Colpolscopy - Ready For Gore - Gore House Productions - 2013

     Music, visual-art, different genres of music, types of dance:  Have you ever seen or heard something, only to think to yourself:  "I could never enjoy that!  How do people get into that sort of thing?!"
In steps Brutal Death Metal.  When I was in high school, I remember being more into straight-up Death Metal.  The name Cannibal Corpse was a household name, but really only because of my Butchered at Birth t-shirt, and my parents' disgust with it.  I actually got the shirt as a weird gift before listening to much Cannibal Corpse.  I really like the album Butchered At Birth, but do not not really care for all of CC's works. 
I started out my heavy music quests with more symphonic stuff, I was a Cradle of Filth kid.  That quickly turned into years of delving into Death Metal and, while now I am prominently a fan of Brutal Death, I remain true to my Death Metal roots and revisit them from time to time.    If I met the high-school me on the street and told him that there was a genre different than Death Metal called Brutal Death Metal, high-school me would roll around laughing.  I am sure many people who don't enjoy this sort of thing still do laugh, that's fine, but you ought to know what you are laughing at.  Ok, enough ranting.

The album at hand for this review, Ready For Gore, from Southern California's Colpolscopy, was sent to me before I knew the band existed.  Hearing it now, I honestly probably would have skipped over it because of the art and the album title, neither of which caught by eye as being creative or well-thought-out.  I am, however, really happy Gore House Productions sent me this.  Listening to this album is what reminded me of what it feels like to start enjoying things you thought you never would.  Ready For Gore is chock-full of interesting, fun riffs and memorable slams, but it has a few things that you notice first.  Some of these things are the low, gurgling vocals and the smooth, near-perfectly mixed, audio that gives every instrument, and BOTH vocalists, tons of room to shine.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Ryan Gregory and Marcos Cortez share vocal duties here, and if you listen enough, you can hear who is who.  You get more than just two, distinct styles though.  There are insanely low, seemingly under-water gurgles, middle toned, gravelly gutturals, some decent high screeches, and countless in-between noises that just do not sound human.  A cool, organic, effect occurs throughout the album when both vocalists are layered on top of one another to sound like one.  This is, I guess you could say, the third vocalist!
The instrument that I would have expected there to be more than one of, is the guitar.  It is played by one man, Jesus Cortez.  The guitar compositions are definitely what allow this album to stand out.  Cortez combines generic slams with breakdowns and all over the place, grind-esque, fuzzed-out riffs that turn on a dime.
The band's name, album title, and artwork, all just had me picturing a band that would add to the rapidly growing landfill of one-hit-wonders who are out to achieve the hardest hitting slams and just use shock factor art and a medical term for a name.  I warn you, Colpolscopy is not that.  It is a medical term though, one that refers to a procedure to closely examine a cervix, vagina, or vulva for signs of disease.  There, now you know what to call that.

In today's world of countless sub-genres and fabricated labels, paired with the technology that gives us the ability to instantly judge things, a lot of art (music or other) gets swept under the rug too quickly. We all need to remember to keep open minds and remember, no matter what you are currently a fan of, you were not always, and may not always be, a fan of it!
I still do not much care for the cover art or album name, but the importance of those fades more and more with each listen.  The bouncy, thick production makes every riff on here seem to pound your head in.  The tone of the album as a whole reminds me a lot of Parasitic Ejaculation's full-length, "Rationing the Sacred Human Remains," (HERE) an album that singlehandedly, and rightfully so, put that band on every Brutal Death head's radar.  The drumming reminds me of that of Kraanium, only with more fills and tempo changes.
Much like the outstanding review (HERE) I gave to Lack of Truth's album "Under The Torn Flesh," this review is one I took a while to think about and write.  Ready For Gore may take a few listens, but I promise the product is worth it.
Overall, this album is a high-energy half-hour, where simplicity and barbarity meld together, throwing flashy production to the wayside.
Colpolscopy's Ready For Gore will be ready for you to score, officially released November 29th, 2013, on Gore House Productions.  I highly recommend giving it an attentive listen!  You will enjoy it!

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Interview with Serge (Guitarist) of Epicardiectomy - 2013

Cerebral Reviewment-  Hello, thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions.  First of all, who are you and what do you do in Epicardiectomy?

