Record Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
Year: 2022
Rating: 10/10
The act to express what lies behind sullen eyes, eyes which bare no emotional content, to impart onto another soul what lurks within a fractured mind, for it is like sharing an open wound for another to feel its searing pain, but how can one truly show that which its contours cannot be felt, for which the tongue cannot taste? How does one paint the destruction that a fire brings forth to a field of wheat? For mere words to impart life onto energy so malefic in nature can be as difficult as erecting a house upon the sand, its structure will never truly be stable in its effort.
“Procreate Inverse” by Black Fucking Cancer is an album where the musical construct paints the most vivid excerpt of true chaos…the chaos that is inflicted upon a splintered consciousness, where one may be cornered by soft walls, their hands bounded from reaching salvation that is tempted between the wrist and razor. My words may evoke a sense of negativity in dissecting this release, and while the aura that is summoned forth is draped in such repugnant human misanthropy…I personally believe it unfolds itself as a positive towards “Procreate Inverse”, for is that not the purpose of art? The scales should never be tipped towards the side that represents all good, and where Black Fucking Cancer is concerned, the seed that is sown within these musical notes represents the most virulent strain of malice, the very cacophony of voices that can entice another to paint the skies in crimson. It is because of this unhinged nature that showcases the pinnacle of this album.
The instrumentation that becomes the flesh and blood of this beast, the very vital core of its pulsating existence is what graces the album with its visceral nature, for the way the chords and percussions meander and branch off into different segments whether it be frenetic or technical gives more the feeling that these notes are merely an extension of that which is felt beyond the physical confinements of one’s spirit. Tracks such as “Obscene Lusting Dagger“ and “Eradic Hate” are testaments wherein the musical architecture dispels a malevolent air to its composition, but it is also the vocals that morph this energy, shaping it to its will with its vile and repugnant sermons spewed forth. In my opinion, the vocal becomes the very element that injects a sort of…human characteristic into the album, for it conjures an image where one’s will has withered away into nothingness and all that remains is pure bloodlust and hate.
If one may choose to press the chalice against their lips, to drink upon that which holds the most contemptuous and vile essence of human nature, to inhale its aura, ingest the beast from which carnage is born. If that moment can be translated into the act of sound, to harness the raw and unbridled energy that compels one to sever the silver threads of humanity and castrate the tongue that speaks of light, I believe “Procreate Inverse” would become that unstable energy that humans wish to act upon, to give into that carnal desire, even if it be for a fleeting moment.
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