#pathogenic — Public Fediverse posts

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

Do managers want:

Only ONE person this week out sick?
Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

Do managers want:

Only ONE person this week out sick?
Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

Do managers want:

Only ONE person this week out sick?
Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

Do managers want:

Only ONE person this week out sick?
Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

For anyone nervious or with health anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMSv3zTFF1Y. It's Rebecca Watson's video, "No, Hantavirus is Not the Next Pandemic".

Advocate & vote for better conditions for working, parenting & disability.

Join or start a union at your work. You need no-fault sick leave, esp when local infections break out.

Do managers want:

Only ONE person this week out sick?
Or else a half-dozen in coming weeks?

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

Also wear masks or respirators. (Except the snood type ones. The rest are all better than nothing or *way* better than nothing.) Don't travel or commute to work when ill.
Advocate and vote for better conditions when working, parenting, and disabled. Join a union or start one at your workplace. Push for no-fault sick leave, especially when local infectious outbreaks flare up.
Check what air filtration systems are installed where people gather, mainly indoor spaces. Consider public transport, at work, schools, public buildings, and manufacturing. Ask some organisations what their air quality data and upgrade plans are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncfH7nKX74

#Hantavirus #Hantaan #Rodent #Rodents #Zoonosis #Zoonoses #Doctor #Doctors #Medicine #Medical #Sick #Sickness #ill #illness #Disease #Diseases #infect #infection #infectious #Virus #Viruses #Viral #Pathogen #Pathogens #Pathogenic #WHO #WorldHealthOrganisation #WorldHealthOrg #Science #Scientific #Experiment #Test #Tests #Testing #Epidemiology #Epidemiological #Public #Health #PublicHealth

#Cereals have natural resistance to #pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of #wheat
#Botany #Biology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01122601.html

#Cereals have natural resistance to #pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of #wheat
#Botany #Biology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01122601.html

#Cereals have natural resistance to #pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of #wheat
#Botany #Biology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01122601.html

#Cereals have natural resistance to #pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of #wheat
#Botany #Biology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01122601.html

#Cereals have natural resistance to #pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of #wheat
#Botany #Biology #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bot01122601.html

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now discovered how the #immune system prevents the transformation from a harmless colonizer to a #pathogenic mode.
#Microbiology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mcb12152501.html

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now discovered how the #immune system prevents the transformation from a harmless colonizer to a #pathogenic mode.
#Microbiology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mcb12152501.html

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now discovered how the #immune system prevents the transformation from a harmless colonizer to a #pathogenic mode.
#Microbiology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mcb12152501.html

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now discovered how the #immune system prevents the transformation from a harmless colonizer to a #pathogenic mode.
#Microbiology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mcb12152501.html

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now discovered how the #immune system prevents the transformation from a harmless colonizer to a #pathogenic mode.
#Microbiology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/mcb12152501.html

A new study shows that #microplastics in the natural #environment are colonized by #pathogenic and #antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team calls for urgent action for waste management and strongly recommends wearing gloves when taking part in beach cleans.
#Environmental #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/env11252501.html

A new study shows that #microplastics in the natural #environment are colonized by #pathogenic and #antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team calls for urgent action for waste management and strongly recommends wearing gloves when taking part in beach cleans.
#Environmental #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/env11252501.html

A new study shows that #microplastics in the natural #environment are colonized by #pathogenic and #antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team calls for urgent action for waste management and strongly recommends wearing gloves when taking part in beach cleans.
#Environmental #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/env11252501.html

A new study shows that #microplastics in the natural #environment are colonized by #pathogenic and #antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team calls for urgent action for waste management and strongly recommends wearing gloves when taking part in beach cleans.
#Environmental #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/env11252501.html

A new study shows that #microplastics in the natural #environment are colonized by #pathogenic and #antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team calls for urgent action for waste management and strongly recommends wearing gloves when taking part in beach cleans.
#Environmental #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/env11252501.html

