Certainly there must be other fans of classic and newer Death Metal music on here..
Personally, I've been knee deep in Finnish DM lately (Abhorrence, Agonized, Demilich, Convulse, etc.), as it might be my favorite of the genre. Cadaveric Incubator is a great newer DM band out of that scene.
The PNW has some great acts too, like Fetid, Torture Rack, Cerebral Rot, etc.
For this genre, what else have people been listening to? Any thoughts on how Death Metal is doing nowadays?
Good to have it's own thread rather than cross pollinating with the black metal thread.
I've been really into that Fetid LP as of late. Bought direct and waiting for the actual LP to arrive but the 20 Buck Spin instant download feature is great. Also been jamming that Scorched LP from last year that just caught my radar now.
Basically for me Blood Incantation are doing a new LP and I can't see how it could disappoint. Great live, great on record.
Been jamming a lot of the Finnish stuff myself - Abhorrence, Convulse, Funebre, Purtenance all topping my list lately. That and Morbid Angel especially Formulas and Gateways which I've really been clicking with lately.
I pre-ordered that XYSMA box set last month so I'm really looking forward to that. I can definitely get into 5 LPs of material.
got the new Tomb Mold over the weekend, solid record.
Maggot Stomp has been killing it lately with bands
lately its been the first 2 Incantation albums, Immolation "Here In After", Encoffinized "Chambers Of Deprivation", Regurgitation "Tales of Necrophilia, Fallen Christ "Abduction Ritual" and the first 4 Deicide albums
Quote from: DSOL on July 16, 2019, 12:10:16 AM
got the new Tomb Mold over the weekend, solid record.
I'm not huge on a lot of death metal, especially not modern stuff, but I picked this one up today. Very solid, and much more of a slow burner than the last one - a mature move.
And of course always total love for Autopsy.
love some death metal from time to time.. don't keep up on much of the new stuff, but i've heard and liked blood incantation that's mentioned here. regarding the old school finnish stuff.. was "musta seremonia" by rippikoulu mentioned? very good extremely heavy death metal, legendary demo that has been re-issued many times. lesser known old school swedish bands are also worth a listen in my opinion.. personally thinking of stuff like "the ending quest" by gorement and especially, for me, "into eternity" by desultory. i guess my all time favourite dm record would have to be altars of madness, even though i don't listen much to anything else by morbid angel. looking forward to see what gets posted in this thread
Quote from: brutalist_tapes on July 16, 2019, 02:01:51 PM
regarding the old school finnish stuff.. was "musta seremonia" by rippikoulu mentioned? .. lesser known old school swedish bands are also worth a listen in my opinion..
Thank you for bringing that album up, another Finnish Classic!
I saw them play in Copenhagen last year and it was amazing- I'm not the biggest fan of the Death/Doom combo, but Rippikoulu does it right.
And I agree about those lesser known bands from Sweden. Traumatic immediately comes to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlPnk19sHNU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlPnk19sHNU)
CHARNEL ALTAR - death/doom from AUS
https://charnelaltar.bandcamp.com/releases
can't recommend highly enough
Quote from: andy vomit on July 16, 2019, 06:39:13 PM
CHARNEL ALTAR - death/doom from AUS
https://charnelaltar.bandcamp.com/releases
can't recommend highly enough
will check this out
I see the appeal of Charnel Altar.. but personally I just listen to Spectral Voice's Necrotic Doom if i'm feeling that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJYOTn80Jw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJYOTn80Jw)
Quote from: seventhcircle on July 17, 2019, 01:17:31 AM
I see the appeal of Charnel Altar.. but personally I just listen to Spectral Voice's Necrotic Doom if i'm feeling that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJYOTn80Jw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJYOTn80Jw)
or just put the gods of doom/death on and listen to Disma ;)
Quote from: DSOL on July 17, 2019, 05:20:20 PM
Quote from: seventhcircle on July 17, 2019, 01:17:31 AM
I see the appeal of Charnel Altar.. but personally I just listen to Spectral Voice's Necrotic Doom if i'm feeling that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJYOTn80Jw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJYOTn80Jw)
or just put the gods of doom/death on and listen to Disma ;)
Hahah yes! I feel like their sound is more on the death side of things, so I don't really associate them with the other death/doom bands.
Apparently Craig Pillard is no longer in the band. Hopefully they'll find a vocalist that can fill those large boots.
Can't listen to too much death metal, there is just too much which I find boring.
My favorite pure death metal albums are
Incantation - Onwards to Golgotha
Liturgy - Dawn of Ashes
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated
Severe Torture - feasting on blood
Carcass - reek of putrefaction (Death/grind)
Decrepit Birth - ...and time begins,
Cryptopsy - None so vile
Severed Savior - Brutality is Law
Devourment - Butcher the weak
Severed Crotch - the nature of entropy
At the Gates - The red in the sky is ours
Also like some other stuff which isn't pure death such as black unfluenced death such as Portal (outre and swarth) and Zhrine.
Being a crossover nut, I'm really into this deathy demo.
https://streettombs.bandcamp.com/album/demo
seeing Tomb Mold in Philly tonight. I've heard nothing but praise here for the band so my expectations are pretty high.
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on July 19, 2019, 07:17:31 PM
seeing Tomb Mold in Philly tonight. I've heard nothing but praise here for the band so my expectations are pretty high.
They put on a great show - great people and great records. I'm really looking forward to the new one with that fat little monster on the cover.
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on July 19, 2019, 07:17:31 PM
seeing Tomb Mold in Philly tonight. I've heard nothing but praise here for the band so my expectations are pretty high.
New lp sounds better than digital. High frequencies are distorted on vinyl and make it sound better than "real" recording was. I was surprised that female at her 20's came to my store and asked for it. She was perhaps equally surprised I had the lp available. It definitely is stand out from mass of current DM. There are several good releases by Blood Harvest label.
I like Oksennus
Maybe Portal is the only one out off the classic DM patterns (nowadays), really dark in each LP, interesting lyrics, dissonants riffs, atonal, extravagant, unique sound, with originals drums sequences... to me one of the best DM bands (even though have a bit BM influence). The rest (from 2000 to nowadays) is the clon, copy or excesive influence of some old.
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on July 19, 2019, 08:03:06 PM
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on July 19, 2019, 07:17:31 PM
seeing Tomb Mold in Philly tonight. I've heard nothing but praise here for the band so my expectations are pretty high.
New lp sounds better than digital. High frequencies are distorted on vinyl and make it sound better than "real" recording was. I was surprised that female at her 20's came to my store and asked for it. She was perhaps equally surprised I had the lp available. It definitely is stand out from mass of current DM. There are several good releases by Blood Harvest label.
Tomb Mold seriously delivered on Friday. To give a little context, the opener was a Philly local called Botis that played a weird mix of black metal and math rock. I know, it sounds awful but I really enjoyed it. each dude looks like he should be in a different band but they all came together to provide something from leftfield. the 2nd band, Superstition spent 15-20 munutes giving the sound guy grief to get the sound they wanted, which was apparently to sound like mud. and not in a cool way, just in that perfect way that everything blends together so any good riffs or solos are totally lost. great job guys!
and then Tomb Mold took 10 minutes to get set up, quick soundcheck and then right into crushing the competition. sound was good, songwriting was really fucking good. proper fucking riffs! proper fucking audible bass. reminded me a bit of Convulse meets Slugathor type of sound. the sprinkled little ambient bits in too here and there. also respect to any band where the drummer is the vocalist. the venue is small so it was a nice and proper sweaty shove fest at 100f.
picked up their albums at the show and I have to say while they certainly sound good, I liked the live sound even more.
Am I wrong with the impression Tomb Mold is more than less dismissed by many? I don't know why I feel that, but it's definitely a vibe I get. I think they're darn great and do so many things really well. If I have one complaint, it's that they are too quick to leave a great riff or part. When they drop into a Bolt Thrower barrage or vintage thrash moment, I wish they'd stick with it for a good couple minutes. There's a part in "Final Struggle of Selves" that is maybe 30 seconds, and it could have rolled for another minute or two. A great luxury to have that they come through with so many quality ideas that they might be do for some editing.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 24, 2019, 01:02:33 AM
Am I wrong with the impression Tomb Mold is more than less dismissed by many?
I think if you peruses the NWN forum they might not be quite "extreme" enough for the bestial edgelord 666goatfago crowd but locally they're always a solid draw and open up a ton of bigger gigs (they opened the Gatecreeper/Full of Hell tour last year and that was fucking nuts) and from their Instagram they seem to play bigger venues than a lot of death metal bands. My old band played with them, Skullshitter and Radiation Blackbody a few years ago to maybe 20-30 people and now they have a way higher draw locally and on tour as well.
They're so good live. Had to play after them once and we were all "how the fuck do we follow that?" Definitely the talk of the town wherever they go.
Death metal and Goregrind are both great genres
Really looking forward to the euro Tomb Mold tour in september. Sounds great on record and from the live vids i've seen live as well.
Current DM playlist includes the new Krypts album (crushing gig i saw a couple of months ago), Pissgrave & Fetid.
Quote from: holy ghost on July 24, 2019, 01:23:21 AM
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 24, 2019, 01:02:33 AM
Am I wrong with the impression Tomb Mold is more than less dismissed by many?
I think if you peruses the NWN forum they might not be quite "extreme" enough for the bestial edgelord 666goatfago crowd but locally they're always a solid draw and open up a ton of bigger gigs (they opened the Gatecreeper/Full of Hell tour last year and that was fucking nuts) and from their Instagram they seem to play bigger venues than a lot of death metal bands. My old band played with them, Skullshitter and Radiation Blackbody a few years ago to maybe 20-30 people and now they have a way higher draw locally and on tour as well.
