There is movement beneath the soil, the earth shifting and resettling, sinking and splitting, as if the very foundations of the world are beginning to crumble.
Down in the darkness, in the unseen kingdom of worms, an eye is burning brightly; sinews shaped by strange sorcery strain against their horrid confinement and bone fingers dig towards the light.
Rotting teeth gnaw at roots and rubble that dare to impede the creature’s passage through this cold and suffocating birth canal. There are things in this world that simply will not die, no matter how deeply they are buried…
We often hear of “lost gems’ from the underground, forgotten albums that should have been hailed as great works, but somehow slipped down the cracks of public perception. In most cases these treasures prove to be so much fool’s gold and dust, wistful thinking and nostalgia…but sometimes, on rare occasions, something truly special claws its way up from the boneyard and into the night air. Something like CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE’s “Exempting Reality”. Originally released back in 2001, “Exempting Reality” was the only album released by New York’s CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, but what an album it was! A piece of death metal mastery that blended brutality with imagination, haunting atmosphere with musical adventure, crushing heaviness with a breathtaking willingness to explore and push boundaries. Now, the label that understands death metal better than any other – Comatose Music – has broken open “Exempting Reality’s” tomb. Remastered by Colin Davis (ABORTED, DEFEATED SANITY, ORIGIN etc), with new cover art, “Exempting Reality” is an album reborn.
The passing years have done nothing to blunt the vicious edges of the songs that make up “Exempting Reality”, or to dull the creative spirit that infuses them. “Abusive Power’ is still shockingly good with its array of stunning riffs and wonderful drumming. “Remnants Of The Final Solution’ remains revelatory with its fluid melodic section and jazz inflections, and the surging guitar patterns and imposing vocals of “Deranged Perception’ are as hypnotic and deadly as a cobra. If you missed this before then don’t make that mistake again – second chances don’t come along every day and nor do albums as special as CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE’s “Exempting Reality”. Coming your way on Comatose Music on January 17th, 2025.
Tracklist:
01. Beaten and Dismembered.mp3
02. Abusive Power.mp3
03. Remnants of the Final Solution.mp3
04. Null and Void.mp3
05. Exempting Reality.mp3
06. Deranged Perception.mp3
07. Resulting in Homicide.mp3
