Pyrexia
Sermon of Mockery

4.0
excellent

Review

by Passname USER (10 Reviews)
June 9th, 2013 | 43 replies

Release Date: 1993 | Tracklist

Review Summary: COME ON AND SLAM, AND WELCOME TO THE JAM

You like Suffocation yes? You like brutal riffage yes? You like mindcrushing breakdowns yes? Well then this is for you!
Pyrexia is a brutal death metal band formed in 1990 hailing from Long Island, New York. The empire state has seen its fair share of legendary death metal acts such as Immolation, Suffocation, Morpheus Descends, and so on. I do not hesitate to put Pyrexia’s 1993 release Sermon of Mockery up there with those greats. They are ‘suffoclones’ there is no denying it that, but who’s complaining? It is clear they do not quite reach the level of talent or charisma of the aforementioned godfathers of crushing old school death metal. Nor does this release have the greatest production and guitar tone. The vocals and drums are a little high in the mix as well. Yet Pyrexia manages to overcome this simply by repeatedly bashing in your face with a sledgehammer. The slamming and jamming and constant brutality never ends until you are convinced that a malevolent god or demigod is going to send their legion of demons to impale you with a spear through your asshole not unlike the poor souls on the album cover. The breakdowns here are massive enough to make you believe that a vortex from hell lined with razor sharp blades is going to swallow you up and have you freefall for an eternity of flesh ripping torment. Oh what was that you said you like solos? *** that *** you aren’t getting off easy. You only get some more blasphemy and some more grooving slamz of trvth. Clocking in at a robust 34 minutes this album does not overstay it’s welcome. Trust me it has no time for queef. Now get this already or die.

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3.9
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Rank: #123 for 1993

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Passname June 9th 2013 317 Comments	Hey you what you gunna do?

oltnabrick June 10th 2013 40621 Comments	Album Rating: 4.0 um

facupm June 10th 2013 11849 Comments	um.

Passname June 10th 2013 317 Comments	PARTY PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE LETS GO

KILL July 6th 2013 81580 Comments	this is ok yea

Passname July 7th 2013 317 Comments	well sputnik doesn't even like Suffocation that much so it's no surprise. They will endlessly slob on Death's knob but Breeding the Spawn has a 10 page thread.

KILL July 7th 2013 81580 Comments	well death are better but yea

Fozzie October 23rd 2013 506 Comments	Album Rating: 2.5 Review sucks. As for this album, it's not bad. It's brutal, but not on the same level as Suffocation. These guys are not technical either. The production is decent. Drums are too loud but at least they sound good. Riffs are decent. Inhumanity, title track, and God are good tracks. Guy Marchais was one of the guitarists for this album. That is where the Suffocation influence comes from. He was the original Suffocation guitarist before Cerrito. He is now back with Suffocation since the Souls to Deny album.

Passname October 24th 2013 317 Comments	review sucks but you agree with most of my relevant points. Ok bud.

MosesMalone October 24th 2013 1836 Comments	Review's not great, but then again it's a Pyrexia album, how much do you really need to say? Props for the slam love, bunch of bitches around here.

FearTheAggression June 25th 2016 289 Comments	Album Rating: 5.0 This album is fucking sick! I would complain about the drums being too loud but I absolutely love his playing.

brainmelter Contributing Reviewer July 5th 2016 8320 Comments	Album Rating: 3.5 awe ye

FearTheAggression July 19th 2016 289 Comments	Album Rating: 5.0 Favorite songs on the album? For me....God, Abominat, Sermon of Mockery

evilford July 19th 2016 64025 Comments	Album Rating: 4.0 god I haven't heard this in forever, didn't know it even had a review haha sweet

FearTheAggression July 19th 2016 289 Comments	Album Rating: 5.0 I'm glad it had a review too. I found that when I listen to my expensive headphones versus on my laptop, you can hear the guitar a little better. m/

FearTheAggression July 19th 2016 289 Comments	Album Rating: 5.0 I was really disappointed to find out that the vocalist and drummer didn't do any other work in their careers

FearTheAggression July 13th 2017 289 Comments	Album Rating: 5.0 I find myself always coming back to this album when I wanna mosh around my room all by myself

Deathconscious November 14th 2017 27347 Comments	best summary ever.

Deathconscious November 15th 2017 27347 Comments	goddamn i love the production on this. the drums sound kinda shitty but everything else is perfect. the bass is audible as fuck and i love it.

Hawks November 15th 2017 86937 Comments	Gotta jam this.

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