Before I get into the analysis of ‘Preface To Erase’, its very important for me to talk you through the conviction this band has stood for, during five years of its existence, filled with a no compromise attitude. It hasn’t been easy for Undying Inc who have been criticized enough for primarily being a basement band, over-indulged in Pantera styled music, and a feeble act on stage. I think the band has sat over all this, and there has been a remarkable turnaround considering their immensely tight stage prowess witnessed by me over last one year.

Although this studio outing took a long time to shape up, nevertheless looking at the artwork, production and packaging I must conclude, the wait has paid-off. All 7 songs on the album are distinct be it construction of rhythm or pace. Which enhances much anticipated variety, and doesn’t remind of similarities to majority of monotonous hard/thrash core releases.

Album opener ‘Perfect Hate’ starts with a thick viscous riff, throwing a headswing mood right from scratch to finish. All this when combined with Amitabh’s illustrious thrashy vocals, filled with tons of hate, act   as a splendid fresh beginning. When you have lyrics like ”A burning state, my name is hate, I cry aloud, fuck fate” I think you are about to feast on the diet of an authentic outflow of emotions, defining the bands of the genre. Mind you Biswarup’s guitar structures might sound a liitle stale especially on this song, provided you have heard enough of Obituary of mid nineties. But still they manage to roll a vibe, which is unmatched by most bands the country.   Drum sound on this song is relatively smoggier comparing with other songs. justification for which can be given best by the band. I am still wondering whether they kept it that way deliberately? Thunderous opening!!

Track 2 ‘Shadow’ seems replicating and expanding whatever first track stood for. There’s an enormous outflow of energy from those pinch harmonics laced greasy riffs and skin peeling ‘Dimebag signature’ lead parts. Those run over those chunky bass grove lines during the intermediate section. The last shell catches ‘Amitabh’ equating his larynx stretching to that of Max Cavelera’s on ‘Straighthate’ from ‘Roots’. The thrash bent on the rhythms has fair similarities from Sepultura’s thrash of 90’s.

Next track ‘Burn’ is a personal favorite; it opens off with a demented leads in the background, OFF you are to a flyer of midtone classic thrash plus scales of hardcore. It will be criminal on my part to compare this track to any other band, because this truly is a CULT display of mixing junk groves to captivating mean solos. Listening to it 30 seconds paat 2 minutes till the end is sure to send a chill across your spinal cord. Biswarup you created a frenzy of sorts! Who’s Andreas Kisser? (Andreas fans spare my blood!).

Midway on the release,’ Chaotic impulse’ discharges fresher fumes of rotting, as this one is little more down tuned, reptile and venomous. The lead portion on this song is very similar to Pantera’s legendary legacy of streaming leads over zero rhythms & thumping bass. Moreover drum triplets & a superlative roll treatment & a gentle double base roll outro by ‘Sangyt’ stands out adding a unique flair to this song. An amazing display of control & conviction on this one!
Title track ‘Preface to Erase’ is up next, over here it starts getting a little repetitive, may be all this is due to an exceedingly annoying slow. Oh, wait a second! The meatloaf arrives 2 minutes into the song, right after first solo, its kind of a stop and go high-end conveyor riff. Grabbing you by the neck giving a slam, a slam and another slam! After listening to which I feel like changing my above-mentioned opinion, terming it monotonous. Probably I was being judgmental too early. It’s sure to build up on you in a couple of spins. Another juggernaut!!

Final track on the EP is ‘Existence failure’ runs on a flatter, a faster, fit in the initial spinning of 30 seconds, and then twists, ripping through a cascading ‘Hatebreed’ fashioned riffing. It’s rapturous, combining power elements from New wave of American metal. The penultimate section is corrosive, acidic and leaves you cribbing for more.
In nutshell, ‘Preface to erase’ is a perfect amalgamation of Energy & Emotion! Grab it!