That NWN forum can be so damn toxic. As bad as noise nerds can be, metal nerds are even worse imo. There's some good trading to be had and some good recommendations buried under all the posturing and trolling, but I find it difficult to use that forum more than a couple days a year.
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on July 24, 2019, 04:31:59 PMmetal nerds are even worse
this is true - just read the current Tomb Mold thread
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 24, 2019, 01:02:33 AM
... I think they're darn great and do so many things really well. If I have one complaint, it's that they are too quick to leave a great riff or part. When they drop into a Bolt Thrower barrage or vintage thrash moment, I wish they'd stick with it for a good couple minutes. There's a part in "Final Struggle of Selves" that is maybe 30 seconds, and it could have rolled for another minute or two. A great luxury to have that they come through with so many quality ideas that they might be do for some editing.
Totally agree with this!
I was never really into Tomb Mold's previous output, but after giving
Planetary Clairvoyance a shot, there are definitely some solid riffs riddled throughout the album. There's one riff towards the end of the album title track that I wish just started things off instead of being so short.. I could say this about a lot of the tracks. But i'm glad that the band is improving their sound, and that people are digging it. Good for them!
RE: Tomb Mold
Not the right hair length or the correct uniform? Or coming from a punk background, so not rightist enough (I'll never understand metaleds being conservatives, but that is for another time)? Responding to Holy Ghost's comment about not being extreme enough. Who knows if they've been listening to/into death metal as long as anything else, but I can understand, by some quick-judged metrics, why they'd be deemed interlopers...and if so, interlopers who do it better than the true folk (must be irritating).
The Tomb Mold discussion going on in the NWN board got me thinking about the topic of "authenticity" in extreme music.. maybe this calls for discussion in another thread, but I could honestly care less about the association with an individual's background and the art they put out.
If someone makes really well executed power electronics about BDSM and they actually partake in it within their personal lives, great. If the project was only exploring themes of BDSM, and the artist just has a genuine interest in the subject, that's fine too. I can understand the idea that maybe someone would only want to listen to music from artists that actually "walk the walk," but art in general is meant as an outlet for people's interests to varying degrees. As long as the approach is honest and not from some place of posturing/yearn for credibility, i'll at least accept it for what it is.
Tomb Mold isn't a bad band by any means, but they don't do anything that stands out personally. I think the new album is better than the previous, but it doesn't have enough character that affects me to keep coming back to it. I will see them live, and soon, but recorded there's no pull.
Having said that i'm really enjoying the new Desecresy - "Towards Nebulae": https://youtu.be/RmjDb0r21G0 (https://youtu.be/RmjDb0r21G0)
I keep forgetting to ask. Something new from Ignivomous coming?
I don't have a physical copy yet, but have had the audio for a few months. Planetary Clairvoyance is an awesome record, and it's incredible to see how much this band has grown in the last 3 years. Tall poppy syndrome is commonplace in underground music scenes and it is not surprising to see people lashing out when a band becomes successful.
I got into DM in the time when it was pretty much new thing happening. So most of bands of absolute top of my "best DM bands" list, are the usual suspects of the late 80's/early 90's bands. As much as I like good DM, I can't say I would really follow what happens in that genre overall. When I think should I listening something new, or re-listen some of the classics... I tend to think most of good DM needs to be listened a lot. The best of the albums are both: timeless and demanding. Absolute best DM albums you don't get instantly.
Problem with a lot of DM now, is the same most of other music has. A lot of weight is on image or concept. Not sure if this needs to be explained further? Contrast is so big compared to the old style death metal (not referring mere sound itself). In old times it was most often group of guys, most likely either high school friends or even childhood friends. It created unusual dynamic for groups and result was extremely diverse sound and approach. That combined to having to rely on your own skills on very limited gear or use studio where soundguy usually didn't know shit. Some of the best ones also looked pretty unique in cover art.
As soon as genre developed pretty much "industry of DM" - I was not really that interested in it. Especially abundance of seemingly uniform melodic death metal and brutal USA death metal type of things and studios giving most bands nearly the same sound.
I don't think it is nostalgia really. Any time you hear unheard old DM recording and unheard current band recording, it appears to be very clear what is what. Regardless of style. When I see most of cover graphics of current DM bands, I do not like it. It would be better if they got their kid brother to draw them something or some complete outsider, than some of the metal graphic artists..
One of the handful of DM bands of current times I got into, was Cadaveric Fumes. I didn't expect anything about it. I thought it would be some sort of gory brutal stuff, but turned out it is not. Perhaps one thing is that release didn't rely on packaging nor specific sound. It has neither, the contemporary teflon sound nor some specific gimmick. I can't really point which band they would remind of. Just lots of good riffs, some being slightly unusual. None of material relies on sound, just the actual substance of songs.
Demo material is far more bass frequency oriented and cavernous echoes and deeper guttural voice. 7" is like transition towards best stuff: I like most the 12" mini LP.
https://cadavericfumes.bandcamp.com/album/dimensions-obscure
I like more throaty voice on the latest material. It doesn't get as high pitched as death, asphyx and morgoth type of voice, I like how the delivery is done. New split ep I only heard from bandcamp. Being Hells Headbangers release, it should be pretty easy to get.
Been talking with many friends who used to like DM but have drifted away, that there must be good bands among the abundance of current DM. In Finland genre seems to be far more underground than Black Metal. If you got local underground death metal gig, you can guarantee there is pretty much nobody there. BM has notch more audience.
I still rather check small bands than new albums from old big names. Immolation and Gorguts are the rare cases who managed to make pretty relevant stuff even as their currently latest albums. To make me listen full album of current Deicide or such... I can't see it ever happening. I give new bands a try once in a while. Mostly I feel that despite it may be ok, I do not need own their records. Still it seems curious that most of albums seems to be pressed almost as little as noise/power electronics albums, hah...
Nice to be reminded of Cadaveric Fumes. The Forsaken Triptych comp is my favorite metal CD of the past few years (along with Frozen Graves, though not DM).
I think the best Tomb Mold releases are their demos. I didn't like the new album's production much. It's great but a bit too "common', it lacks personality in sound. I think production makes or kills a record.
Regarding Cadaveric Fumes, they're as low-key and down-to-earth as their music. No posturing at all.
That Cadaveric Fumes is interesting. My favorite moments are when it seems like a Ved Buens Ende/Virus influence comes to the surface.
Quote from: cr on July 19, 2019, 08:40:47 PM
I like Oksennus
Same! I think I like everything they've done, in particular the last couple demos they did, Neosmegma and Ala Luovuta Koskaan - truly a band that's not afraid to get fucking weird. I got turned onto them after Rado from Sedem Minute Strachu sent me their split - everything they've done has been really unique. I love that they seem to have a "NWN Prod side" and an "experimental demo" side.
this is going to be the best death metal album of 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwGJ0KOHWCk
Cerebral Rot
20 Buck Spin has been killing it this year with DM releases
I can relate with all FreakAnimalFinland said about today's DM. It lacks something that the old ones had.
The putrid feeling we get from the old recordings is something we can't hear these days.
Quote from: Urban Noise on July 27, 2019, 01:08:18 PM
The putrid feeling we get from the old recordings is something we can't hear these days.
Out if curiosity, which albums are you talking about when you refer to this putrid feeling?
I'm not mr. Urban Noise, but I feel he means pretty much the same as I did so...
While many of the contemporary DM is not *bad*, it can be good.
In context of noise, it is almost as if someone starts 90's style harsh noise project, and it sounds like Macronympha "Notes from the underground" with more boosted digital finish. And you can conclude, yep, it is sort of 90's, but in other hand it is nothing like 90's. In such case Macronympha or MSNP is almost cheaply used as reference point, but I doubt there are many who live up to level they set at their peak nor give credit to innovations + diversity their discography displays. And certainly failing to capture the 90's harsh noise that was way beyond just "crunchy wall".
Some favorite DM sounds for me are for example
Morgoth 1st mLP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clkIcQqk7lw
"socially aware" lyrics basically, but dirt on the recording and insane raging vocals hits hard instantly
Autopsy Severed Survival LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5IHWtvU2zo
sleaze and the slimyness of "clean" bass sound and vocal regurgitation. Song writing by Autopsy very few can match.
Carnage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9OubX-ZhdI
or Dismember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DsC_eywaO4
No band who wanted to get "sunlight sound", got it as dark and putrid as Carnage. New bands trying to replicate Swedish production sound often almost joke compared to early days of that sound emerging.
Immolation
To me this remains best song done by Immolation and iconic song of really dark sounding death metal. Most of technical death metal does not impress me, but here each trick seems to be in service of song, not the other way round.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwNtcmqj8Y
Pungent Stench
when someone recommends me new death-grind or gore-grind, I can pretty much expect total crap. I'm huge fan of old school grindcore, but all the goreslam, cyber-guttural, computer edited, mall-death metal type of stuff sound so weak compared to things like below, which to me is in every way putrid and reeking of original death smell. Not the sanitized or cinematic version. Pungent Stench - not being always gold - is prime example of the unpredictable and monstrous death metal vibes you barely hear these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8son3yX_n34
List could go on and on... and as a good reminded, while inserting the youtube link, autoplay started Excoriate track right after Pungent Stench. First comment I see is "2009? It sounds like something straight from the late 80's". Well... Excoriate is pretty good, but if you remove the good vocal sound, especially production is most definitely 2009! What exactly results that there is pretty much no release that manages to sound as good as in old days, can be only speculated.