New research reveals 47% decline in breeding female elephant #seals at sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following a highly #pathogenic #avian #influenza outbreak.
#MarineBiology #Virology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mb11142501.html

New research reveals 47% decline in breeding female elephant #seals at sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following a highly #pathogenic #avian #influenza outbreak.
#MarineBiology #Virology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mb11142501.html

New research reveals 47% decline in breeding female elephant #seals at sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following a highly #pathogenic #avian #influenza outbreak.
#MarineBiology #Virology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mb11142501.html

New research reveals 47% decline in breeding female elephant #seals at sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following a highly #pathogenic #avian #influenza outbreak.
#MarineBiology #Virology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mb11142501.html

New research reveals 47% decline in breeding female elephant #seals at sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following a highly #pathogenic #avian #influenza outbreak.
#MarineBiology #Virology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mb11142501.html

Let's play "Supervillain or #antifungal lipopeptides?"
Yuan et al. will go first...
...with a new study, showing that iturin and fengycin lipopeptides inhibit #pathogenic #Fusarium in #wheat, targeting components of the #cell membrane and more!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13933
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #JIPB #botany

Let's play "Supervillain or #antifungal lipopeptides?"
Yuan et al. will go first...
...with a new study, showing that iturin and fengycin lipopeptides inhibit #pathogenic #Fusarium in #wheat, targeting components of the #cell membrane and more!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13933
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #JIPB #botany

I'll have a rough day today, so I start @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday early with

#Pathogenic: Mass Grave Memory

https://song.link/nzxmrht7bnmbp

#ProgressiveDeathMetal
#ProgressiveMathMetal

FFO #CelestialSanctuary #TheLastOfLucy #Substructure

I'll have a rough day today, so I start @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday early with

#Pathogenic: Mass Grave Memory

https://song.link/nzxmrht7bnmbp

#ProgressiveDeathMetal
#ProgressiveMathMetal

FFO #CelestialSanctuary #TheLastOfLucy #Substructure

I'll have a rough day today, so I start @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday early with

#Pathogenic: Mass Grave Memory

https://song.link/nzxmrht7bnmbp

#ProgressiveDeathMetal
#ProgressiveMathMetal

FFO #CelestialSanctuary #TheLastOfLucy #Substructure

I'll have a rough day today, so I start @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday early with

#Pathogenic: Mass Grave Memory

https://song.link/nzxmrht7bnmbp

#ProgressiveDeathMetal
#ProgressiveMathMetal

FFO #CelestialSanctuary #TheLastOfLucy #Substructure

I'll have a rough day today, so I start @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday early with

#Pathogenic: Mass Grave Memory

https://song.link/nzxmrht7bnmbp

#ProgressiveDeathMetal
#ProgressiveMathMetal

FFO #CelestialSanctuary #TheLastOfLucy #Substructure

Pathogenic – Crowned in Corpses Review

By Tyme

Lowell, Massachusetts, is the hometown of boxer Mickey Ward, the subject of the excellent 2010 film The Fighter starring Mark Wahlberg, and it’s also the birthplace of progressive death metal quintet Pathogenic. Formed in 2004 and since relocated to The Hub,1 Pathogenic has been slugging it out in the progressive-tech, deathcore scene for nearly 20 years. With only two independently released full-lengths under their belt during this span (2011’s Cyclopean Imagery and 2019’s Pathogenic), these guys seem content to spend a lot of time training between bouts of expression. Now six years removed from their eponymous sophomore album and sporting a new, mutated logo and re-vamped lineup, Pathogenic has signed on with Skepsis Records to once again step in the ring with third album, Crowned in Corpses. Will all the roadwork and sparring pay off and see them move up a class or two, or will they remain middleweights forever?

