Intestinal Rancid Flesh are a Slamming Brutal Death Metal band from the city of Carmen in the southwest of the mexican state of Campeche. I was introduced to them through a forum where people were talking about a band that sounded a lot like, what they were calling, a simple style of brutal slam pioneered by Cephalotripsy on their 2007 debut "Uterovaginal Insertion of Extirpated Anomalies." While I am not sure I would call it simple, I cannot disagree with calling them pioneers. "Uterovaginal Insertion" is a quintessential album for any Slam connoisseur; it deserves a listen and an opinion of your own.
Needless to say, I was somewhat interested, but only to hear how similar they may sound.
Going into it with that mindset may have put me at a disadvantage, but I have waited months and months since that day to let this demo sink in and I think it contains a few things worth discussing. Cephalotripsy worship this is not.
This demo is only four songs long; just long enough to see if you like it or not and, if you do, leave you wanting more. Production wise, it is very quiet and gentle. That makes it really easy to hear everything going on here. The similarities to an older style of slam are evident in the undeniable groove of the steady guitar over the simple pounding drums. The vocals actually are pretty kindred to those of Angel Ochoa(Cephalotripsy.)
Vocalist Alexander Welt has disgustingly low gutturals and a wide, not range, but array of shapes, keeping everything extremely low but also very precise and quick when needed. The vocals are the perfect instrument to go over the guitar, and he makes them seem effortless. Guitarist Erick Járrin is constantly moving from beefy riff to groovy slam and injecting harmonics right before tempo changes that may hurt your neck. With everything this heavily palm-muted and thick, the absence of a bassist is of no concern. At the helm of all groove, the drums, sits Hector Lara Baez. The tempo changes that I spoke of would be nothing without these amazing drum accents and tones. Symbol splashes on broken up beats and playful snare patterns make the drums fun and impressive.
Now I can only sit around and hope Intestinal Rancid Flesh are busy writing a full length album, one with similarly simple production. In the meantime, take thirteen minutes out of today and give this demo a listen!
INTESTINAL RANCID FLESH
LISTEN HERE
This demo is only four songs long; just long enough to see if you like it or not and, if you do, leave you wanting more. Production wise, it is very quiet and gentle. That makes it really easy to hear everything going on here. The similarities to an older style of slam are evident in the undeniable groove of the steady guitar over the simple pounding drums. The vocals actually are pretty kindred to those of Angel Ochoa(Cephalotripsy.)
Vocalist Alexander Welt has disgustingly low gutturals and a wide, not range, but array of shapes, keeping everything extremely low but also very precise and quick when needed. The vocals are the perfect instrument to go over the guitar, and he makes them seem effortless. Guitarist Erick Járrin is constantly moving from beefy riff to groovy slam and injecting harmonics right before tempo changes that may hurt your neck. With everything this heavily palm-muted and thick, the absence of a bassist is of no concern. At the helm of all groove, the drums, sits Hector Lara Baez. The tempo changes that I spoke of would be nothing without these amazing drum accents and tones. Symbol splashes on broken up beats and playful snare patterns make the drums fun and impressive.
Now I can only sit around and hope Intestinal Rancid Flesh are busy writing a full length album, one with similarly simple production. In the meantime, take thirteen minutes out of today and give this demo a listen!
INTESTINAL RANCID FLESH
LISTEN HERE
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