Also doomier or just slower death metal is something where I can't find bands that would be as good as there used to be. If you go to really slow stuff, it tends to lack riffs. If band got one "gimmick", they tends to follow that one formula and get boring quite quick. I get never tired of slower tracks such as:
Asphyx "Pages in blood"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBrS-UGAv6U
My Dying Bride "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVHD4q0Z-os
Each linked thing has probably element that bands themselves, and perhaps also listener has feeling that they are somehow odd, that there is plenty of things to "correct", to make it sound good. Yet when you make those corrections, they would probably not sound as good anymore. All the really putrid sounding stuff emerged to be so. Possibilities where highly limited and spontaneous recording situation gave more to result than being specific product. Most bands those days would give many surprises, while now, a lot of material certainly is following narrow templates very tightly.
( When I think of typical contemporary death metal I tend to think something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NjL0d4vvA
Of course it's barely accurate, only presents one side of genre, it is the type of stuff what makes death metal sound more slapstick humor than needed to be. Equally little I am interested in slick melodic DM)
Here's a demo recorded earlier this year. May appeal to those into Peaceville Three's early offerings, early Absu, Cenotaph, Ceremonium, first November's Doom, etc. Second press of the tape will but available thru mail order for US people, and copies are going to IBP later this week.
https://excarnatedentity.bandcamp.com/releases
Short list of highly listened to favorites of the past few months, shit always changes:
Paradise Lost "Lost Paradise" (classic death doom decimation, best release)
Misery "Revel in Blasphemy" (The heaviest death metal recording?? At least from Australia)
Disciples of Mockery "Prelude to Apocalypse" (3/4 of the classic "Onward to Golgotha" line up takes up the desolation a notch. Lots of pinch harmonics and bleakness)
Cenotaph "Gloomy Reflections of Our Hidden Sorrow" (completely alien and utterly pulverizing death metal from Mexico City. Spawning ground of The Chasm, and members were also involved with Shub Niggurath who released two unbelievably heavy EP's and a truly unique LP.)
Morpheus Descends "Chronicles of the Shadowed One" (That weird middle ground between pure evil and slamming brutal death metal, one of the heaviest and most uniquely written NY recordings)
That'll do it for now.
Quote from: Cdan on July 29, 2019, 11:28:23 AM
Here's a demo recorded earlier this year. May appeal to those into Peaceville Three's early offerings, early Absu, Cenotaph, Ceremonium, first November's Doom, etc. Second press of the tape will but available thru mail order for US people, and copies are going to IBP later this week.
https://excarnatedentity.bandcamp.com/releases
Really great stuff! Death doom done right.. do we get in touch with you directly about US mail order for the second pressing or will distros carry it?
Quote from: Cdan on July 29, 2019, 11:35:00 AM
Disciples of Mockery "Prelude to Apocalypse" (3/4 of the classic "Onward to Golgotha" line up takes up the desolation a notch. Lots of pinch harmonics and bleakness)
Morpheus Descends "Chronicles of the Shadowed One" (That weird middle ground between pure evil and slamming brutal death metal, one of the heaviest and most uniquely written NY recordings)
2 of the most underrated DM bands to exist
Quote from: Mikerdeath on July 26, 2019, 04:22:08 AM
this is going to be the best death metal album of 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwGJ0KOHWCk
Cerebral Rot
Good, but nothing particularly great about the demo. I'm still looking forward to the album though.
I miss bands playing wild stuff like Morbid Angel on the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo, Necrovore, Insanity, Slaughter Lord, early Necrodeath, Vader's "Necrolust" demo, etc... I'm tired of the race to the most downtuned guitar or guttural vocals. I love putrid death metal (for me, besides Autopsy or Necrophagia's "Ready For Death", I'd search towards Finland's early 90's demo stuff like Abhorrence, Disgrace's "Beyond The Immortalized Existence", Purtenance Avulsion, etc) but I liked when chaotic playing and dissonant riffs really created evil music.
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on July 30, 2019, 01:03:48 AM
I miss bands playing wild stuff like Morbid Angel on the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo, Necrovore, Insanity, Slaughter Lord, early Necrodeath, Vader's "Necrolust" demo, etc... I'm tired of the race to the most downtuned guitar or guttural vocals. I love putrid death metal (for me, besides Autopsy or Necrophagia's "Ready For Death", I'd search towards Finland's early 90's demo stuff like Abhorrence, Disgrace's "Beyond The Immortalized Existence", Purtenance Avulsion, etc) but I liked when chaotic playing and dissonant riffs really created evil music.
As far as new school bands go, I recommend Ascended Dead for the chaotic and dissonant type of death metal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGAbTUqGXN0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGAbTUqGXN0)
Pissgrave's first album,
Suicide Euphoria might satisfy this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYKyRkHejU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYKyRkHejU)
Impetuous Ritual
Krypts
Vasaeleth
Father Befouled
are more examples of bands with a chaotic and dissonant sound
Quote from: seventhcircle on July 30, 2019, 07:09:37 PM
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on July 30, 2019, 01:03:48 AM
I miss bands playing wild stuff like Morbid Angel on the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo, Necrovore, Insanity, Slaughter Lord, early Necrodeath, Vader's "Necrolust" demo, etc... I'm tired of the race to the most downtuned guitar or guttural vocals. I love putrid death metal (for me, besides Autopsy or Necrophagia's "Ready For Death", I'd search towards Finland's early 90's demo stuff like Abhorrence, Disgrace's "Beyond The Immortalized Existence", Purtenance Avulsion, etc) but I liked when chaotic playing and dissonant riffs really created evil music.
As far as new school bands go, I recommend Ascended Dead for the chaotic and dissonant type of death metal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGAbTUqGXN0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGAbTUqGXN0)
Pissgrave's first album, Suicide Euphoria might satisfy this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYKyRkHejU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYKyRkHejU)
I know Ascended Dead but they don't fit my bill because they cross the line way too easily between being chaotic and evil and trying to be the most extreme by playing too fast and writing messy riffs to which you can't headbang. That's a pretty big pitfall in which the major part of current death metal bands fall imho, being too extreme for the sake of it. Bands like say... Verminous or Vorum succeded at avoiding it.
I can't believe I forgot to mention Incinerated. They get labelled as just a Mortician clone but they're doing that down tuned ignorant chuggo chuggo riff shit to a fucking TEE man.... I can't wait for them to drop another album.
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on July 30, 2019, 01:03:48 AM
I miss bands playing wild stuff like Morbid Angel on the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo, Necrovore, Insanity, Slaughter Lord, early Necrodeath, Vader's "Necrolust" demo, etc... I'm tired of the race to the most downtuned guitar or guttural vocals. I love putrid death metal (for me, besides Autopsy or Necrophagia's "Ready For Death", I'd search towards Finland's early 90's demo stuff like Abhorrence, Disgrace's "Beyond The Immortalized Existence", Purtenance Avulsion, etc) but I liked when chaotic playing and dissonant riffs really created evil music.
The last Vorum release might be something you're into. I like the earlier releases also, but the last one really ups the intensity and dissonant evilness.
Quote from: holy ghost on July 31, 2019, 03:34:07 AM
I can't believe I forgot to mention Incinerated. They get labelled as just a Mortician clone but they're doing that down tuned ignorant chuggo chuggo riff shit to a fucking TEE man.... I can't wait for them to drop another album.
there should be a 12" out by the end of the year which compiles all of their comp/splits tracks
Quote from: Decrepitude on July 31, 2019, 02:28:13 PM
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on July 30, 2019, 01:03:48 AM
I miss bands playing wild stuff like Morbid Angel on the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo, Necrovore, Insanity, Slaughter Lord, early Necrodeath, Vader's "Necrolust" demo, etc... I'm tired of the race to the most downtuned guitar or guttural vocals. I love putrid death metal (for me, besides Autopsy or Necrophagia's "Ready For Death", I'd search towards Finland's early 90's demo stuff like Abhorrence, Disgrace's "Beyond The Immortalized Existence", Purtenance Avulsion, etc) but I liked when chaotic playing and dissonant riffs really created evil music.
The last Vorum release might be something you're into. I like the earlier releases also, but the last one really ups the intensity and dissonant evilness.
Yeah, definitely. Vorum, Verminous, etc...
Quote from: DSOL on July 31, 2019, 04:09:51 PM
Quote from: holy ghost on July 31, 2019, 03:34:07 AM
I can't believe I forgot to mention Incinerated. They get labelled as just a Mortician clone but they're doing that down tuned ignorant chuggo chuggo riff shit to a fucking TEE man.... I can't wait for them to drop another album.
there should be a 12" out by the end of the year which compiles all of their comp/splits tracks
Fuck that is such great news. That split with Sulfuric Cautery keeps eluding me. New split with Intensive Care is quite nice. Definitely a band I would pic up anything from.
I was crazy for the first Pissgrave LP about the second hasn't really clicked with me. Sounds very thin, good riffs but you can't hear the bass at all. I definitely need to go in for another listen because I don't want to write it off. The first one had riffs that eroded my soul and tore my brain in two....
Quote from: seventhcircle on July 29, 2019, 09:56:17 PM
Quote from: Cdan on July 29, 2019, 11:28:23 AM
Here's a demo recorded earlier this year. May appeal to those into Peaceville Three's early offerings, early Absu, Cenotaph, Ceremonium, first November's Doom, etc. Second press of the tape will but available thru mail order for US people, and copies are going to IBP later this week.
https://excarnatedentity.bandcamp.com/releases
Really great stuff! Death doom done right.. do we get in touch with you directly about US mail order for the second pressing or will distros carry it?
