Boneripper is a Brutal Metallic Hardcore band hailing from the northern parts of the Netherlands. This brutal, energetic and straight-to-the-face band, released their second studio album World Ablaze, on May 24th, 2024, the band released their second studio album. The album was promoted by Qabar PR.
Introduction:
Boneripper, World Ablaze: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of World Ablaze
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Boneripper and their World Ablaze album.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Featuring an aggressive instrumental with a barrage of intricate and angular guitar riffs and punchy rhythms that drive the music. Relentless grooves are like a swarm of angry wasps. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves commanding singing and turbocharged vocals. The Third Sin—The Percussions: This involves a vast world of thunderous drums, pounding like a relentless storm.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: Like a sonic hurricane, swirling around you and pulling you into its extreme vortex.
Before pressing that play button, Boneripper features former and current members of Manu Armata, 13Steps and Bladecrusher. Notably, three of the five bandmates are blood brothers — the Glashouwer trio, consisting of WD, Jeljer, and Kees-Jan. Boneripper refuses to tread lightly as the new kids on the block. Instead, they build on the foundations of their previous bands, bringing their fury with searing riffs, relentless grooves, turbocharged vocals, and a “straight to your face” attitude.
As the play button is pressed, the listener is immediately thrust into the world of Boneripper‘s latest album. The opening track, Final Warning, is a forceful introduction, featuring an aggressive instrumental with a barrage of distorted guitars and thunderous drums. The song also includes a spoken audio clip intro, with a commanding voice warning of the impending sonic assault, setting the stage for the intense and visceral experience that awaits. The listener has no choice but to be swept away by the sheer power of the music.
The listener embarks on their journey with the second piece, The Abyss, and the remaining eight pieces, where the music does not disappoint those who love extreme, brutal, fast, heavy, in-your-face, raw fuel with power and bone-crushing music.
Boneripper themes of societal turmoil, from war and climate change to fake news and discrimination, the songs reflect on the despair these issues can evoke and the resilience required to persevere. Confronting the abyss that looms before them—a world torn apart by conflict, hatred towards each other, and the toxic ideologies of religious extremists—Boneripper encourages humanity to find the strength to pull themselves through, refusing to succumb to the darkness that threatens to consume humanity.
Boneripper‘s latest album is a testament to metallic hardcore’s raw and brutal power and precision. The record is a forbidden fruit of art, with meticulously crafted build-ups culminating in explosive climaxes. The intricate and angular guitar riffs demand your attention, while the infectious grooves compel you to move. The punchy rhythms drive the music forward, and the thunderous drumming forms a solid foundation. The intense and passionate vocals convey a tangible sense of anger and urgency. This amalgamation of elements creates an unrelenting intensity that saturates every track, delivering a captivating and visceral listening experience.
The production is solid and has a raw framework, a forbidden fruit of art that is enticing and dangerous. Boneripper‘s music is a testament to this, comprising the forbidden fruit of art devilmanship, providing the listener with a strong composition of instrumental and musical elements. This also includes intense songwriting, where each lyric is a carefully crafted expression of raw emotion and power.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Beyond Redemption. We want to give a shoutout to Qabar PR for letting us review Boneripper and their World Ablaze album. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “Fear Of Death”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Boneripper and their World Ablaze album.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, Boneripper’s music is a sensory explosion, igniting your senses and setting your body in motion with its energetic, straight-to-the-face music. From the moment the second song hits your eardrums, you’ll feel your blood pumping, your head banging, and your fists pumping in sync with the music’s raw energy. It’s like a sonic hurricane, swirling around you and pulling you into its extreme vortex.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
I love the brutal artwork; as the title says, World Ablaze looks like hell, and the Lovecraftian cosmos has ripped apart the world as the music does to the listener’s soul and ears.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Boneripper, and their album World Ablaze.
This concludes the Boneripper, World Ablaze review.
Track-Listing:
- Final Warning
- The Abyss
- Desolated
- Fear Of Death
- Mental Warfare
- Forever
- Xenophobic
- Hate is Hollow
- Rise Back Up
- Beyond Redemption
Boneripper is:
- Eric – guitars
- Jeljer – guitars
- WD – vocals
- Douwe – bass
- Kees-Jan – drums
