Burning Inside
Apparition

You should know that where I live, if you don't submit to the pub-club ritual, the city doesn't offer much in terms of entertainment. Since I have never, and I mean never accepted this ritual except for birthdays or as a joke, many evenings have been spent in some shady pub, talking nonsense about women, engines, football, but mostly music and movies. Sometimes, to spend some Saturdays differently, what did we decide to do? Well, it’s simple, everyone came to my place to watch a good '80s horror movie, drinking beer and eating popcorn.
Well, you might be wondering what all this has to do with the review I'm about to write. It's simple: the album I'm about to discuss could easily describe scenes from a typical horror movie, those full of grotesque monsters, ghosts (the legendary Ghostbusters, especially the first movie), and unsettling presences.

However, the difference between a simple soundtrack and a true album, if not excellent but of great quality, lies in the fact that here there's a certain drummer who is the backbone of the group named Richard Christy (former drummer of Death, Control Denied, and Iced Earth).
His work on the drums (and in this case also on the keyboards) weaves together a book of gruesome tales in which it will be a daunting task not to be scared, such is the brilliance (in the sense of skill) of this R. Christy, who doesn’t let us catch our breath with frantic and complex rhythms.
Burning Inside is a group of notable musicians, not famous in the metal scene, who, if not for what in my opinion is the non-versatile work of the singer-bassist, could compete with big death groups like, firstly, the never too lamented Death (you'll always be in our hearts Chuck!), but also Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, etc.

The genre proposed is death metal enriched by the technique of these individuals. The structure of the songs is rarely linear; there are often tempo changes, breaks, solos (in some, you can glimpse moments that recall Death's Symbolic), but the beauty is that despite their complexity, they do not require a lot of concentration, and this is a great strength of the songs and the group. The guitar work is sharp and precise, with solos not always entirely inspired but definitely in tune with the tracks. The drums are not recorded perfectly, even though the sounds are quite clear; sometimes the volumes of the cymbals are not appropriate, which is a bit of a flaw considering the exuberant work done by Christy (especially full of embellishments with the infinite number of cymbals he uses). The same goes for the bass, as it is slightly overshadowed by the ever-present double bass drum (and how!).
The album's artwork is, let's say it, rather crude, and the fact that the song lyrics are included doesn't raise the rating by much. Just look at the cover depicting a painting of a dark scenario where an evil spirit wants to possess a poor maiden lying naked on a bed in an ancient castle. But the truth is that if the band photos inside the booklet are really ugly and ridiculous (everyone with weapons as if you couldn't tell they're toys) and the recording might not be top-notch, today it's hard in this area to find musicians of this level capable of conveying emotions with tracks of a certain quality.
For this reason, I passionately recommend, if you like the genre, to purchase this little disc that I assure you won’t bore you on the first, second, or third listen, given the significant nuances you perceive listen after listen.
Keep on rotting!