Crowned in Corpses is by far the heaviest album that Pathogenic has recorded. Since reuniting with original vocalist Jake Burns and adding new drummer Tyler Montaquila in 2022, Pathogenic has shed much of its former progressive frivolity in exchange for brute force. With its Demanufactured riffery, the opening track, “Mass Grave Memory,” is a primary example, opting to strike Fear Factory into the hearts of men rather than broaden their Bring Me the Horizons. And while the roots of this new direction remain planted in deathcore—I don’t find anything Archspirely technical here— there’s way more death at the heart of Crowned in Corpses than there is core. Pathogenic‘s crisp, machine-gun staccato riffs, pinched squeal harmonics, melodic lead and solo work (courtesy of Justin Licht, Chris Gardino and Jake Burns) do draw Thy Art is Murder and The Red Chord comparisons but have replaced the softer jazzuflections predominant on the debut. This new sound may prove somewhat off-putting for fans of Pathogenic‘s earlier material but don’t start that ten count just yet.

Crowned in Corpses makes for a compelling listen by avoiding the more egregious deathcore tropes—primarily piggy vox and incessant beaten-like-a-dead-horse breakdowns—while maintaining flashes of past progressive atmospherics. Mid-album song “Fragments” casts the widest prog net here with its slow, bass-laden melodies, harmonic cleans and swanky solos building to a crescendo of heavy chugs and powerful raspy screams, then fading out in a haze of Stranger Things-worthy synths. With nary a hint of pretension, the song works well here, providing an oasis of respite between the body blows of the beef-heavy “Exiled from the Abyss” and the off-kilter brutality of “Crowned in Corpses.” Add in some effective acoustic work (“Dead But Not at Rest,” “The New Rot”), and Pathogenic has managed to elevate the level of brutality missing from previous releases without abandoning altogether some of the sounds that fans of the band have come to expect. Unfortunately, Pathogenic‘s new sonic direction has swallowed some of those sounds.

Dan Leahy brings a lot of talent to his bass performances, as evidenced on previous outings, but much of his work on Crowned in Corpses gets lost in the mix. Loud as one might expect, the booth work here doesn’t differ, providing little space for the instruments to breathe and, other than the aforementioned “Fragments,” muffling Leahy’s bass. Burns’ vocals, full of satisfying growls and piercing rasps, take center stage alongside the chugging guitars and Montaquila’s skin-beating drum work. Still, this is not entirely bad, as Burns’ return and Montaquila’s addition have upgraded Pathogenic‘s total package. Crowned in Corpses gets points for clocking in at just over forty-two minutes, but cutting two or more minutes from closer “Silicone Regime” would have upped the album’s overall lethality.

Like the dark king on the cover, sitting upon his throne of bones and driving steel through the skull of his final enemy, Pathogenic has made a statement with Crowned in Corpses. They have re-emerged a much leaner and meaner fighter, sporting a bag of tricks not previously displayed. I enjoyed getting to know Pathogenic, and listening to their back catalog has me rooting for Crowned in Corpses all the more for what it does and doesn’t do. Is it still deathcore? Yes. Would it be “wicked smaht” of you to give it a listen? Yes. If Pathogenic can clean up some minor issues holding them back, I could see a title shot in their future.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Skepsis Records
Websites: pathogenic.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/pathogenicmetal
Releases Worldwide: February 7, 2025

#2025 #30 #AmericanMetal #CrownedInCorpses #DeathMetal #Deathcore #FearFactory #Feb25 #Pathogenic #ProgressiveTechnicalDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #SkepsisRecords #TheRedChord #ThyArtIsMurder

Pathogenic – Crowned in Corpses Review

By Tyme

Lowell, Massachusetts, is the hometown of boxer Mickey Ward, the subject of the excellent 2010 film The Fighter starring Mark Wahlberg, and it’s also the birthplace of progressive death metal quintet Pathogenic. Formed in 2004 and since relocated to The Hub,1 Pathogenic has been slugging it out in the progressive-tech, deathcore scene for nearly 20 years. With only two independently released full-lengths under their belt during this span (2011’s Cyclopean Imagery and 2019’s Pathogenic), these guys seem content to spend a lot of time training between bouts of expression. Now six years removed from their eponymous sophomore album and sporting a new, mutated logo and re-vamped lineup, Pathogenic has signed on with Skepsis Records to once again step in the ring with third album, Crowned in Corpses. Will all the roadwork and sparring pay off and see them move up a class or two, or will they remain middleweights forever?