Serge Gordeev-  Hey bro, Serge here, guitarist of Epicardiectomy.

CR-  What does Epicardiectomy mean?


SG-  Epicardiectomy means a surgical operation on the heart.  In the beginning, when our drummer Milan came up with this name, it was just a good sounding brutal death metal band name for us.  And actually, we hope that our music is really something that can give you a heart attack. hehe.

EPICARDIECTOMY
The surgical removal of the epicardium, usually performed in constrictive pericarditis to permit greater diastolic filling of the heart.
The epicardium is the inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels.
The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened, loosely cloaks the heart, and is attached to the central part of the diaphragm and the back of the sternum (breastbone).
The inner coat is double with one layer closely adherent to the heart while the other one lines the inner surface of the outer coat with the intervening space being filled with fluid.
This small amount of fluid, called the pericardial fluid, acts as a lubricant to allow normal heart movement within the chest.

CR-  Your new 2013 demo (Reviewed HERE) has the best sounding production you guys have ever had.  What was done differently?

SG-  Compared to our debut full-length, not many things, I would say.  We worked on vocal parts more this time, also the music itself is a bit different.  It's still slam but with a bit of classic brutal death metal touch.

CR-  Are you currently writing new material for your next full-length?


SG-  Yes, we are on 80% done with stuff for a new album, we hope we'll be able to release it in the spring of 2014.  We play a lot of shows which are slowing down the process of writing new material.  But be sure we are working on it all the time and I'm sure you guys won't be disappointed.  It will be 100% fucking Epicardiectomy.


CR-  What is your opinion on lyrics in Brutal Death Metal or Slam?


SG-  I think lyrics are an important part of it.  The vocals could be guttural and you are not able to hear a word of what is being sang, but when you can read the lyrics in the booklet and enjoy the atmosphere of the dark or disgusting stuff that is usually the main part of death metal lyrics, it gives you many more feelings with listening to the music.  At least for me it always was like that.


"Feasting on Putrid Hysterectomy Remnants"
Staring at my new art
Several bodies fall apart
Horrible stench magnetize me
Empty mind reflecting the scenes
Of basement butchery
Slashing amok dementia
Disemboweling the cleansed torsos of dirty whores
Lay down gutted inside out
Trash body bags
Mockery on the bodies
Shitting into the wounds of decapitation
Ulcerous anus fistfuck
Feasting on a rancid regurgitated wombs
Masticating the putrid hysterectomy remnants
CR-  Can you tell us a little about your writing process?  Do you enjoy the process of recording in a studio?


SG-  We usually compose the songs together with our drummer Milan in a rehearsal room.  I always come up with some ideas and riffs when we are doing the arrangements together.  After the instrumental part is ready, Tom (our vocalist), having the lyrics ready by this time, starts putting his part on it.  Sure, there are exceptions sometimes, but mostly it's done this way.  And yes, we love to record and really enjoy the process of studio sessions.  For us it's always a lot of fun.  Actually the whole process is more than standard, first we record drums, then guitar and bass and vocals in the end.

CR-  Many thanks to Serge and Epicardiectomy for the interview!  Cannot wait to hear that full-length!!!!

Embryonic Devourment - Reptilian Agenda - Deepsend Records - 2013

Artwork by Jon Zig

Lets jump back in time to Cephalic Carnage's prime.  Or maybe to what some may think of as after their prime: an album from 2007 called Xenosapien.  I remember first hearing it and thinking it was a really tiring record.  It was one that took many, many listens to get through to me.  When it finally did, it solidified its place amongst some of my all time favorite albums.  The past week or so, listening to Embryonic Devourment's new album, Reptilian Agenda, I was in a similar predicament.  Maybe I was reminded of that Cephalic Carnage record because it is only every six years or so that I have such profound reactions to works of music.  Reptilian Agenda definitely reminded me of Cephalic Carnage at times, but more so renewed by dying belief in modern death metal.

