Relapse by Deep Underground
Dedicated to the memory of Edardo "Tato" Chaves, he recorded every single drum hit in this album. RIP
This album was recorded between 2013 and 2018 in San José, Costa Rica.
Death metal influenced by several metal sub genres like black, progressive, melodic death metal and metal core.
For fans of Septicflesh, Behemoth, Children of Bodom, Opeth & Dream Theatre.
Press & Reviews:
Who Said that Murder is Not Art comes in with a thrash metal feel, and, as the keyboards enter, takes on a slight Children of Bodom, or even Dream Theater, sensibility. I really dig the movement of the guitars here, and the way it is all arranged. Vocally, every track on this album is absolutely incredible. The extreme vocals aren’t boring, they change with the music to keep things interesting, and the clean vocals, when used, are also very well done. There’s a section on the middle of this one, which was actually the first thing I heard when I found the stream, that has a really incredible Middle Eastern influence, and is just one of many very well thought out parts. Also, the keyboard solos are mind boggling!!!
Chimera Magazine
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I’m inclined to say this was a cohesive LP front to back. Returning to my opening statements, Deep Underground did a quality job of creating their own world through the music. This was accomplished not only in the production stage of the process, but by way of the mastering engineer’s work as well. It’s apparent that this wasn’t his first mastered project and it showed throughout the collection by the consistency between songs.
Into the Pit with Annie
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Ejecutando un muy fino Death Metal Melódico, los nacionales DEEP UNDERGROUND estrenaron este domingo Relapse, su álbum debut.
“Las letras de Relapse tocan temas psicológicos principalmente, por ejemplo, hablamos de como la interacción social y las relacionales humanas nos afectan como individuos“, nos contó Gabriel Martínez, vocalista del conjunto nacido en Alajuela en el 2011.
La construcción de este material se remonta a 2013, cuando la banda empezó a trabajar algunas canciones con el productor Marcos Monnerat, sin embargo contratiempos e inactividad los llevaron a aplazar esta tan esperada placa discográfica.
Costa Rica Metal
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Do you know what happens when art rock meets Death Metal? Deep Underground debut album “Relapse” is the right answer. The perfect dose of art rock keyboarding with the high adrenalized aggression of Death Metal. “Relapse” is an album with a very neat instrumental as its predecessor the EP “Perspectives.” I’d say that the band sails away further into art rock waters in “Relapse.”
Metal Addicts
Tracklist
| 1. | Walk in The Fire | 4:05 |
| 2. | Perspectives | 5:01 |
| 3. | Lullaby ft. Niemand (Suppressor) | 3:53 |
| 4. | Who Said that Murder is not an Art | 5:30 |
| 5. | Printed in My Skin | 5:18 |
| 6. | The Red Sun is Arriving | 4:17 |
| 7. | Autumn Leaf ft. Marcos Monnerat (TMIC) | 5:08 |
| 8. | Filling the Endless Void | 3:10 |
| 9. | Herbal Life | 4:45 |
| 10. | Undeniable Murder | 4:02 |
| 11. | The Devil's Fire | 5:24 |
| 12. | Relapse | 6:27 |
Credits
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Marcos Monnerat
Music & Lyrics by Deep Underground
Drums recorded by Eduardo "Tato" Chaves
License
All rights reserved.
Costa Rican death metal act with black, melodic and deathcore influences. Initially a thrash metal band formed in 2011 by guitarist Andrés Maroto in Alajuela. Their sound turned into death metal with the addition of Gabriel, later that year Sebastian joined the band playing synths and keyboard. In 2017 Daniel Fallas joined to play drums and in 2018 Leonardo Hidalgo became the bass player.