SULTRY OBSESSION

"Sultry Obssession" is an EP release by French death metal act Supuration. The four-track, 13:09 minutes long EP was independently released in November 1990. A demo version of the EP also exists which features three tracks, because track number 1 and 2 from the EP are only listed as one song on the demo version of the release. Other than that the demo version and the EP version feature the same material.

Stylistically Supuration play a rhythmically varied and for the time brutal type of death metal, but featuring both thrashy riffs and progressive songwriting ideas. Eerie sounding keyboards suddenly appear and there´s also some Voivod Sci-fi influenced dissonance and futuristic "robotic" clean vocals. This is still first and foremost a death metal release though, and the progressive songwriting ideas only occur here and there as spice and atmosphere enchancing moments. Supuration would further develop their style over the next couple of years and release a highly progressive death metal debut album in "The Cube" (1993).

Upon conclusion "Sultry Obssession" is a very impressive EP release from Supuration. Considering that the material is culled from a 1990 death metal demo it´s quite advanced in the songwriting department, and there´s some high level musicianship on display here too. Add to that a near-professional studio sound production and "Sultry Obssession" comes off quite intriguing. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

(Originally posted on Metal Music Archives).