In so many reviews I talk a lot about the mixing and mastering and the production qualities and the blips and blaps that most people probably don't listen for nor care to read about.  It is refreshing to write about a record that could have probably been recorded with a lot worse production than it was, and it would still stand miles ahead of its peers.  Reptilian Agenda is that album.
At just under twenty-five minutes, I find myself wishing this were longer. I spend the entirety of each listen intensely tuned in, head bobbing along, impatiently waiting for the next song to begin, all the way until the end.  Usually, 'concept albums', or whatever you may call them, are not my thing.  I just think it's too hard to meld together great song writing with great story telling without coming off cheesy. Oddly this album is one that does this extremely well.  The band has done a great job here, considering the subject matter;


"The concept for this album is over the top Just to give you a glimpse, its an album about a Reptilian race from a planet called Nibiru.  This race has been manipulating our systems of power and governing the human race for thousands of years.  This is something we believe in strongly to be true.  Whether it be the reptilian serpents in the bible, the worship of Sobek Ra in ancient egypt, the dragon gods of Japanese history, the giant lizard statues found from ancient mayan/aztec civilizations, or the pyramid of sobek ra on our dollar bill.  We sometimes shapeshift into reptilian gods for our live show even.  We aren't the typical band and we don't have the typical sound.  We aren't gore based or satan based.  We are a conspiracy band focused on the Reptilian Agenda - for we are reptilians by nature.  Does this sound interesting?  Free your mind to other possibilities..."- Austin Spence (Bass, Vocals) 
TAKEN FROM THIS INTERVIEW

So.......yeah, a surprising record to get be back into concept albums.  Perhaps it's the band's claims to truly believe this stuff.  More likely, for me, it's the sheer awesomeness of song-writing and diversity of death metal experienced throughout this half hour.
Not surprisingly, the lyrics are over the top also.  They are not about gore or rape or any brutal-to-be-brutal crap.  They are a good read, about a race that is taking us over and brainwashing us.  So, yes, they are political, but in a revealing way.  The lyrics, like the album, beg multiple reads and an alert yet open mind.
Overall, Reptilian Agenda is an amazing album.  You get diversity in riffs, vocals, and instrumentation.  More importantly, it is an incredibly cohesive story, from beginning to end.  Jon Zig provides beautifully haunting artwork to accompany.  Do yourself a huge favor by buying this one.  You'll get all the magnificent artwork inside, and all the lyrics.

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Interview with Josh (Guitarist/Vocalist) of Asphyxiate - 2013

Asphyxiate, a three-piece Brutal Death Metal band from Indonesia, have a full length album being released November 23rd, 2013.  I was lucky enough to have Josh, the band's guitarist and vocalist, answer a few questions.  Check out the interview below!





Cerebral Reviewment-  Hello and thank you for answering a few questions!  First of all, who are you and what is your role in Asphyxiate?

Josh-  hello, my name is Josh, I play guitar and am the vocalist in Asphyxiate.

CR-  I am very excited to hear “Self Transform From Decayed Flesh,” your upcoming full length!  Can you tell us anything about it?  How would you describe its sound?

J-  It feels so awesome, finally we have a new album with the new line up!  We proud to join forces with New Standard Elite.  It will sound like "heavy blasting brutality."  We play a little different style from our previous album, but it still on the same atmosphere and riffing.

CR-  Who did the art for your upcoming full length?

J-   The art is a great match for the album title, killer art done by Jonrinz Art.

CR-  How did you guys start working with Jonrinz Art?

J-  Daniel Osborn give us the idea to use Jonrinz Art; he told us that Jonrinz had a unique style.  He is a great artist.

CR-  I understand the album is mixed and mastered by Josh Welshnam (Autonomy).  How did the band get in touch with him?  Are you pleased with how everything turned out?

J-  Daniel Osborn gave us three good mixers to choose from, and as a band we finally chose Mr. Josh Welshnam to work with us.  Yes, we are pleased to work with him, he did a good job on mixing and mastering this album.

CR-  Congratulations on the recent signing to New Standard Elite Records!  What can you say about the label?

J-  Thank you, we are really proud and excited to sign with New Standard Elite, good label, pure brutality label with no trends and fads. New Standard Elite know exactly what band needs.

CR-  Do you guys have any big plans in the future for touring?

J-  Maybe we will make a little promo album tour. We hope so.

