PRIMAL CODE — Opaque Fixation (review)

PRIMAL CODE — Opaque Fixation album cover Album · 2024 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Opaque Fixation" is the debut full-length studio album by US, Illinois based death metal act Primal Code. The album was released through Relapse Records in November 2024. Primal Code formed in 2021 as the trio of Will Lindsay (bass), Jamer Farn (drums), and Gene Marino (vocals, guitars) and released a demo in 2022, and an EP and a split with The Gavel during 2023.

Stylistically "Opaque Fixation" is pretty much more of the same if you´re familiar with the preceding releases by the band. Ultra heavy and brutal old school death metal, which is predominantly slow- to mid-paced (although they have picked up the pace a slight bit on this one). It´s artists like Asphyx, Grave, and Bolt Thrower who are the main influences, and it´s fans of artits in that end of the death metal scale, who´ll find "Opaque Fixation" interesting.

The music is well performed and it´s audible that Primal Code aren´t new to playing music. "Opaque Fixation" features a brutal and detailed sounding production too and upon conclusion it´s a good quality death metal release from Primal Code, and they are certainly a band too look out for in the future. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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