Down From The Wound - Agony Through Rituals of Self Purification - 2007

The Philippines are now known for being home to some of the best and most talented brutal death bands out there. This album was perhaps the first I heard to come from there and it blew any expectations I had out of the water.

The way the guitars and drums work with each other is perfect! This is filled with a lot of catchy riffing, only to slow down to smart, calculated slams, letting the drums shine through in the mix.

One of my favorite songs has to be ‘Propagation of Divine Apostasy’. It has everything on display that makes this album amazing. Actually, you could pick any song of this record and your jaw should drop. If you don’t play an instrument and are strictly into guttural vocals, then this is also for you!

The songwriting here really imprersses me each time I re-visit this album.

"Propagation Of Divine Apostasy" -

Proclaiming your insanity to carry out humanity fall to ruin this
unblessed spreading salvation abolished by the epedemic of conformity
ingesting they holy words from teachings based upon lies endless torture
manipulate above ignorance it brings mass destruction obscurity
people are already trapped in this deception embraced by misery doomed to
a life in dark hatred abomination for all.
Intense loating greatly discharged and abhorred
church ceased to exist
abandoned, crumble as religions will fall rapidly into total devastation
and will never have a chance to re-establish again
Compelled to carry the doctrines of total apostasy
humanity, condemned to the reality. Churches will be destroyed
and all its doctrines will vanish
abandonment of the principles from they false doctrines
breaking through the traditional teachings
conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed Scripture
violently gorging as the followers suffer.

Vocalist Tristan Dela Cruz does an amazing job here and I am sure he has only improved and I cannot wait for more Down From the Wound!

This was the debut full-length from the band, then a couple demos, then another full-length effort in 2014.

I can only hope and pray that Down Ftrom The Wound are still active and will surprise us with new music soon!

Weakness - Demo 2009 - R.I.P.

This Russian slam outfit released a very promising demo, were immediately signed to Pathologically Explicit records, and then disappeared.  

Then it seems like in 2016, Ungodly Ruins released a reissue of the demo.

This is an incredibly impressive and well written DEMO and I am saddened this group came to a sudden end!  I love this sound.  Please reach out to cerebralreviewment@gmail.com if you have any info on the band members or what they are up to now!

Take 6 minutes and check it out.

LISTEN TO THE COMPILATION HERE

Salvaged Flesh interview 2024

Salvaged Flesh is the brain-child of Floridian Bryce Nielsen.  Thank you for sitting down to answer a few questions!

"Cerebral Incubation/Artery Eruption mid 2000's slam worship. With this release, I am abandoning the goregrind sound wit this project. This style of slam will continue on future releases." - Salvaged Flesh

CAN YOU START BY STATING YOUR NAME AND AGE?

Bryce Nielsen and I’m 25 years old. Some people might know me as Brihk (the name I used under a lot of my projects). 

HOW DID THE BAND START?  IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE IN AN ERA OF MANY ONE-MAN-SLAM-BANDS BEING BORN.   I PERSONALLY LOVE THIS!  WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON IT?

Salvaged Flesh was originally a goregrind project. I did a demo that I released on my little tape label Moldy Mellon Cassettes and had an EP that I don’t think I ever released publicly. But that was like my 5th goregrind project and I haven’t had a proper slam project in about 2 years so I decided to start going more that direction and sound. 

My first 1 man project I had was a slam project called Lordosis Scoliosis. Don’t bother looking it up it was pretty shitty but everyone’s got to start somewhere I guess hahahaha. I’ve always been a big fan of slam and brutal death metal, since even before I got into goregrind and gorenoise, so I just figured it was long overdue for me to have a slam project again hahaha

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ASPECTS OF THE EP IS THE FUZZED OUT BEEFY GUITAR TONE AND THE TIN CAN LIKE SNARE.  DOES A LOT OF THOUGHT GO INTO THESE WHEN RECORDING?

Oh yeah I’d go as far as to say I put more thoughts into the tones than really any other aspect of the recordings. I wanted to do my best to emulate that specific 2000s tone and production. 

I'M LOVING THE LOGO AND THE ARTWORK!  WHO DID THOSE?

The logo was done by my buddy Corey and the artwork was done by Joey Cashman of Goremonger. 

CHOPPED AND DISPOSED (LISTEN HERE) FEELS LIKE A COMPLETE PROJECT WITH A HEAVINESS AND GROOVE TO IT THAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN!  ARE YOU PLEASED WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT AND PEOPLES REACTION?