Available again here: https://vospnoise.bigcartel.com/product/excarnated-entity-stillborn-in-ash-cs
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on July 31, 2019, 04:40:58 PM
Quote from: Decrepitude on July 31, 2019, 02:28:13 PM
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on July 30, 2019, 01:03:48 AM
I miss bands playing wild stuff like Morbid Angel on the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo, Necrovore, Insanity, Slaughter Lord, early Necrodeath, Vader's "Necrolust" demo, etc... I'm tired of the race to the most downtuned guitar or guttural vocals. I love putrid death metal (for me, besides Autopsy or Necrophagia's "Ready For Death", I'd search towards Finland's early 90's demo stuff like Abhorrence, Disgrace's "Beyond The Immortalized Existence", Purtenance Avulsion, etc) but I liked when chaotic playing and dissonant riffs really created evil music.
The last Vorum release might be something you're into. I like the earlier releases also, but the last one really ups the intensity and dissonant evilness.
Yeah, definitely. Vorum, Verminous, etc...
Is Necroccultus a stretch? Or Mortem (peru), early Headhunter D.C.?
Quote from: holy ghost on July 31, 2019, 11:03:06 PM
Quote from: DSOL on July 31, 2019, 04:09:51 PM
Quote from: holy ghost on July 31, 2019, 03:34:07 AM
I can't believe I forgot to mention Incinerated. They get labelled as just a Mortician clone but they're doing that down tuned ignorant chuggo chuggo riff shit to a fucking TEE man.... I can't wait for them to drop another album.
there should be a 12" out by the end of the year which compiles all of their comp/splits tracks
Fuck that is such great news. That split with Sulfuric Cautery keeps eluding me. New split with Intensive Care is quite nice. Definitely a band I would pic up anything from.
I was crazy for the first Pissgrave LP about the second hasn't really clicked with me. Sounds very thin, good riffs but you can't hear the bass at all. I definitely need to go in for another listen because I don't want to write it off. The first one had riffs that eroded my soul and tore my brain in two....
https://maggotstomp-fluids.bandcamp.com/album/exploitative-practices
I think you'll be into this
Quote from: DSOL on August 02, 2019, 04:20:53 PM
https://maggotstomp-fluids.bandcamp.com/album/exploitative-practices
I think you'll be into this
Holy shit I AM fucking into this. Many thanks! I'll keep an eye out for this tape.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 24, 2019, 09:56:42 PM
I keep forgetting to ask. Something new from Ignivomous coming?
Per NWN, a new album will be out soon.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 24, 2019, 09:56:42 PM
I keep forgetting to ask. Something new from Ignivomous coming?
Seven long years after the release of their sophomore album, Contragenesis, Ignivomous return with their third full-length album Hieroglossia. Released in conspiracy with NWN! Productions, Hieroglossia unveils eight tracks of organic, primal death metal — the kind the band has become synonymous with in its 13-year existence within the death metal underground.
Borne out of the members desire to see a resurgence of a heavier, more dissonant style of death metal, Ignivomous were among the first wave of bands to reignite interest in the genre in the first decade of this century. Hieroglossia preserves the core membership of the band present throughout its tenure — Sean Hinds (guitar), Chris Broadway (drums) and Jael Edwards (vocals) — and presents the recording debut of Lewis Fischer on guitar (Altars) and Chris Jordon (Inverloch, Eskhaton) on bass, both of whom have cemented the band's live assault for the previous few years in a campaign of high-profile shows in their native Australia. This lineup in its current form has secured and built upon the band's unrelentingly legacy, oozing raw, sinister death metal pushed a step further into the void, creating an album which synthesizes the bands influences with a definitive and individual vision. While projecting a murky and atmospheric take on the Death Metal template, Heiroglossia avoids sacrificing the primacy of the riff for reverb-drenched formlessness or song writing in favour of dissonance for its own sake.
Thematically, Heiroglossia continues Ignivomous' investigation into topics of Philosophical pessimism, influenced by the works of Thomas Ligotti and E.M. Cioran, and Gnostic concepts of the fallen and hostile nature of the material world, presented throughout with a literary sensibility which should be accustomed to those familiar with their previous output. Ignivomous are touring Europe during September 2019, playing multiple shows in Germany in addition to Poland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Pending the general issue of the album on Vinyl and CD via NWN, a strictly limited tour edition digipack version of the album will be available for purchase during the tour.
IGNIVOMOUS (aus) + TCHORNOBOG (us) – "Vomiting Black Flame over Europe" Tour
Australia's Ignivomous returns to Europe for the first time in 10 years to perform at Kill-Town Death Fest VII teaming up with American Tchornobog who are heading over to Europe to perform this years Prophecy Fest. The tour will be the first ever European tour for Tchornobog, so don't miss out on this rare occasion to catch both bands on European soil!
Together these two great bands will hit the roads of Europe for a 2 week stretch from 30th August – 15th September 2019!
Friday 30th August – Germany Berlin – Zukunft Am Ostkreutz
Saturday 31st August – Poland Warsaw – Poglos
Sunday 1st September – Poland Wroclaw – D.K. Luksus
Monday 2nd September – Germany Dresden – Chemiefabrik
Tuesday 3rd September – Germany Kassel – TBA
Wednesday 4th September – Germany Hamburg – Bambi Galore
Thursday-Sunday 5th-8th Sept. Denmark Copenhagen Pumpehuset
Monday 9th Sept. – Holland Utrecht – dB's
Tuesday 10th Sept. – Belgium Deinze – Elpee
Wednesday 11th Sept. – France Nantes – TBA
Thursday 12th Sept. – France Paris – TBA
Friday 13th Sept. – Switzerland Zurich – TBA
Saturday 14th Sept. – Germany Balve – Balve Cave
Sunday 15th Sept. – Germany Kiel – Alte Meierei
Coprophagist
Ever since I heard their Addiction To Self Dismemberment on Appointment With Fear compilation I was hooked. I hunted down the demo (from 1990, the only thing they apparently ever released) a long time ago and even if the other songs are not as good as the one featured on the compilation it is still a solid release. Some faster parts but lots of slow goodness with an awesome drum sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhxulPY3kc&t=4m32s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhxulPY3kc&t=4m32s)
if you like early Devourment - you'll like the new record
A newly discovered old band I happened to come across at a local record store. Really scratches that itch for early Deicide so few seem able to provide:
https://youtu.be/iutp3_ESbUY
Also picked up a comp by Greek band Obsecration. Great dark death metal with a heavy dose of Greek BM atmosphere: https://youtu.be/G2RF_T7Hv30
the Cerebral Rot album is nasty
I really have a thing for Pissgrave. Something about the attack these guys have. Also the very minimalistic and rotten.com like albumcovers that would suggest cheap bedroomgrind, but when you hear those possessed evil riffs the simplicity seems just even more unsetteling, maybe more real. Like serial killers often do not look cool in real life, and so on. Also they are killer live. Even if it is completely different, i get sort of the same feeling like when listening to the two first Deicide albums as a teen, something unhinged and desperate in there that is not so often in death metal.
I may be too close to Oslo scene to say anything, but i think there is the trinity here of Diskord-Obliteration-Execration that really pushed each other forward.
Diskord;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BTqVRMOUI
Obliteration;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_FJpFgjsk
Execration;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmTw6Q2P-Nc
Vorum with Current Mouth is also insane when coming to new death metal. Im not sure if Emptiness "Nothing but the whole" is death metal by definition, but it is something really desolate there. Second album sucked. Old Morbid Angel, Obituary and Deicide is rarely matched though.
Harald Mentor's old death metal band Incriminated now has the full 1999 demo up on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfshz9r4ETg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfshz9r4ETg)
Nice and chunky riffs, with bursts of punk. There are even some melodic parts that sound like heavy metal, but somehow everything blends well with each other in a way that is not contrived- much like Ride for Revenge's nature.
Quote from: Foss on August 19, 2019, 12:39:27 AMExecration
I was REALLY into Morbid Dimensions when it came out, didn't even know they had a new album out in 2017 until I googled it. Typical of a band signing to a bigger label and just getting lost in the shuffle.
Quote from: holy ghost on August 20, 2019, 12:16:29 AM
Quote from: Foss on August 19, 2019, 12:39:27 AMExecration
I was REALLY into Morbid Dimensions when it came out, didn't even know they had a new album out in 2017 until I googled it. Typical of a band signing to a bigger label and just getting lost in the shuffle.
Yeah, i think they maybe got a bit lost inbetween there as their approach to music is total underground, also not the kind of guys who really wants to go on big tours and such. I think the Morbid Dimensions songs really works in a live setting also, as they are a great live band. Played with them about two years ago on a death metal/harsh noise crossover gig, not the typical Metal Blade package exactly.
Malignant Altar
Of Feather And Bone
Infernal Coil
Phrenelith
Gorephilia
God Disease
Astriferous
Bloodsoaked Necrovoid
https://fluids666.bandcamp.com/album/exploitative-practices
Best stuff I've heard in awhile
Quote from: FallOfNature on September 03, 2019, 09:09:11 AM
https://fluids666.bandcamp.com/album/exploitative-practices
Best stuff I've heard in awhile
DSOL turned me onto this a few pages back - hope it gets another press. So sickening.