Crowned in Corpses is by far the heaviest album that Pathogenic has recorded. Since reuniting with original vocalist Jake Burns and adding new drummer Tyler Montaquila in 2022, Pathogenic has shed much of its former progressive frivolity in exchange for brute force. With its Demanufactured riffery, the opening track, “Mass Grave Memory,” is a primary example, opting to strike Fear Factory into the hearts of men rather than broaden their Bring Me the Horizons. And while the roots of this new direction remain planted in deathcore—I don’t find anything Archspirely technical here— there’s way more death at the heart of Crowned in Corpses than there is core. Pathogenic‘s crisp, machine-gun staccato riffs, pinched squeal harmonics, melodic lead and solo work (courtesy of Justin Licht, Chris Gardino and Jake Burns) do draw Thy Art is Murder and The Red Chord comparisons but have replaced the softer jazzuflections predominant on the debut. This new sound may prove somewhat off-putting for fans of Pathogenic‘s earlier material but don’t start that ten count just yet.

Crowned in Corpses makes for a compelling listen by avoiding the more egregious deathcore tropes—primarily piggy vox and incessant beaten-like-a-dead-horse breakdowns—while maintaining flashes of past progressive atmospherics. Mid-album song “Fragments” casts the widest prog net here with its slow, bass-laden melodies, harmonic cleans and swanky solos building to a crescendo of heavy chugs and powerful raspy screams, then fading out in a haze of Stranger Things-worthy synths. With nary a hint of pretension, the song works well here, providing an oasis of respite between the body blows of the beef-heavy “Exiled from the Abyss” and the off-kilter brutality of “Crowned in Corpses.” Add in some effective acoustic work (“Dead But Not at Rest,” “The New Rot”), and Pathogenic has managed to elevate the level of brutality missing from previous releases without abandoning altogether some of the sounds that fans of the band have come to expect. Unfortunately, Pathogenic‘s new sonic direction has swallowed some of those sounds.

Dan Leahy brings a lot of talent to his bass performances, as evidenced on previous outings, but much of his work on Crowned in Corpses gets lost in the mix. Loud as one might expect, the booth work here doesn’t differ, providing little space for the instruments to breathe and, other than the aforementioned “Fragments,” muffling Leahy’s bass. Burns’ vocals, full of satisfying growls and piercing rasps, take center stage alongside the chugging guitars and Montaquila’s skin-beating drum work. Still, this is not entirely bad, as Burns’ return and Montaquila’s addition have upgraded Pathogenic‘s total package. Crowned in Corpses gets points for clocking in at just over forty-two minutes, but cutting two or more minutes from closer “Silicone Regime” would have upped the album’s overall lethality.

Like the dark king on the cover, sitting upon his throne of bones and driving steel through the skull of his final enemy, Pathogenic has made a statement with Crowned in Corpses. They have re-emerged a much leaner and meaner fighter, sporting a bag of tricks not previously displayed. I enjoyed getting to know Pathogenic, and listening to their back catalog has me rooting for Crowned in Corpses all the more for what it does and doesn’t do. Is it still deathcore? Yes. Would it be “wicked smaht” of you to give it a listen? Yes. If Pathogenic can clean up some minor issues holding them back, I could see a title shot in their future.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Skepsis Records
Websites: pathogenic.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/pathogenicmetal
Releases Worldwide: February 7, 2025

#2025 #30 #AmericanMetal #CrownedInCorpses #DeathMetal #Deathcore #FearFactory #Feb25 #Pathogenic #ProgressiveTechnicalDeathMetal #Review #Reviews #SkepsisRecords #TheRedChord #ThyArtIsMurder

