Necrot - Lifeless Birth
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- Very solid and straight death metal
- Good, unfussy listen
Necrot is a metal band from the San Francisco Bay region. On 12th April 2024, the US-American trio is releasing their third album, Lifeless Birth. I had the opportunity to have a listen beforehand – and now share my thoughts with you.
Necrot – About The Artists
Necrot is a death metal trio from Oakland in California. They have been founded in 2011 by Chad Gailey (drums) and Luca Indrio (guitars, bass, vocals) and Kyle House (guitars) One year later, Sonny Reinhardt joined the band and replaced Kyle House as the guitarist. After some demos, they released their full-length album Blood Offerings in 2017. Three years later, they published the last album so far, Mortal. In both cases, the reviews of the albums has been really good.
Necrot – Lifeless Birth – Track by Track
The seven song album lasts 40 minutes.

1. Cut The Cord
Necrot are death metal. Nothing more, nothing less. Unfussy and Straight. The opener Cut The Cord illustrates that already in wonderful style. You get the forceful, straight package you expect. The trio simply does it well. The opener does not come with any surprises – which is a very positive statement in that context.
2. Lifeless Birth
Lifeless Birth is a bit slower and groovier, but follows the philosophy I stated about the opener. You know what you get – and they do it well. The song moves through different sections and themes, which feels to me very harmonic. There is a certain steadiness in the title track of the album.
3. Superior
Even though Superior does have some more virtuous sections, it is really hard to point special or outstanding characteristics of the song. The band continues with their reliable, a bit of sluggish style. Rhythm machine Chad Galley does not seem to get tired driving his bandmates, the guitar and bass work solid and Luca Indrio is grunting for five minutes.
4. Drill The Skull
Drill The Skull has been one of the two single releases of Lifeless Birth yet. The almost six minute listen is likely the peak of what you could either call reliability – or monotony. The song works perfectly as background melody for a death metal-inspired party – but it won’t catch you too much to dig deeper into the lyrics. Especially if you have heard the three tracks before.
5. Winds Of Hell
The fifth track, Winds Of Hell, is comparably short again (“just” 4:32 minutes). It does come with some increases of speed and energy, but then does not turn it into a special feature, something which makes you especially listen to this song. Nonetheless, I liked it.
6. Dead Memories
Dead Memories comes with a slight tough of black metal. This does lead to some excitement. The review might sound very negative so far – but like the songs before, the song is a good listen. And, despite that it lasts almost six and a half minute, it does not get boring
7. The Curse
The chucker-out takes the most time. The Curse takes you on a 8:39 minute journey with the band. Some stomping parts lead to a nice dynamic in the song. Again, Nercrot create an entertaining listen with a cool death metal groove.
Necrot – Lifeless Birth – Spotify
Here is the album on Spotify:
Necrot – Lifeless Birth – My View
Necrot rather feels like a good, old friend you know very well. You need these kind of things in life as well. If you are looking for an exciting death metal love affair, Lifeless Birth is not your right choice. Nonetheless, the album is an absolutely solid and well-done listen by the US-American trio with Scandinavian roots.
Favorite Song: Dead Memories
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