Thank you I appreciate that! And Oh yeah I’m most definitely stoked with how it turned out. It’s always a good feeling when something ends up sounding exactly how it first pictured it in my head. 

BEEN IN ANY BANDS PREVIOUS TO THIS ONE?

Yeah I play bass in a death metal called Blunt Force Trauma. And no not the Japanese one hahahaha. I also have had a handful of goregrind and gorenoise projects which can be checked out on the Acrid Infestation YouTube channel, cause it’s too much to name them all here hahahaha. 

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NAME "SALVAGED FLESH"?

I honestly don’t remember. My guess is I was stoned and someone said those words in a movie and I thought that would sound cool as a band name. That’s usually how I come up with a name hahahahaha. 

ANY PLANS FOR PLAYING SHOWS IN THE FUTURE?

For now it’s just going to be an online project, but anything is possible. 

ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OUR READERS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY AT ALL?

Thank you to anyone who checked out the EP and a big thank you to Cerebral Reviewment for having me do this interview!!

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Prolapsed Interview 2024

Prolapsed, a one-man BDM machine out of San Jose, California has been on and off for close to a decade.  Now, moving full steam ahead, "Expulsion Of Innards" is set for a March 7th, 2024 release via Vile Tapes Records.  The single off of the project is a promising slab of slamming goodness.  Give it a listen HERE.

Thank you Alex for sitting down to answer some questions!

CAN YOU START BY STATING YOUR NAME AND YOUR ROLE IN THE BAND?

I am Alex Kristoff, head of all operations at Prolapsed. Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Drums as well as Mixing/Mastering

HOW DID YOU LAND ON THE NAME PROLAPSED?  HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT IT?  WERE THERE OTHER PROJECTS BEFORE THIS FOR YOU?

Coming up with band names is never easy. I wanted to have a one word name that would be as repulsive as the music. I think it fits perfectly. Prolapsed started as a side project back in 2010ish. At the time I was playing guitar for a Tech Death Metal band and I wanted to learn how to record music on my own. From that time up until 2022 I had performed drums with three different Black Metal bands, so Prolapsed was put on the shelf. After departure from the last group, I decided to resurrect Prolapsed and give it my 100% effort as a Brutal Death/Slam outfit. 

IT SEEMS LIKE THE PREVIOUS TWO RELEASES HAVE STUCK TO SIMILAR STYLES OF PORNOGRIND/SLAM/BDM?  HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?  

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THIS CURRENT STYLE OF RAW IN YOUR FACE SLAM?

I would say the first 2 releases leaned more towards Brutal Death Metal as far as overall pace and riff style, whereas I have slowed things down a bit and leaned more towards Slam on this incoming release. In general I would describe Prolapsed as Brutal Death/Slam. A mix of heavy slow parts similar to Mortician and fast/technical parts similar to Beneath the Massacre or Cannibal Corpse.

SHOULD FANS EXPECT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN WRITING OR PRODUCTION ON "EXPULSION OF INNARDS"

Main differences would be improvements in production and more slow slams incorporated. I'm perpetually learning production techniques, so each release keeps sounding better. I think if they enjoyed the previous two releases, they will definitely enjoy this one as well. 

WHO CREATED THE PROLAPSED LOGO?  HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT FINDING THE ALBUM ARTWORK?

Angbudlia made the logo.  I found him on Facebook. The guy makes amazing logos and he does it very quickly. I was able to get the Prolapsed logo within 24hrs and for a very good rate. I would highly recommend his work, The album art was created by WildanSlamArt. The extreme violence/gore was exactly what was needed. I will be using him for future releases

I LOVE YOUR SONG TITLES AND ALBUM TITLES!  DO YOU WRITE LYRICS FOR EACH SONG?  IF SO, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS LIKE?

I try to match the song titles with what the song sounds like, at least in my imagination. I do not write lyrics for Prolapsed. I know many would disagree with me on this, but lyrics are the most unimportant part of music for me. Plenty of bands offer that if you need that aspect, but it's just not my thing. Listening to bands like Cemetery Rapist kind of taught me that you don't necessarily need to have lyrics for vocals to be amazing. 

HOW OLD ARE YOU?  

37

EVER TRIED TO MAKE IT A FULL BAND OR DO YOU LIKE THE ONE-MAN THING?

