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HYPERDONTIA
Harvest Of Malevolence

Me Saco Un Ojo / Dark Descent (2024)
Rating: 7.5/10

Danish / Turkish outfit Hyperdontia may not be happy with me calling them a “reliable” death metal act, but that’s exactly what they have become. You’ll hear better albums than this but Hyperdontia are a consistent brood that provides solid death metal that does exactly what is inscribed on the coffin lid.

As yet I’m still to hear the combo shift out of their comfort zone, whereas bands such as Tomb Mold has spattered their darker shades with colour. Even so, Harvest Of Malevolence, Hyperdontia’s third full-length, is a crushing release that will no doubt stir the soupy depths of the underground. The deep, churning macabre mobility expressed throughout this opus showcases what we already know in that Hyperdontia carves out massive chunks of grisly doom which usually slip into a chilling slurry of horror.

‘Defame Flesh’ follows such a route, its opening a colossal dirge before the riffs become skittish forays of blustery bludgeoning. ‘Pervasive Rot’ begins with an aching melody streaked with the expected guttural coughs, but at the one minute mark the riffs chug with such a squalid horror. Blackened pace is never far away as the melody drifts and swirls like a cold vapour. Meanwhile, ‘Servant To A Cripple God’ brings extra sweeping pace; a tirade of percussion amidst the grim waves of the snaking riffs.

Hyperdontia doesn’t rely on any sort of unorthodox measure. Instead, each song, ranging from ‘Irrevocable Disaster’ to ‘Pestering Lamentations’, exists as a rather balanced but, dare I say, restrained torrent. To an extent the garish cover art doesn’t match the music within, which is essentially no frills death metal that is both fleshy and bulbous but often lacking variety even when the cauldron of gloop is stirred.

If I was in a band I wouldn’t want my fans to describe my music as consistent and reliable, but that’s exactly what Hyperdontia have become. There’s nothing wrong with those qualities, I just expected more bite this time round. Nevertheless, Hyperdontia remains a wholesome meal.

Neil Arnold

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