Description

‘Rotten Perish’ the third full length album from Messiah and its an album packed with back and forth riffs, drum tempos that change multiple times throughout a single song, an audible bass that holds its own, and a rhythm guitar style that is likely to lull you into a slow nodding headbanging before trying to break your neck with an extremely fast riff in a very sudden manner. Other noticeable little touches placed into this album are acoustic guitars in just the right places, and a strange into with suspiciously mellow music and a child's voice doing a spoken word intro. The production is perfect for this era and this style of music. Coming from Switzerland, and recording this in Morrisound (Florida) makes for an interesting mix, especially in 1992. Lyrically, there is a lot of social commentary and questioning of one's beliefs and faith. Other topics include depression, drug abuse, insanity, physical abuse, prison, Alzheimer's Disease, bigotry and a lot of time is spent dwelling on whether fate and redemption even exist. The overall concept seems to point directly at religion and god, if god exists, as a cause of pain and suffering. Overall, I would say that if you're a fan of late 80s and early 90s thrash with a hint of death metal and a touch of experimentation, you'll like this. 2010 remastered re-issue with new booklet, liner notes and a bonus cd Track listing: 1. Prelude: Act of Fate 2. For Those Who Will Fail 3. Living with a Confidence 4. Raped Bodies 5. Lines of Thought of a Convicted Man 6. Contrition 7. Condemned Cell 8. Dreams of Eschaton-Manilla Road cover 9. Anorexia Nervosa 10. Deformed Creatures 11. Alzheimer's Disease 12. Ascension of a Divine Ordinance Disc 2: Live in Berlin 1993 13. Cautio Criminalis/Living with a Confidence 14. Raped Bodies 15. Condemned Cell 16. Choir Of Horrors/Akasha Chronicle 17. Weeping Willow 18. Lycantropus Erectus 19. Psychomorphia