Ferosity – De-Evolution
Release Date: 7th November 2025
Label: Selfmadegod Records
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Genre: Death Metal
FFO: Morbid Angel, Deicide.
Review By: Andy Spoon
Fans of Euro-style death metal will really be happy to check out Ferosity’s latest offering, De-Evolution, which is scheduled for release on November 7th, 2025. The album tracks with a distinct consistency that really shows maturity and thoughtful process in creating and releasing the album. One of the things that really stuck out to me was the blasting bass guitars throughout the whole product, which I think will really reach out to fans of death metal that features a big bass guitar (Ex. Cryptopsy) sounds. It should be noted that the bass and vocals are part of the same repertoire of Szymon Milc, who handles both duties. Safe to say, it’s good to be the King and be able to make sure that the bass gets to the front of the mix. I applaud Milc for that.
Coming out of Warsaw, Poland, the band certainly isn’t part of a shortage of strong death metal acts from that region. However, some of the bigger names have drawn some sharp criticism in recent years for losing touch with that original European death metal sound. I think that, perhaps, Ferosity wanted to bring back some of the older school vibes in a modern context. My personal view of De-Evolution (aptly-name, by the way) was that it really harkened to stuff that I would have placed in the genre many years ago. Not necessarily in your “first wave, second wave” type of genre-splitting, but in a way that pointed to some of the techniques and vibes that made this style of death metal so distinct from the American counterparts in the 1990s.
The album maintains a fairly high energy level from start to finish, kicking off with Last Breath, a track which opens up huge and ends huge. There’s a seriously-good balance between the rhythm guitars and the Morbid-Angel-esque vocals (atop the monstrous bass guitar). Listeners will notice the polished nature of the drums, which doesn’t leave anything to be desired, leaning a little more into the more-modern elements of modern death. However, the tracks just keep on chugging along with massive intensity and speed, something that I enjoyed as the level of energy was more than enough to keep my own ADHD at bay, which might be something that I consider a strong compliment to any artist.
The album features 10 tracks, most in the same time range. It’s safe to say that this album tends to feel like something that is a playlist of the band’s best work of recent years, rather than some specific album-wide message. That’s absolutely not a discredit to Ferosity; it’s merely an observation that the album isn’t trying to be anything it’s not, at least to my observation. This is not going to be something that you are going to need to light up a bowl to enjoy. You could easily swap most of these tracks onto a playlist at any time. They are all higher energy. Each track has a level of finishing polish that will not muddy up a killer playlist with bands like Morbid Angel or Suffocation. I’ll say that my favorite track on the album was Loudless Scream, a track which embodies a great mix of older-school tributes with extremely-modern touches of wailing guitars and lethal vocal attack.
Overall, I liked this album and thought that it absolutely belongs on a list of death metal that genre fans should check out. The wide-range vocal attack, old school influence, thudding bass guitar, and polished performance make De-Evolution an album that fans of pure death metal will absolutely want to spin this week. My rating is ⅘, or what I like to claim as “very good” – or something that really stands out from the myriad amounts of releases this month in death metal. I don’t think you’d be doing yourselves any favors to pass on it!
(4 / 5)