I just got an email from SVART saying my XYSMA box shipped. So I've got 5 LPs of crucial gore to wade through. For me should be the reissue of the year.
been listening to Vomit Forth non stop this weekend, they are doing the early 90's brutal death metal(not slam) sound to perfection
It always weirds me out when people talk about "slam" death, especially in relation to the 90's. I don't remember anyone calling Suffocation or bands like them like that back then. I'm not even old and it makes me feel like a grandpa.
the problem arose when people starting lumping both "brutal death metal and "slam" together - nowadays people hear a band describe as brutal death metal and automatic assumption is that they are a slam band
I'd heard slam used but not often - back then Suffocation and similar bands like Dying Fetus were always called "brutal death" more often, but it was usually determined by the ratio of guys that had shaved heads in the band and how many of them wore athletic wear in the promo photo....
if at least one guy in the promo shot had on shorts with combats boots, I always had high expectations
This might be better in the punk/hardcore thread.
For the past week, on the daily, I've been listening to Nausea - pre-masters for "Condemned To The System". This is a strong grindcore album. Did it get much notice when it was released? The production is heavy and precise. If you like your stuff raw, don't look here. Feels like they spent some time on the tech side of this thing. Love it.
from the blog from which it came:
The wavs here are the true pre-masters before final press (I'm assuming for the CD version only). There's a vaguely noticeable difference in dynamics, but it's so damn close to the final press that I'm essentially just uploading this for fun/completism.
For those interested, the Malignant Altar demo pressed on Vinyl is now available:
https://malignantaltar-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/ (https://malignantaltar-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/)
Over the last 5-10 years there has been some really killer American death metal bands coming out.
Namely, my favourites would be Cerebral Rot, Mortuous, Mortiferum, Sulfuric Cautery, Necrot, Fetid, Disembowel (before that Mangled Corpse). The Headsplit Records roster is off the chart at the moment!
Some of these bands have come through here and put on a great live shows, loud and tight as fuck. I like the demos generally moreso than the polished albums for the raw quality but there also seems to be new-school bands like Blood Incantation that I guess have a bit more of a "progressive" or technical approach, at the same time hold none of the old-school or rotten qualities that the above bands have adopted.
After several attempts I can't get into them. Is this a good direction for the genre? Discuss.
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=9970.0 (http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=9970.0)
Very excited I get to be the first one to say "we already have a catch all death metal thread still on the first page"
Quote from: holy ghost on September 28, 2019, 03:04:50 PM
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=9970.0 (http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=9970.0)
Very excited I get to be the first one to say "we already have a catch all death metal thread still on the first page"
I noticed just after posting but could not delete, though this thread is specifically about the
new death metal bands coming out of
USA.
Quote from: morbid_dyspepsia on September 28, 2019, 03:55:54 PM
Quote from: holy ghost on September 28, 2019, 03:04:50 PM
http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=9970.0 (http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=9970.0)
Very excited I get to be the first one to say "we already have a catch all death metal thread still on the first page"
I noticed just after posting but could not delete, though this thread is specifically about the new death metal bands coming out of USA.
considering this forum is dedicated to experimental music, one death metal thread is probably all we need. I'm sure if you make the same post in the death metal thread people will respond. or check out the NWN! forum if you really want to get into it.
I merged the two death metal topics.
In past, there was discussions whether it would be good to open "misc music" section. I recall most thought it was not good idea. There are forums for other styles of music out there. And any forum with too much of "misc" sections and too wide scope tends to go to different direction than I'm hoping.
For other styles of music, that feel SOMEHOW related to noise underground, one topic is usually enough. If such topics are growing in numbers, I'll think about own section for them. At this point, the less scattered the forum is, better it seems.
caught the Cerebral Rot/Fetid tour last night. if this tour is coming close to you and you like either band, highly recommended you attend. both bands put on devastating sets
I am glad everyone seems to be enjoying this Cerebral Rot/Fetid tour, they definetly put their time in up in Seattle.
Insane week for death metal in NM this week ... Obituary, Revocation, Blood Incantation, Immolation... Excited for Immolation, heard they are playing "Father You're Not a Father" this tour.
New Rattenfanger is brutal. Love the production.
https://rattenfanger.bandcamp.com/
catching that Immolation/Blood Incantation tour in late October - haven't seen Immolation since they toured with Cannibal Corpse in 2012/13, wasn't the biggest Blood Incantation fan until I saw them live recently on that Cannibal Corpse tour they did and I was blowing away, so I'm forward to seeing them again but this time in a smaller venue and not as the opening act
Quote from: Eigen Bast on September 30, 2019, 06:00:32 PM
New Rattenfanger is brutal. Love the production.
https://rattenfanger.bandcamp.com/
I don't like this new song, first (and so far only) Rattenfänger CD is great though.
Namely, my favourites would be Cerebral Rot, Mortuous, Mortiferum, Sulfuric Cautery, Necrot, Fetid, Disembowel (before that Mangled Corpse). The Headsplit Records roster is off the chart at the moment!
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Yes! The PNW scene from Portland to Victoria is really exciting and I'm sad to leave (currently driving from Seattle to Phoenix). Speaking of Headsplit, I've got a Hacksaw tape slated for release this fall. Cerebral Rot is my favorite DM release this year.
It's not death metal but grindcore, but since there appears to be no thread for grind, I'm writing in this one: there's an album just out by the strangely named No One Knows What The Dead Think, whose lineup is 2/3 Discordance Axis: Jon Chang, Rob Marton plus a Japanese drummer. It's pretty much a continuation of the last D.A. album. It takes a number of plays to really get to know the songs (10 in total, with one being a pointless 1-minute sample of a man talking in Japanese, and a D.A. cover). Marton's style is instantly recognisable (although he's written somewhat more complex material this time than in D.A.): instead of rehashing Discharge-like riffs like so many grindcore bands, he has his own style of often unusual and sometimes melodic metallic riffing. Some tracks are stronger than others, but overall it's an excellent release. Too bad it's apparently the only one they will have.
Quote from: acsenger on October 03, 2019, 07:09:12 PM
It's not death metal but grindcore, but since there appears to be no thread for grind, I'm writing in this one: there's an album just out by the strangely named No One Knows What The Dead Think, whose lineup is 2/3 Discordance Axis: Jon Chang, Rob Marton plus a Japanese drummer. It's pretty much a continuation of the last D.A. album. It takes a number of plays to really get to know the songs (10 in total, with one being a pointless 1-minute sample of a man talking in Japanese, and a D.A. cover). Marton's style is instantly recognisable (although he's written somewhat more complex material this time than in D.A.): instead of rehashing Discharge-like riffs like so many grindcore bands, he has his own style of often unusual and sometimes melodic metallic riffing. Some tracks are stronger than others, but overall it's an excellent release. Too bad it's apparently the only one they will have.
Thanks for writing the above. I'd been putting off checking this out since it became available online. Having heard the instrumental demos I was interested but wary. Discordance Axis is such an important band to me that everything I approach all of the members output since with cautious optimism. Gridlink was very good, certainly satisfying, with the first CD being the best IMO. Hayaino Daisuki was fun but insubstantial. And now there's this album with it's very boring artwork, at least from the online pics and silly project name. the song titles hit all the right weeb notes but it's hard to imagine lightning will strike again after so many years. I listened to the record on bandcamp yesterday 4 times in a row to get a feel but I'm undecided. The best song is the DA cover and the rest seems to lacks the urgency of DA or Gridlink. The insane speed, the sinew and marrow production sound, the batshit vocals, it's not on display here. I'll probably pick up the actual record before the years end and I certainly enjoy it but it's hard not to compare it to DA's work. I wonder if I'd care if this was a new, unrelated band or if I'm just forcing my self to dig it because of the connections. Obviously musicians evolve and new projects should have their own identity but since so much of the identity feels borrowed from earlier, better work I can't help but slightly disappointed.
Quote from: ConcreteMascara on October 04, 2019, 09:19:32 PM
Thanks for writing the above. I'd been putting off checking this out since it became available online. Having heard the instrumental demos I was interested but wary. Discordance Axis is such an important band to me that everything I approach all of the members output since with cautious optimism. Gridlink was very good, certainly satisfying, with the first CD being the best IMO. Hayaino Daisuki was fun but insubstantial. And now there's this album with it's very boring artwork, at least from the online pics and silly project name. the song titles hit all the right weeb notes but it's hard to imagine lightning will strike again after so many years. I listened to the record on bandcamp yesterday 4 times in a row to get a feel but I'm undecided. The best song is the DA cover and the rest seems to lacks the urgency of DA or Gridlink. The insane speed, the sinew and marrow production sound, the batshit vocals, it's not on display here. I'll probably pick up the actual record before the years end and I certainly enjoy it but it's hard not to compare it to DA's work. I wonder if I'd care if this was a new, unrelated band or if I'm just forcing my self to dig it because of the connections. Obviously musicians evolve and new projects should have their own identity but since so much of the identity feels borrowed from earlier, better work I can't help but slightly disappointed.
After about 15 or so listens, I'm also not saying it's an instant classic, but it's an enjoyable release with some really good tracks. With this lineup and their style, comparing them to D.A. is inevitable, but I for one like this album more than the last D.A. album, because I hate how bad the drums sound on that one. I'm probably alone with this opinion, since
The Inalienable Dreamless is generally considered one of the best grindcore albums of all time, but for me grindcore works only if the blastbeats have punch. On TID you can barely hear them. It's a shame, since with better production I'd love that album. Production-wise the NNWTDT album is at least excellent in my view.
