DEFEATED SANITY — Chronicles of Lunacy (review)

DEFEATED SANITY — Chronicles of Lunacy album cover Album · 2024 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Chronicles of Lunacy" is the seventh full-length studio album by German death metal act Defeated Sanity. The album was released through Season of Mist in November 2024. It´s the successor to "The Sanguinary Impetus" from 2020. Both "Disposal of the Dead / Dharmata" (2016) and "The Sanguinary Impetus" saw Defeated Sanity toying with a more technical and at times even progressive death metal sound, but "Chronicles of Lunacy" is a slightly more back to the roots brutal death metal release...

...which of course isn´t completely true. Defeated Sanity have learned a few tricks from creating the last couple of albums, and "Chronicles of Lunacy" is still a highly technical death metal release. The technical playing is on this release just an element of the band´s brutal death metal sound, instead of being one of the pillars of said sound, which was the case on the last couple of releases. Defeated Sanity are an incredibly well playing unit and especially band founder and drummer Lille Gruber plays some otherwordly fast-paced and difficult drum patterns. It´s hard not to drop the jaw while listening to his playing. The vocals are unintellible and quite one-dimensional growling. They are as on most Defeated Sanity releases the weak link of the music.

The raw, brutal, and massive sound production suits the music well, and upon conclusion "Chronicles of Lunacy" is another strong statement from Defeated Sanity. It´s nice to hear them returning a bit to the more brutal sound of their past while still holding on to the more mature and intriguing songwriting approach of the last couple of releases. I think they´ve found a good balance on this album. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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