Artist: Re-Buried
Country: USA
Label: Translation Loss Records
Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD
Year: 2025
Two years and a half after the release of the band’s debut album, ‘Repulsive Nature’, Re-Buried returns to the front with a new album. At this time and age it is almost unique to see a band taking a bit of time to follow-up their previously released material. With all modern amenities and options it is rather easy to work at a considerable speed, as a result many bands rush from one recording to another but in the process forget to write decent songs that have a lasting impression. Re-Buried, hailing from Seattle, USA, is none such band. ‘Repulsive Nature’ already was a great example of well-composed Death Metal with enough crunch and technical abilities on display, this new album is a logical continuation of that path…
In fact, ‘Flesh Mourning’ is even more than a logical continuation. It is a record that shows a band on a mission, almost in the same sort of fashion as many of today’s Australian Death Metal bands or those acts found at the 20 Buck Spin roster. ‘Flesh Mourning’ might have a record cover that feels closely related to both its title and the band name, yet, it offers a far more advanced sort of Death Metal. While the average Death Metal fan will still be enjoying the majority that the band serves us with, it is definitely fodder for those who seek something that goes beyond contemporary standards.
This new album, even more than its preceding piece of work, is a beast with shape-shifting abilities that is playing hide-and-seek with both old school aesthetics and more modern sounding progressiveness. As said, in that regard, Re-Buried fits well in today’s generation of Australian Death Metal bands like VoidCeremony, Altars, Sarcophagum and Faceless Burial or Canada’s Tomb Mold or Chaotian from Denmark. That also means that the Cannibal Corpse comparison of the debut album doesn’t make sense anymore. Re-Buried clearly took off with the release of this sophomore record, ridding themselves of the last bits and pieces of interchangeability and taking on the guise of a musical chameleon, not afraid to show any renewing colors.
That means we are being treated on a barrage of different riffs that are woven together in stunning technical fashion, yet without loosing anything of their song writing abilities. The band goes effortlessly from meaty, chugging grooves to dreamy and jazzy leads and from a slower and menacing pace to more pummeling rhythms. A musical soundscape in which every instrument has its place and moment to shine, making the whole experience something that you can go back to every time to discover something new.
While ‘Flesh Mourning’ is a stunningly great album and a solid step-up from their debut, it might also be fair to conclude that Re-Buried is a band that is still growing and progressing. Maybe they are not yet on the same level of the bands I mentioned to draw musical parallels with, but the steps taken in terms of balancing atmosphere, technicality, catchiness and overall song writing is simply more than promising.