I used to love DA, I've just had a listen to this new album and it's fine for what it is but I get that feeling of wanting to enjoy it out of duty rather than it properly pressing the right buttons for me.
the new Blood Incantation is massive - I never cared for the band until recently, always found them boring before seeing them live and was blown away. still think the first couple of records are boring and don't truly capture the band, but the new changes all of that
Quote from: DSOL on October 07, 2019, 04:35:41 PM
the new Blood Incantation is massive - I never cared for the band until recently, always found them boring before seeing them live and was blown away. still think the first couple of records are boring and don't truly capture the band, but the new changes all of that
Great to hear - I've already pre-ordered my copy. I love the first two and seeing them live was out of sight. Can't wait for.... November?
yeah November - but there was a screw up when they first had the pre-orders up on the bandcamp and the full album went to them digitally so that' how I've heard it early. looking forward to seeing them again 2 weeks with Immolation
Always curious and up for hearing Chang & Co.'s new, but I'm one of those assward traditionalists who goes into them hoping they'll return to the raw craziness of Ulterior and the split 7" with Def.Master. For me, that recording session is the Change benchmark. I think what they did after that is cool and all, but I never think to listen to any of it unless something else prompts me from a remote association. I appreciate the forward thinking, but that doesn't mean it ends up a milestone in my own listening.
https://p2loggia.bigcartel.com/product/unborn-salivate-paraphiliac-orgiastic-atonement-lp (https://p2loggia.bigcartel.com/product/unborn-salivate-paraphiliac-orgiastic-atonement-lp)
Got this in the mail yesterday - THIS is what all you sick fucks are gonna need to close out your 2019 "best of" lists.
Quote from: holy ghost on October 25, 2019, 10:36:50 PM
https://p2loggia.bigcartel.com/product/unborn-salivate-paraphiliac-orgiastic-atonement-lp (https://p2loggia.bigcartel.com/product/unborn-salivate-paraphiliac-orgiastic-atonement-lp)
Got this in the mail yesterday - THIS is what all you sick fucks are gonna need to close out your 2019 "best of" lists.
one of my favorite records this year
seen Blood Incantation Wednesday night and I don't know how many more dates are left on the tour with Immolation but if you like them at all, do not miss the show. they were incredible, last time I saw them was with Cannibal Corpse in a very large venue and a huge stage and it didn't seem to fit them at all - this time was a much smaller venue, they played 3 songs from the new record (yes the 18 minute song was one of them but they cut out the beginning and cut it down to 13 or so minutes) one track from Starspawn and one from Interdimensional Extinction, having already listen to the new record repeatedly hearing them live was something else - totally crushing live
I saw Blood Incantation the last time they toured - I skipped the show last night as I am up at 5:30 on weekdays but damn I am a little jealous - they ripped last time!!
I have pre-ordered the new LP but haven't even really streamed it yet. Waiting for the mood to really strike. I'm in full on gore mode these days with the Fetid, Cerebral Roy and that new Unborn Salivate getting all the play.
seen Fetid & Cerebral Rot a few weeks ago and got the best Cerebral Rot hat. its their logo shit color brown but they screen it on purpose filling in a lot of the empty spaces within the logo to make it almost look like a piece of shit -
xxp Love the 'Cerebral Roy' typo. New username? Either way, CR rips!
Quote from: ashraf on October 26, 2019, 01:26:12 AM
xxp Love the 'Cerebral Roy' typo. New username? Either way, CR rips!
Didn't even see that - I wish my name WAS Roy....
Goregrind isn't death metal. I hate that stuff.
Those Rotted fellas sure know how to groove. I'm into it, but I'm a sucker for early Gut and Dead from their split with Regurgitate. Rotted isn't like either of those, but groove is groove. It is also why early Swedish death metal is so powerful.
Quote from: Euro Trash Bazooka on October 27, 2019, 11:53:37 AM
Goregrind isn't death metal. I hate that stuff.
who is talking about Goregrind?
Fuck P2loggia sent me this free 7" by Thætas with my Unborn Salivate LP order - from 2016 - holy shit this fuckin' SLAPS. Discogs says it plays at 33 but that's obviously false (even though it sounds fuckin' SICK at 33 - 45 is a little weirder and more dissonant. This is GREAT!!
https://p2loggia.bigcartel.com/product/thaetas-demo (https://p2loggia.bigcartel.com/product/thaetas-demo)
they sent me the same 7" with my order - haven't checked it out yet
speaking of Gridlink...
https://takafumimatsubara.bandcamp.com/album/strange-beautiful-and-fast
I know Gatecreeper get a lot of shit but this new record is pretty friggin' good.
I also ordered Decomposed "The Funeral Obsession" 12" and the new Undergang 12". I am such a sucker for that Paradise Lost type shit and those Danes can do no wrong in my eyes.
Typing out "death metal" today in the search made me laugh.
I've been anxiously checking the Rotted bandcamp page for new releases. They dropped a 3-way split the other day, and it made me aware of a similar band that I'm liking quite a bit, Unnatural. The vocals...eh, but the groovy riffs got me. The track on the 3-way isn't as good as this demo, though.
https://unnatural1.bandcamp.com/album/afflictions-demo-2015
https://rotted-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/music
https://saccular.bandcamp.com/album/excrescence-odium-split-with-sarcosium
Isn't there a Carcass demo or rehearsal with no vocals? Or is that Master? EM doesn't show anything, and I'm not having much luck with other searches. I believe it was a Symphonies rehearsal, but this hazy memory comes from back when rehearsals and live dubbing were everywhere.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 30, 2020, 09:11:18 PM
Isn't there a Carcass demo or rehearsal with no vocals? Or is that Master? EM doesn't show anything, and I'm not having much luck with other searches. I believe it was a Symphonies rehearsal, but this hazy memory comes from back when rehearsals and live dubbing were everywhere.
I have a boot CD somewhere with tons of demo/rehearsal tracks on. Not sure if any of it is actually instrumental, but I do remember wondering when the vocals would kick in during the rehearsal tracks. The vocals are probably there, but lost in the noise from the instruments.
Quote from: Baglady on July 30, 2020, 09:27:29 PM
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 30, 2020, 09:11:18 PM
Isn't there a Carcass demo or rehearsal with no vocals? Or is that Master? EM doesn't show anything, and I'm not having much luck with other searches. I believe it was a Symphonies rehearsal, but this hazy memory comes from back when rehearsals and live dubbing were everywhere.
I have a boot CD somewhere with tons of demo/rehearsal tracks on. Not sure if any of it is actually instrumental, but I do remember wondering when the vocals would kick in during the rehearsal tracks. The vocals are probably there, but lost in the noise from the instruments.
Thanks. The dubs floating around weren't high quality. I think mine was labeled as instrumental (I don't remember hearing any distinguishable vocals either), but the trader had a beat stereo and unique way of listening.
I can't help you there. I love that icepick high treble solo in everything. I can't live without a little of that motherfucking wail. Make it sloppy or technical, I'm a fan.... the Impetigo solo for "Mortado" off the Faceless EP is the epitome of a sick solo that just grinds my fucking chuff.....
That Fetid LP does rip so hard.
The recent Caustic Wound record is a banger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWBxRYUNy9c
The Kommand record is also cool (has a minor screech though)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YeoYo5OfN4
and Necrot has a new one out too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvnF2nHprnw
We don't have a thrash thread, so I'm going to use this one. After watching Sodom Lords of Depravity (1), Thrash Altenessen (socioeconomic look at Kreator and their area), Combat Tour 1985 & 1988, and Cannibal Corpse Centuries of Torment (just the first 45m or so); I went from an early Rapoon cave system to a deep thrash revisit. I've listened to early catalogs from Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Possessed, Forbidden, Dark Angel, Death, Death Angel, Slayer, and Nuclear Assault.
I almost can't listen to a Kreator album without Ventor on some of the vocal duties. Mille grates on me, and I need that twist. Terrible Certainty is the end of the line.
Tom Sodom is clearly not an easy boss. I can't believe how many musicians he's rolled over. I learned I like some of the latter Sodom albums more than I expected, and I didn't realize they had done a punk album of sorts. The first recording of Obsessed by Cruelty is still my preference by a long shot. What a beautiful mess.
I still cannot get into Death Angel.
I was always a Kreator and Sodom baby. I never bought a Destruction album. The reasons are boring, so I won't go into that. I consider them new. I think I prefer the first two albums over the first two mini-albums, but I thoroughly enjoyed it all. Next time I need a Cronos fix, I know where I'm going.
Possessed. On repeat for days now. Are there similarities between Mike Sus (Possessed) and Penny Rimbaud (Crass)? Or am I just getting confused by the heavy snare dependence? I don't think Possessed when I listen to Crass, but I do sometimes wander to Crass when I listen to Possessed.
Forbidden. I have always preferred Twisted into Form over Evil. The cover art, the catchy and well-written songs, and great vocal performance make this a thrash standout. If I hadn't listened to Possessed and Destruction so much, I'd have played this one more.
Dark Angel impresses me more now than it ever has. But do thrash songs really need to be 6-8 minutes long? That's where they lose me a little on Leave Scars. I still like it, but I find myself wishing they'd edited a bit. Darkness Descends is a better album anyway, but those efficient 3-minute punches are a real virtue.
Death. Spiritual Healing. Fin. (not really, because I like it all, but I'd be fine with just this album)
Slayer. I only listened to the first three releases, but then I ran into the Raining Blood/Black Magic video. It's amazing how watching those songs in action can take them to another level. Is that even possible?
I don't think I like Cannibal Corpse. I'd only ever heard the Hammer ? EP. Got that for the covers.
Nuclear Assault. There are some HEAVY RIFFS on Survive, but Handle with Care is better put together along with some HEAVY RIFFS. Survive hasn't aged as well either. I think I would have gone with Survive in the past, but not now. It's still all about Game Over and The Plague, but...