CR-  Who are some of your biggest influences?

J-  Suffocation, Decrepit Birth (old), Deeds of Flesh (old).

CR-  Who are some other bands from Indonesia that we should check out?

J-  Check out Carnivored, Injury Deepen, that's it for now, to many to list bro.

CR-  Thanks a lot!

J-  You're welcome brother. Thank you for taking your time interviewing us.

ASPHYXIATE

PREVIEW OF "Self Transform From Decayed Flesh" HERE

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Clit Commander - Tex Mex Ass Blast - Promo 2013

Artwork by Sidjime Art

GGGRRRRR..........PENIS...... GRRRRRRR......IN A HIVE......GGRRRGRRRRR!

If that doesn't have you giggling, you need to lighten up a bit.  The song however, "Penis In A Hive," is far from funny.
A steady, pounding, and well-paced track that, is really just one riff over and over again, somehow manages to be pretty catchy.  Now, if your band's name is Clit Commander, and you are releasing a promo under the moniker "Tex Mex Ass Blast," I figure you've got your work cut out for you to stop me from laughing long enough to even listen.
Congratulations to Clit Commander on a job well done; I am carefully listening.  You've caught my ear.  This five piece from Switzerland are packing quite the punch, and apparently commanding clitorises to do whatever they need done.  Okay, seriously now, all joking aside, these three songs really are good.
The band features two vocalists: Dave "Guttural" Apel (Incinerated Flesh) and René "Pussyshredder" Barthoulot (Ex-Cropment, Carnal Decay, Slamentation.)  For me, having two vocalists in this sort of music usually sounds the same as one but looks twice as stupid.  After all, who wants two guys standing on stage just growling and grunting their faces off?  I am happy to say that Clit Commander pull it off quite nicely.  I can here the added diversity in the vocals, which include those ultra-low gutturals that these sort of slams need, some Kraanium-esque, airy mids, some really great predator vocals (think Heinous Killings,) and even some actual shouting.  All of these mixed together are extremely powerful.  Even during some of the lowest of the lows you can still make out what is being said.

What really helps Tex Mex Ass Blast stand out from every other promotional 2-3 song release is its production.  Some real time and energy has been put into the recording, mixing, and mastering of this very short release.  Everything is tweaked just enough to be perfectly audible, even hammer-ons and pull-offs from Utti, the bass guitarist.  I also quickly noticed every drum having a really nice, welcoming tone.  Drummer, Cornel Betschart, displays an array of comfort and ease playing at different tempos and switching around patterns.  I also heard a reverse snare in there, something I hadn't  heard used since the last Raped By Pigs release.  Some electronic, technical touches such as that, and a couple on the vocals, are done in great taste and shouldn't steer you away from this promo.

Overall, Tex Mex Ass Blast is a three song promo that shows a renewed Clit Commander, with far better production and song writing than on there 2011 demo recordings.  Definitely worth checking out.
They also have some cool merch to check out!

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Interview with Lack of Truth - 2013

As 2013 comes to its end, Lack of Truth's "Under the Torn Flesh" (REVIEWED HERE) remains my favorite release of the year.  The debut full-length from this Russian brutal death metal band stays true to the genre's roots AND manages to be original!  I was lucky enough to conduct a short interview with the band.  Thanks for checking it out!




Cerebral Reviewment-  Could you tell everyone your name and what you do in the
band?

Lack of Truth-

Valentin Khramtsov - bass,
Alexey Grigoriev - drums,
Sergey Minaev -guitars,

and two past members:

Anton Kazakov - guitars
Alexey Remizov - vocals.


CR-  Could you give a brief history of Lack of Truth?

LOT-  Lack Of Truth is a brutal death band from St. Petersburg (Russia).  The group
was founded in the late summer of 2010 by musicians who previously played in
various local groups. bIn a short period of time we released a demo entitled Graveyard
Of Fools and played concerts in St. Petersburg and other Russian cities.  2013 brought the release of our debut, full-length album, "Under the Torn Flesh" on Italian label Death Metal Industry.


CR-  How did you guys decide on the name Lack of Truth?

