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Album Review: Doomsday Manifesto - Necrocrisis

by The Metalverse

Updated October 20, 2025

Album Review: Doomsday Manifesto - Necrocrisis

New York Death metal act, Doomsday Manifesto, is set to release their upcoming album Necrocrisis on Halloween (October 31st, 2025.)

The 13-track release starts off with an ominous intro titled Requiem that starts with bright guitar leads, chiming bells, and dark organs that set the mood for what is to come.

Happy Never After starts with a distorted sample quickly setting the horror-theme before a guitar intro fades in from the distance as slamming drums also join the fray. The band launches into a grooving guitar riff that reminds me of technical 2000s metalcore before things take a sudden turn as extreme metal vocals, slamming breakdowns, thumping bass, and explosive drum patterns create a brutal sound. Doomsday Manifesto quickly showcases a clear death metal sound with groove, metalcore, and even black metal influences–particularly with the high fry screams.

Happy Never After Pt. 2 begins with another horror sample before launching in with a similar structure to its Part 1 with a lofi guitar intro that launches into full intensity. Happy Never After Pt. 2 differentiates itself from its counterpart with a sudden transition into a ferociously heavy, grooving death metal breakdown less than a minute in. Doomsday Manifesto introduces some new elements with distant chiming synths and melodic influences, while buzzing flies and fierce chants create an intense sound.

Dead Eyed Lover launches into action with a progressive guitar riff that has a jazz-like vibe as rapid blast beats follow behind before launching into fully-fledged extreme metal. Doomsday Manifesto delivers the most melodic sound of the album so far as clean singing is layered behind screams, creating a haunting but catchy sound that is unique for the album so far. With Dead Eyed Lover the band showcases a versatility, introducing progressive metal elements and clean vocals, all while staying true to their death metal roots.

Insidious wastes no time, bursting right into extreme death metal action as low growls, piercing screams, and slamming groovy guitar riffs remind of acts like Gojira. Tempo and pacing changes happen suddenly throughout long, complex riffs creating a tech-death sound. A moment of silence leads into a horror sample before jumping into a hard-hiting breakdown followed by a soaring guitar solo that moves back into full intensity destruction.

Happy Never After Pt. 3 starts with a slower, doom metal pacing as bright strings and distant talking quickly build a dark and haunting sound. At just 1 and a half minutes, the track acts as an instrumental interlude to continue the soundscapes built by the band thus far in the LP.

Title track The Necrocrisis sets a deep atmosphere quickly as the listener is introduced to emergency broadcast system alerts and distant sirens that put the crisis is Necrocrisis. After a dramatic build, Doomsday Manifesto springs into speeding blast beats, black metal-esque high screams, and bouncing guitar riffs. Soon, orchestral strings add a backbone of melodic influences behind brutally heavy guitar chugging and low growls. Doomsday Manifesto does a great job of creating contrast through tempo changes from fast thrash sections, medium paced grooves, and slowed breakdowns.

Track 8, Recalibration, continues the black metal influences as bright guitar tremolos and evil melodies create that palpably dark atmospheric sound that is characteristic of the genre. Squealing pinch harmonics, racing drums, and percussive screams create a wildly heavy-hitting sound while high-pitched strings add depth to the very background of the mix.

Throne of Bones begins with guitar leads that make way for a growing riser that catapults you into the midst of a explosive drop-tuned guitar breakdown as death metal growls relentlessly blast into your ears. Doomsday Manifesto showcases incredible utilization of juxtaposition with Throne of Bones as speeding blast beats seamlessly transition into some of the heaviest-hitting, slowed riffs of the album, creating a tasteful contrast between the two pacings.

Retribution comes out of the gate with slamming death metal guitar, impactful drums, and extreme vocals as high synths fill in the brighter end of the soundscape. Cowbell drums create those head bobbing groove-metal patterns that build anticipation for crushingly heavy sections that take on a more hardcore sound with ringing dissonance and beatdown riffs.

Retrospection slingshots into slaamming guitar and airy pads before introducing impossibly fast double bass drumming. Low death metal growls are contrasted by high screams as crashing drums, blistering guitar riffage, and space-like synths create a nostalgic sound that reminds of how old movies and TV shows depicted aliens. With some of the most electronic elements of the album so far, Retrospection still stays brutally heavy and intense throughout its 6 minute runtime.

Plagued by Memories goes directly into action with rapid guitar leads before changing into a choppy breakdown riff as barely audible high synths cut through the very top of the soundscape. Chunky riffs, slamming drums, and percussive growls create an old-school death metal sound filled with intensity and short snippets of synth of guitar melody that soon leads back into dark, extreme metal.

The final song Lucid Paralysis starts immediately with upbeat synth-strings, and layered orchestral melodies as contrasting, ominous distorted guitar riffs add a dissonant and offputting evilness underneath the uplifting orchestral elements. Lucid Paralysis is a 1 minute instrumental outro that builds a powerful soundscape that fades out the album on a strong note.

Blending death metal, metalcore, hardcore, melodic, and black metal influences into one cohesive sound, New York extreme metal act Doomsday Manifesto create a sound that is distinct and modern while having remnants of a traditional, old-school death metal sound. Overall fans of extreme metal genres are sure to enjoy Necrocrisis. You can stream the album out October 31st on all streaming platforms!