I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but in case I didn't. Lappuss - "Content To Lick" Demo 1992, a thrash metal band from Williamsport, PA. "Content To Lick" was their only offering, released on cassette by Hellpit Productions in 1992. It's good. Noisecore-stupid sensibilities on the low end and thrashy crossover on the high end, sort of like Lethal Aggression with more thrash.
https://youtu.be/F8nNLcXbv24
a little more thrash...
Exumer - Possessed By Fire 1986 - German thrash - never heard it before this year - cool stuff, and you can hear that signature Kreator tom sound in the fills - if you crossed classic Teutonic thrash with Slayer and some of the more catchy elements of US/Bay area bands of the time - really good record - if I'd seen this in the racks at the time, from the front cover, I would have assumed they were another Exciter, but the GBH shirt on the back photo would have piqued my interest.
Schizo - Main Frame Collapse 1989 - Italian thrash - most of the songs are in the 2-4 minute range and benefit from it - another really good album I'd never heard - two words: precision and speed. *just now realized FOAD released their demos on LP+CD.
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss 1990 - I thought this was their last good record, but most of it hasn't aged well, even the songs I remember liking - never cared for South of Heaven.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on September 09, 2020, 09:00:26 PM
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss 1990 - I thought this was their last good record, but most of it hasn't aged well, even the songs I remember liking - never cared for South of Heaven.
Seasons is definitely their last good record, but it has some very weak points (like Dead Skin Mask). Lombardo is on fire on that record, though.
South of Heaven is great.
I prefer thrash that rides the line of death metal, but that's probably my personal distaste for typical "thrash vocals". The Tom Araya shouting crap has always rubbed me wrong...
Been on a real tear through the Grave Upheaval discography lately. I know the "cavernous" death metal is now longer the soup de jour but these fuckers could slap out some tunes - even if they were pretty short on RIFFS. Makes me want to re-listen to IRKALLIAN ORACLE again, I remember the drums on that last LP were totally sick. Did everyone in these bands loose the robes and start wearing bullet belts and chains and start playing bestial war metal? Maybe now Revenge are no longer kvlt we'll see a resurgence in this style? Who knows what 2021 will bring?
(probably more one man forest walking type stuff now that no one can jam anymore.....)
I recently found this channel on YT and been listening to tons of shit I never thought I would ever be able to find/listen, also remembering reading about so many of these old demos in old xerox zines I had in the 90's it brings me tears of fucking joy.
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdgoIUUre-_fnATBgQ52YsQ
Few things currently on rotation from there
EXMORTIS (USA/MD)- Descent Into Chaos Demo1988[FULL Demo]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UV_OUE7w6Q
INFESTER (USA/WA) Darkness Unveiled EP 1992 [FULL EP]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZbpMaDHeA8
EXCREMENT (FINLAND)- Flesh And Blood Demo 1993 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGscAoWGGfA
PUTRID DECAY(USA/MASS)` Feding Off The Dead Demo 1991 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7db3-blMclg
CROMLECH (USA/MN)- Graven Image Demo 1993 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAfBYxRWwc
HELLPREACHER (USA/TX) Resurrection Demo 1986 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oocrVm52C70
MAGUS (USA/TX)- Lines That Formed Hexagrams Rehearsal 1992[FULL REHEARSAL]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7WHvZZO7gM
ETERNAL HATRED (USA/IL) Vengeance From The Grave Demo 1994 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3HgKbgaGM
MINDROT (USA/CA)- Faded Dream Promo Demo 1992 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggyPY9ycfUQ
DEATHRUNE (USA/NY) Memories Of The Exhumed Demo 1994 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phc_7PDmzPs
ROTTED (USA/WI) Instinctive Demise Demo 1996 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYB1yfVx9c
SEPHIROTH (USA/IN)- Moon Sun Heavens & Earth EP 1994 [FULL EP]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfi1xUTCOjU
Now I need this cool as fuck artwork on a shirt
(https://i.imgur.com/FfZvfJA.jpg)
DISORDERED (USA/UT)- Within The Mind Of A Mortician Demo 1994 [FULL DEMO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BkbfS0ussk
So much more to listen to yet!
Also Tomb Mold FUCKING RULE. Whoever disagrees is a poser/hipster/cop/etc.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on September 09, 2020, 12:12:43 AM
I don't think I like Cannibal Corpse. I'd only ever heard the Hammer ? EP. Got that for the covers.
I suggest to give Butchered at Birth a listen before discarding them completely dude.
No Clue if this even fits in this thread...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsJC_U66Q3s
try some Aborted Christ Childe from the 90s Chicago scene...
miss that insaniacbrainiac Nandor & MarkR... some strange days...
By way of Swedish HC comps, I ran into Visions. Swedish death metal leaning towards Swedish HC. Only two demos, and I've only heard those comp tracks and the first demo. Can't find the second demo anywhere. Recorded at Unisound with Dan Swano, so I guess they were trying for a career? Followed up with the Uncanny discography and then Dellamorte's first album, which has some odd Pantera-esque vibes that I forgot it having. The Swedes who had one foot in death metal and the other in their HC tradition usually have a great perspective. I've always really dug Uncanny. Then Interment...the demos are as cool as you'd expect. The rebirth of Asocial with the House of Gore 7" is a solid take on deathy Swedish HC. Soulside Journey. Then it was just a rabbit hole back into Swedish HC demos and side projects like Fleshrevels and Price of Silence. It all leads back to Dis-.
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness was one of my favorite records as a teenager. Remember in high-school I wrote a paper about Exhume to Consume for music lessons and used the lyrics for an assignment for English lessons. Saw them live in 92 and entering the huge pit was an adventure. After 15+ years of collecting dust on the shelves I played all their records non-stop over the last few days. Noticed on Discogs the first tape was reissued last year on LP. Need to pick it up I guess.
Quote from: impulse manslaughter on March 31, 2021, 03:38:37 PM
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness was one of my favorite records as a teenager. Remember in high-school I wrote a paper about Exhume to Consume for music lessons and used the lyrics for an assignment for English lessons. Saw them live in 92 and entering the huge pit was an adventure. After 15+ years of collecting dust on the shelves I played all their records non-stop over the last few days. Noticed on Discogs the first tape was reissued last year on LP. Need to pick it up I guess.
A Carcass related question turned up on on the TV show Mastermind the other night,
"What was John Peel's favourite album of 1988?" I had no idea it was 'Reek of Putrefaction'!
Probably some ugly self promotion and not even Death metal, but anyway here's the first CORPSE EATER full length, to be released on CD on Mortville Records as soon as my lazy ass got around to design the booklet:
https://mortuarygrinder.bandcamp.com/album/the-stench-of-mutilated-corpses
Haven't heard much new DM that's tickled my fancy but the new Undergang is really good.
I recall Fetid and/or Cerebral Rot may have records this year.
Miasmatic Necrosis sound great - I paused on ordering the LP when it came out and it's now hella OOP.
Also picked up the Spectral Voice compilation, I have most of the tracks but the bonus 7" with the Metallica cover is actually pretty slick!
Late to the party obviously, but I finally got Death - Scream Bloody Gore. I had heard it before of course, but anyway, glad to finally have it, good Death Metal!
Aside from that my interest in Death Metal is rather small, so I can't say much about new bands at the moment.
Quote from: holy ghost on April 14, 2021, 04:12:18 AM
Miasmatic Necrosis sound great - I paused on ordering the LP when it came out and it's now hella OOP.
Apparently repressed so get it while you can!
Speaking of Death I watched that documentary, really depressing. Seems like he was such a difficult person to work with. No one really said anything "bad" about him but no one really said anything good about him either except for the guy who ran Morrisound Studio. It was like two hours of people talking about how they had been fired or screwed over in some way.
currently obsessed with Anatomia's new record Corporeal Torment on Me Saco Un Ojo Records. It's the slowest, most miserable thing they've done yet! I mean the last track of only four is twenty minutes long. and what a glorious twenty minutes. I've been waiting a few weeks for my physical copy so I broke down and started listening to it on Spotify in advance and now it's all I want to hear.
A while ago some people here recommended Cerebral Rot which I really enjoyed. I think they have a new record coming out soon? Looking forward to that.
Saw mention of Miasmatic Necrosis on the last page. The guy who runs P2 certainly has an ear for filthy death metal and goregrind. One of the better labels around covering the styles.
Really enjoyed this one he put out awhile. Project of the label owner and Justin Stubbs of Father Befouled etc etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HTCo-kOPOM
Label also did the Cystgurgle LP which is some of the wildest goregrind since LDOH
If you like Angelcorpse /// old Morbid Angel /// Deicide like DM....
CAMBION - Conflagrate the Celestial Refugium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x21KJa5b_vc
Quote from: absurdexposition on June 16, 2021, 04:20:22 PM
Quote from: FallOfNature on June 16, 2021, 03:59:15 AM
Miasmatic Necrosis
The record is so sick.
It is hella sick. So good!!
Been really jiving with FLUIDS lately. Just perfect for my ears. Too me forever to track those LPs down but finally HHR got them in stock.
New Portal was a nice surprise. Very good. Haven't delved into it yet too much but "I like what I hear".
Also on Maggot Stomp that Thaetas LP is fucking great. Suffice/Gorguts type stuff. Really into it.
Finnish death metal has been pretty good in recent years, here's some realeses from this year that I've liked:
cadaveric incubator: https://cadaveric-incubator.bandcamp.com/album/nightmare-necropolis
morbific: https://morbific.bandcamp.com/album/ominous-seep-of-putridity
ghastly: https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/mercurial-passages
Not really purchasing too much new stuff lately. The new Grave Miasma kicks asses, although I was not enthusiastic about the previous EP, the last "Abyss of wrathful deities" is a big surprise, a very good album in terms of arrangements, sound and lyrics/concept. Another must-buy for me has been the recent repress of Decomposed demos made by Me Saco Un Ojo, a seminal doom/death metal band out of the ´90ies.
