The bio received with the cd, states the origin of Cropment occurred in 1999,with Stephan Fehr on guitar, Claudio Furrer (drums), and Adrian Vogel (G). Hence,”Spiral of violence” is band’s overdue debut, having a total spinning time of approx 47 mins with eleven tracks on board. These are extremely well packaged in terms of cover, cd content and sound production.

The Swiss, five-piece playing style can be closely typecast primarily as death metal. Moreover, their temperamental riffs and vocals are far more expansive, characteristically not located on bands from the genre. Band”s thrash, death, grindcore influences stand out foremost through Rene Barthoulot”s throat that juggles with torrid, shriek and piercing effect. And, surprisingly it”s so wonderfully crafted that it totally harmonizes with the guitar narratives. On the other hand the guitar sound is sharp, yet not thick, as I had wished for. And, will definitely remind you of old At the gates. Drums by Claudio have eighties thrash snare sound; that along with thumping bass guitar of Patrik keeps the things over the top. Mind you the overall speed isn’t super sonic, and the music fluctuates between DM, GCM, B/DM.

Cropment has enough credentials lyrically-hate, pain, violence, suffering, combined with unmatched aggression creates a raw blasphemous appeal. Classy ones are “day after day” (track3), “atheistic thoughts” (track6), “hypnotic mass suggestion” (track8). Fans of “Suffocation”, “At the gates”,”Morbid Angel”, get up, you have a band that mixes them all with a unique modern approach