Reprisal - Boundless Human Stupidity (2000)^{Release ID: 36470}

With speedy guitars and hellbent vocals, this is very much a European blend of brutal death metal and deathcore. While nowadays, I don't mind the pained grinding of that mix, the mundane structure sounds a bit dull (though never really going verse-chorus) when you're expecting the complexity of those genres back then. For that reason, the only song that really slightly stands out is "The Shadow of Mankind", reminding me of Underoath at that time.

So all we have is an inhuman yet stupid attempt at mixing Hatebreed with Obituary, only coming out with a slightly worse result than that Deformity EP. I prefer to get my deathcore from Embodyment's debut and in 21st Century bands that sadly get more hate than this trash-fest....

Favorites (only song I even slightly like): "The Shadow of Mankind"