{"product_id":"belexum-belexum-lp","title":"Belexum - Belexum LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe traditional-metal-imagery-meets-Nigerian-film-poster cover art (courtesy of Devin Toye) and skerrick of content provided by the labels’ press release had me highly intrigued by the debut from New York \/ Canadian death metal group Belexum. The music within well and truly exceeded that anticipation. What an exhilarating display of anguished human emotion and intense musical precision!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApparently there’s some hardcore\/crust credentials from the members, and I can feel a proximity to punk (especially the darkness of Flux\/Peni\/Amibex), but this isn’t some dumbed down death metal dabbler stuff. There is a vision and imagination here beyond conjuring the energy and assembling some one dimensional junk food riffs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelexum fills the void left by Bay Area’s Succumb whose ‘XXI’ (The Flenser, 2021… will they return?) remains a favourite of mine and also brought to mind Finland’s Aedes debut EP ‘Odious Imprecation’ (Blood Harvest, 2024) in how they pair a dense and bamboozling riff labyrinth with hardcore\/crossover energy. A great sounding recording too, there’s a band-in-a-room feel, a collective unhingedness and weird metaphysical air to the extremely disciplined performance like, say, Gorguts, Krallice and Faceless Burial. So sick, we should have ordered more! – Nic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2690841158\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/transylvanianrecordings.bandcamp.com\/album\/belexum\"\u003eBELEXUM by BELEXUM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Midheaven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133286801590,"sku":null,"price":34.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9119\/8390\/files\/a3366224677_10.jpg?v=1779160023","url":"https:\/\/repressedrecords.com\/products\/belexum-belexum-lp","provider":"Repressed Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}