CYTOLYSIS 'Surge of Cruelty' is as catchy as razor wire through flesh - technical, brutal death metal of the highest order...

Best known for his devastating performances behind the kit with the likes of Deeds of Flesh, Goratory and Eschaton, Darren Cesca's feverish creativity has also led him down a dark and twisted path to his solo project of unnatural savagery - CYTOLYSIS. The debut album 'Portraits of Malevolence' crawled into the light back in 2020 and now Cesca is ready to unleash the mind warping violence of its successor, the psychotic, inhuman and skin crawling entity that is 'Surge of Cruelty'.

Beginning with the contorted riffs of 'Your Slow Demise', 'Surge of Cruelty' hounds the listener down ever more bewildering passageways, through a maze of torments. Songs like 'Devout Sacrifice' are like stitched together, reanimated monstrosities that scrape away at your sanity and the relentless bludgeoning of implacable tracks like 'Consenting Brood' and 'Tribal Savagery' deliver blow upon blow, reducing flesh and bone to a morass of unidentifiable offal. Throughout 'Surge of Cruelty', lurking in those mists of terror, you'll also come face to face with a succession of brutal guest vocalists, with Mac Smith (Eschaton), Brian Forgue (Syphilic), Adam Mason (Goratory) and Flo Butcher (Tortured) all baying for blood. Finishing with two cataclysmic numbers, 'Innocence is Raped' - which possesses a melodic sensibility which does nothing to ameliorate its overwhelming force - and 'Hung from the Rafters', a scarring incision that will mark you for life, 'Surge of Cruelty' is as catchy as razor wire through flesh - technical, brutal death metal of the highest order.

With a wealth of mixing and mastering experience behind him it was natural that Darren Cesca would take on that role for his own project - and the results achieved are excellent. The dynamics and energy of the intense and extreme songs are deftly handled and every ounce of power harnessed and exploited to the max. With its discomforting artwork, 'Surge of Cruelty' will be let loose by Comatose Music on August 8th. CYTOLYSIS is here!

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Track Listing

• Your Slow Demise
• Devout Sacrifice
• Surge of Cruelty
• Consenting Brood
• A Blood-Soaked Offering
• Ritual Carnage (Instrumental)
• Tribal Savagery
• Tortured Flesh
• Mark of the Demons
• Innocence is Raped
• Hung from the Rafters

Additional Details

Label: Comatose Music

Genre: Metal

Run Time: 43:46 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/08/25

UPC: 827166541327