LOT-  Very good question!  We wanted our lyrical themes to be more than just gore and the usual things many BDM bands write about.
We decided to add things into our lyrics such as topics on social problems and politics.  And most importantly, about the lies that the media reports.  Then came the name Lack Of Truth.

CR-  “Under The Torn Flesh” is an amazing piece of brutal death
metal. Did it receive good feedback from your fans?   Is the band pleased with how that album came out?


LOT-  Yes!  Many people in Russia and all around the world write to us to give good feedback!  We are very pleased with how everything turned out.

CR-  Can you tell us how your relationship with Death Metal Industry came about?

LOT-  Eddy Smith, the owner of the Death Metal Industry, wrote to us saying that he had listened our songs, and was interested in releasing our first album on his label.  The band is very grateful to the label Death Metal Industry for the publication of our debut album.

CR-  Have you lost or gained any members since the release of “Under The Torn Flesh?”


LOT-  We have recently parted ways with our vocalist Alexey Remizov because we had some disagreements.  Currently, the group has found a new frontman!  He will participate in the recording of our second album and we hope that the new voice of band will appeal to all our fans.  Soon we will announce the name of our new vocalist.

CR-  What can you tell us about the upcoming album and how it’s coming along?

LOT-  We are planning to start recording a new album at the beginning of the new year.  It will be more fast and brutal than “Under The Torn Flesh,"  and the group plans to change the style of lyrics but for now it's a secret.




Thank you so much to Lack of Truth!  We cannot wait to hear more!

Check out a preview of the new album HERE!

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Epicardiectomy - Deranged Self-Mutilating Emasculation - 2013 Demo -Coyote Records

The tin-can drums and bass heavy, fuzzy production that they are known for has quickly gone from a negative asset to a positive one for Epicardiectomy.  Whether it's their catchy, down tempo slams that pull you in or the raw power of all aforementioned production characteristics, matched against some of the nastiest gutturals of the genre, you are no doubt pulled in.  This year's two track demo only furthers the excitement.
Epicardiectomy was first widely noticed for THIS VIDEO, one that was not that flattering.  The video was hated on by nearly everyone who saw it.  Luckily, it got the name "Epicardiectomy" out there, and when they started releasing more music, people checked it out.  Maybe some of us were checking it out expecting to laugh at it, maybe not.  None of that matters anymore; one full-length and two demos later, Epicardiectomy have gained a huge following and more importantly, respect.
Musically, nothing substantial has changed over the years for this three-piece from Prague; mid-paced riffs colliding into slow slams over accent-heavy, surprisingly detailed drumming.  What has noticeably changed, for the better, are the vocals.  2012 brought us the band's first full length, "Abhorrent Stench of Posthumous Gastrorectal Desecration" and disappointed almost no one in doing so.  Drummer Milan Moškon has seemingly mastered controlling the pace of a song with technically simple drumming but creatively accenting things to be very impressive.  Serge Gordeev's guitar riffs are as catchy as ever but thankfully a little less saturated with static.  Clearer production on this demo has really done wonders to bring out even more of each band member's talent.  The previously shoddy vocals of Tomas are presented here with a renewed clarity and power.  His vocals are my favorite part of this release because of their clarity, power and thickness.
This demo displays a band that is calm, cool, collected and very good at what they do; aurally bashing your skull in.  I highly recommend that you pick this demo up!!!!


"Deranged Self-Mutilating Emasculation"

Obsessed by visions of dreadful necrophilia
The scenes of horrifying mutilation
Sweet stench of mortuary atmosphere
Grotesque mutilation
Desecrating the putrified cadavers
Longing lust for dead meat copulation
Zero tolerance and no respect
For ugly human remains

Dragging the corpse of the dead whore
Violently thrown on the ground
Entrails splashed out
From the unsewn stomach
Head cracked in half
And green stenchy pus
Spilled out on my legs

Furiously masturbating
Fingering her rotten holes
With the other hand
Deranged beast inside me unleashed

Start tearing off my foreskin
Screaming along with hideous crunch
My cock half-torn off, dripping with gore
Mixed with belch and rotting liquids
Ejaculating from the disgusting chasm
Where my cock used to be
Premortal satisfaction
Remain dead with my face
In the shredded corpse's womb

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