New Anatomia (Japan) "Corporeal Torment" is also one of the top releases of the year for me already. Gloomy and filthy slow doom/death metal with a "sludgy Japanese touch" which reminded me a bit of Corrupted´s sound in the feeling. Another very good album that confirms (once more) one of the most prolific, yet interesting death metal bands nowadays.
I ordered the new Grave Miasma as well - I haven't had my order shipped yet but I'm excited to hear it. I recall not being blown away by the last one, but it might have been just too much stuff coming out at that point. I'm due to give it a re-listen. I am a big fan of everything else they've done.
Would be interested to hear the new Anatomia as well. I find it very hard to keep up with their output, I really enjoyed the split 10" with Undergang. The label they're on seems to have terrible North American distribution so I'll get it eventually.
Speaking of which I nabbed the new Undergang LP recently and it didn't blow me away. I'll have to go back and give it another shot.
New Fluids LP is streaming and I REALLY liked that one. Interesting they wound up on HHR, great distro but almost all the new bands they sign are just.... not very good. I'm very excited to grab the LP when it comes out.
Undergang are very good but somehow I have remained a bit behind with their discography. But with "new" are you talking about the live in USA or the last album?
Anatomia have a massive discography with lot of mini-releases, which I also find hard to follow, but all of their releases are from good to excellent (except maybe the 10´´"Shreds of putrefaction", which is a re-release of their demo though, and I remember it as a good record with very poor quality), so at least the albums deserve absolutely a listen.
Quote from: Into_The_Void on July 04, 2021, 05:27:55 PMAnother must-buy for me has been the recent repress of Decomposed demos made by Me Saco Un Ojo, a seminal doom/death metal band out of the ´90ies.
Thanks for mentioning this. Never heard of it, and I'm liking it.
Quote from: holy ghost on July 04, 2021, 06:03:04 PMNew Fluids LP is streaming and I REALLY liked that one. Interesting they wound up on HHR, great distro but almost all the new bands they sign are just.... not very good. I'm very excited to grab the LP when it comes out.
Do you think they're too prolific? I really like them, but it feels like I get two updates a week about another release or piece of merchandise.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on July 05, 2021, 05:38:26 PM
Do you think they're too prolific? I really like them, but it feels like I get two updates a week about another release or piece of merchandise.
I thought they only had a couple of LPs but I looked at discogs and yeah it's a ton of stuff they have out. I guess that Maggot Stomp stuff is designed to stir the buyer into an orgiastic spending frenzy? I heard about them from a "friend with good taste" a while ago and I haven't been able to pick up any of their releases until now because they'd sell out to quick and wind up on discogs. I get it's 2021 and sick riffs don't cut it anymore but come on.....
A couple of DM albums worth mention, 2 of which I've included my reviews from elsewhere here.
Portal - Avow - Profound Lore, 2021 - Portal are obviously no hidden gem or up-and-comers, but I don think it's worth mentioning that their latest album, Avow, is just supremely fucking excellent. 6 songs of absolute hellish descent.
Cerebral Rot - Excretion of Mortality - 20 Buck Spin, 2021 - my favorite death metal release in a long, long time. I'd say it's an improvement on the first album in every way possible. proper review below:
I listened to Odious Descent Into Decay several times around when it was released. I liked it a lot, more than the vast majority of newer death metal albums being released but didn't pick it up until recently. I also took special notice of the shrieking, ugly guitar solos. I only heard Excretion of Mortality for the first time last month (Oct. 2022) and immediately realized I made a huge mistake sleeping on Cerebral Rot. While Odious Descent Into Decay is certainly a great first outing, Excretion of Mortality improves upon it in every way. Better riffs, better solos, better vocals, and better overall production. The opening title track is absolutely infectious, grabbing you by the back of the skull and squeezing until your brain ruptures and your eyes bleed. Everything here captures the absolute putridity of the best films by Lucio Fulci. Similar to Fulci's most disgusting works, this "low art" transcends its origin to become something wholly unique and enduring. In terms of the actual sound, I would point to Realm of Chaos and In Battle There Is No Law! by Bolt Thrower and Symphonies of Sickness by Carcass (but played at half the speed), noticeably in regard to the stampeding drums (Bolt Thrower), the purulent atmosphere (Carcass), and the absolutely wild solos (both bands). I am also reminded of Anatomia's lurching single mindedness. Arguably, there are also nods to the sound of Finnish legends like Abhorrence and Convulse. These are all things I love and Cerebral Rot's evocation of them, intentional or not, wouldn't be enough if the songs didn't stand on their own. But they do, and they stand tall, with the albums finale being the penultimate highlight; the towering colossus of muck and filth that is Crowning the Disgustulent (Breed of Repugnance). At 11 minutes it is the ultimate payoff to this descent into murky depths, utilizing repetition with tension building riffs and atmospherics until reaching its slow-motion zenith at 7:41, releasing spores of brain melting fungus as a final fuck you. I would also note, there is a lot of this call and response style guitar work between the lead and rhythm which I cannot get enough of, which again is very prominent Crowning the Disgustulent. For my taste this is a flawless album which demands immediate replays and somehow even leaves me wanting more despite its 47 minute run time. I can't wait for what they do next.
Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity - Prosthetic, 2022 - favorite album of last year.
I had never heard Phobophilic before seeing them live, opening for 200 Stab Wounds, Undeath and Enforced, but I was extremely impressed with their set. Touring hot on the heels of the release of this album, they sounded tight as hell, striking a balance between quality riffs, twisting songwriting and gloomy flourishes. Picked this up at the merch table immediately after. And I have to say, as good as all of the other bands sounded, Phobophilic was the surprise highlight for me.
Enveloping Absurdity is quickly rising towards the top of my favorite releases of 2022. It's an extremely well paced and well played 37 minutes of death metal, all of which feels and sounds like its part of a cohesive vision. It reminds me of 2 things primarily: Finnish death metal a la Adramelech and Convulse and Starspawn by Blood Incantation. The tinge of gloom and coffin stench and the guitar tone conjure up those Finnish influences, but the pacing, song structures and solos really remind me of Starspawn. They also do a great job of slowing things down and letting the guitars and bass shine. This is not an endless, cavernous blast fest (not that that's not enjoyable on its own terms). I think Phobophilic do a shocking good job of making each track flow into the next giving a sense of unity and flow I'd expect from a more seasoned band. I don't know that I can pick a single stand out track, but my favorite part of the album is the middle stretch from Cathedrals of Blood (Twilight of the Idols) to The Illusion of Self.
I'm not ready to say this is the absolute best album of 2022, but I think it's going to a get a lot more spins than many of the other contenders. So if you're a death metal do yourself a favor and pick this up and go see Phobophilic live!
recent tape from Evulse is great. Even a hint of melodic, almost GBK/Arghoslent style riffing to be heard! (though no doubt the band would hate to hear that)
A lot of recent Brutal Death on rotation too, new album from Excrescence is top notch, raw rough as guts gutter gurgle style ala Pustulated and Colombian bands. Latest Stabbing album has gotten a lot of spins. Their first bored me, and they're considered a gimmick by a lot of people but this one impressed me.
Bog Body
I think this gets marketed as death metal, but there's a solid footing in Godflesh there too. And maybe a little something for the MitB skull servants as well. The live recording feels less deathy than the official releases. Translates well live. I'm into it.
This venue delivering good video and soundboard audio is a nice service.
https://youtu.be/NY-a0_rKMsM
latest Stabbing album has been getting some time. Straight forward Brutal Death and the female vox remind me of early Severe Torture. Female members have gotten them a bit of a hype label but I think the music speaks for itself here
new Devangelic ain't bad, they've gone the Sumerian route 100% thematically. I do prefer the claustrophobic sounds of Phlegethon though.
entire latest New Standard Elite batch is gold. That label's curator has a great ear for feral sounding nasty brutal death. Infertile Surrogacy, Excrescence, Ecchymosis and Infectology all fantastic
other recent listens - Sijjeel, Gargling, new Decrepit Cadaver...
Saw a Texas Death Metal act called TRIBAL GAZE on Saturday with JUDICIARY and INCLINATION. Hadn't heard of them before last week (I'm admittedly a couple years behind on everything). Almost stole the show. Groovy Skinless-esque DM with that Texas swing. Very good onstage with lots of presence. Vocalist has a little it-factor in him. Could be huge at some point. Highly recommended.
https://youtu.be/R3qhtmX6YTs (https://youtu.be/R3qhtmX6YTs)
I kind of miss that early era of when death metal was still in proto phase coming out of thrash and death metal was about "death". Wisconsin had a slew of great bands come out in this period that had those thrashy riffs in their death metal style and violent and horror lyrics to satisfy the genre aesthetically. Dr. Shrinker comes to mind, early Morta Skuld, Morbid Saint, ect. Really like that stuff! It's kind of like a bunch of thrash guys that went, let's try this death metal shit now.
Haiduk (death thrash black)
Been revisiting some death metal blasts from the past. Benediction - Subconscious Terror is still pretty good ripper! Songs alone like Artfacted Irreligion with it's phenomenal drumming and bludgeoning riffs makes me remember why I ever liked death metal to begin with.
HERETIC'S FORK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0BUKO-IFT0
Quote from: FallOfNature on April 04, 2024, 09:00:53 AMHERETIC'S FORK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0BUKO-IFT0
Awesome. I can't get enough of this P2 stuff.