Pathogenic – Crowned in Corpses Review

By Tyme

Lowell, Massachusetts, is the hometown of boxer Mickey Ward, the subject of the excellent 2010 film The Fighter starring Mark Wahlberg, and it’s also the birthplace of progressive death metal quintet Pathogenic. Formed in 2004 and since relocated to The Hub,1 Pathogenic has been slugging it out in the progressive-tech, deathcore scene for nearly 20 years. With only two independently released full-lengths under their belt during this span (2011’s Cyclopean Imagery and 2019’s Pathogenic), these guys seem content to spend a lot of time training between bouts of expression. Now six years removed from their eponymous sophomore album and sporting a new, mutated logo and re-vamped lineup, Pathogenic has signed on with Skepsis Records to once again step in the ring with third album, Crowned in Corpses. Will all the roadwork and sparring pay off and see them move up a class or two, or will they remain middleweights forever?

Crowned in Corpses is by far the heaviest album that Pathogenic has recorded. Since reuniting with original vocalist Jake Burns and adding new drummer Tyler Montaquila in 2022, Pathogenic has shed much of its former progressive frivolity in exchange for brute force. With its Demanufactured riffery, the opening track, “Mass Grave Memory,” is a primary example, opting to strike Fear Factory into the hearts of men rather than broaden their Bring Me the Horizons. And while the roots of this new direction remain planted in deathcore—I don’t find anything Archspirely technical here— there’s way more death at the heart of Crowned in Corpses than there is core. Pathogenic‘s crisp, machine-gun staccato riffs, pinched squeal harmonics, melodic lead and solo work (courtesy of Justin Licht, Chris Gardino and Jake Burns) do draw Thy Art is Murder and The Red Chord comparisons but have replaced the softer jazzuflections predominant on the debut. This new sound may prove somewhat off-putting for fans of Pathogenic‘s earlier material but don’t start that ten count just yet.

Crowned in Corpses makes for a compelling listen by avoiding the more egregious deathcore tropes—primarily piggy vox and incessant beaten-like-a-dead-horse breakdowns—while maintaining flashes of past progressive atmospherics. Mid-album song “Fragments” casts the widest prog net here with its slow, bass-laden melodies, harmonic cleans and swanky solos building to a crescendo of heavy chugs and powerful raspy screams, then fading out in a haze of Stranger Things-worthy synths. With nary a hint of pretension, the song works well here, providing an oasis of respite between the body blows of the beef-heavy “Exiled from the Abyss” and the off-kilter brutality of “Crowned in Corpses.” Add in some effective acoustic work (“Dead But Not at Rest,” “The New Rot”), and Pathogenic has managed to elevate the level of brutality missing from previous releases without abandoning altogether some of the sounds that fans of the band have come to expect. Unfortunately, Pathogenic‘s new sonic direction has swallowed some of those sounds.

Dan Leahy brings a lot of talent to his bass performances, as evidenced on previous outings, but much of his work on Crowned in Corpses gets lost in the mix. Loud as one might expect, the booth work here doesn’t differ, providing little space for the instruments to breathe and, other than the aforementioned “Fragments,” muffling Leahy’s bass. Burns’ vocals, full of satisfying growls and piercing rasps, take center stage alongside the chugging guitars and Montaquila’s skin-beating drum work. Still, this is not entirely bad, as Burns’ return and Montaquila’s addition have upgraded Pathogenic‘s total package. Crowned in Corpses gets points for clocking in at just over forty-two minutes, but cutting two or more minutes from closer “Silicone Regime” would have upped the album’s overall lethality.

Like the dark king on the cover, sitting upon his throne of bones and driving steel through the skull of his final enemy, Pathogenic has made a statement with Crowned in Corpses. They have re-emerged a much leaner and meaner fighter, sporting a bag of tricks not previously displayed. I enjoyed getting to know Pathogenic, and listening to their back catalog has me rooting for Crowned in Corpses all the more for what it does and doesn’t do. Is it still deathcore? Yes. Would it be “wicked smaht” of you to give it a listen? Yes. If Pathogenic can clean up some minor issues holding them back, I could see a title shot in their future.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Skepsis Records
Websites: pathogenic.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/pathogenicmetal
Releases Worldwide: February 7, 2025

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