will” has thick bass notes as it begins with a creeping pace, but it’s off and running soon enough. At times, the vocals have a distinct cadence to them, and they get stuck in your head as you headbang along with them. “Never to Awake” rumbles with a low bottom end, and there are even some moments of melody in the guitars. Of course, the melody brings pictures of terror to the mind, but it is melody nonetheless.

“The Tree” is another song with high technical mastery, and another thing that the band is able to do is provide variance to the listener, which is quite difficult in the genre. The title track is a song with impossibly timed meter shifts, and at this point in the album, I am wondering how a Death Metal band can pull off these Progressive elements…don’t judge a book by its cover is one thing that comes to mind. “Machine” is a full nine minutes in length, and the sheer amount of riff and meter changes in this song is impressive. They run you over hills, even mountains at times, through tunnels, and whatever else they can throw at you. “Exalted Splendor” closes the album, and it’s an injection of energy right into the heart.

One thing that is immediately noticeable about the album is the fact that it is steeped in the deep traditions of the genre, but it refuses to remain there. They band uses a modern approach to the music, and their technical mastery is strong. For me, it’s model of how modern Death Metal bands should be.