I wish I could say that this is a "new" release by the legendary SUSPIRIA, and I also wish I could say that they have actually released something, but sadly it is only a brand new compilation of their older material. For those unfamiliar with the band, SUSPIRIA were a Crystal Lake, Illinois (US) based Death Metal band who were active from 1990 until 1991, following which they changed their name to CORPORAL DECAY for a while and then remained active again from 1991 until 1994. This offering was released through Divebomb Records on February 10^th, 2017, and was limited to 500 CD. This "compilation" has 14 tracks, and the first 8 are studio tracks, whilst songs from 8 to 14 are live tracks.

The compilation consists of various material that was picked from the early demo days of the band; including their first demo "Divinely Impaled" from 1991, and "Psychological Inertia" from 1993. It took someone 24 years to re-release these masterpieces, which is a shame. This was my first introduction to this band, but I had a feeling that I was going to hear a lot of Thrash influences - being that this band was formed and was active during the 90's, a time when these two genres dominated. "Desolated by Theory" instantly starts with wild, shredding and brutal riffs of malevolent Thrash-y Death Metal with a brutal vocal style -which reminded me quite a lot of CANCER. "Granted Elation" picks up at the same style the first song left off, with plenty of guitar riffs (none were spared).

What I really like about this re-release is the fact that it doesn't sound shitty! I mean, this is who someone took the time to re-release something and they actually did it really well! Finally! A lot of classical vocal types can be heard throughout the second song, which leaves no doubt that you're blasting a classic band from the underground sea of Metal.

It is a shame that this band was active for such a short time, but nonetheless, they left us some really good music to enjoy, so remind yourselves to check this out.