This is something that I think about on a daily basis. I'll try to keep this answer short and to the point. I have been playing in different bands for the last 15yrs and at this point as far as how things are now socially, I feel I do much better on my own. I have full control of everything in Prolapsed, although that luxury comes with all the responsibilities. When you're in a group with five different people with five different opinions on what to do, things can get shitty. I absolutely miss performing live. There's nothing like playing live music, but to be honest I don't miss the other 90% of being in a group.

ANY PLANS FOR PLAYING SHOWS IN THE FUTURE?

Doubtful, unless I find the appropriate people to do so.

EP COMES OUT MARCH 7TH VIA VILE TAPES RECORDS.  HOW DID SIGNING WITH THEM COME ABOUT?

I had released the second EP "Sepsis" on Distrokid in hopes for it to reach as many platforms as possible without having to do the marketing leg work myself. That is my weak point in the scheme of making music. I don't enjoy marketing/promo. My strength lies more in writing and performing the music. With that being said, you can imagine how it felt to have Constantine from Vile Tapes reach out to me in interest to get Prolapsed on the roster. I am extremely grateful to be with Vile Tapes. Getting signed to a legitimate label was one of the main goals for Prolapsed and Vile is a perfect fit.

ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OUR READERS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY AT ALL?

Much appreciation to all who support Prolapsed. Expulsion of Innards will be available shortly and I hope it is well received. Keep your eyes out for the future as well, as I am about to enter the mixing/mastering phase of a 10 track full length. No comment on when that will be out or any other details, but know that will be coming in the future. 

Thank you Cerebral Reviewment for giving Prolapsed some great questions.

Shout out to 

Constantine from Vile Tapes Records

Angbudlia (Logo Maker)

WildanSlamArt (Artist)

Helse Interview - 2024

CAN YOU START BY STATING YOUR NAME AND YOUR ROLE IN THE BAND?

Caden: Vocalist, Original Guitarist, and Artist
Johnathan: Bassist, and Guitarist

HOW DID THE BAND START?

Caden: Both me and Johnathan always wanted to make music, we had a few attempts in the last few years, but Helse is the first to ever really come to be.

WHERE DID THE NAME "HELSE" COME FROM?

Johnathan: Honestly it's stupid, I would just translate a bunch of words into different languages and hoped something cool would come out of that and eventually I got Helse. It means poor/ill health and hellish in dutch, which just fit.
Caden: We really didn't wanna have a super generic name, so when Johnathan came to me with Helse, I knew it was perfect. Sick and short.

IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS A HANDFUL OF SLAM/BDM ACTS POPPING UP OUT OF COLORADO RIGHT NOW!  WHAT OTHER BANDS SHOULD WE BE WATCHING FOR?

Caden: Definitely our homies Epileptic Avulsions, they're dope and have got some new music soon. Stricturotomy is some crazy one man slam with that old school sound,  our homies in Rampant Defenestration are workin on some new music right now too, and we're gonna have a part on their new EP too. Primitive Punishment is another dope one man band, the list just goes on. Fetal Embalment, Crypts of Golgotha, Aleister Cowboy, Monumental Discharge, Divine Excruciation, Harvested, Bloodcurdling, keep an eye out. Colorado Death metal is really having a moment right now.

CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE ON SOME OF YOUR INFLUENCES? MUSICAL OR OTHER

Caden: Devourment has always been a huge inspiration, but thats an obvious one. Peelingflesh really showed us that you can really come from nothing in this scene though, I remember when they were way smaller than what they are now. All of the OG slam bands were what mostly influenced our sound though, Inhuman Dissiliency, Digested Flesh, Cephalotripsy, Cerebral Incubation, Infertile Surrogacy, Gorevent, all of them.
Johnathan: I love a lot of punk and death metal. Social distortion, Death, Cattle Decapitation, Impetigo, Impaled Nazarene, Devourment n such.

LET'S TALK LOGO AND ARTWORK.  HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH THEM/ WHO IS THE ARTIST?

Caden: I do all of our art. I've always loved the sorta raw look of older slam projects and really wanted to give off that same thing with Helse. I love all the old ugly 3D slam logos and hand drawn art, and you gotta have the gross grimey feel all together.

SO FAR ARE YOU GUYS HAPPY WITH HOW THE EP CAME OUT AND PEOPLES REACTIONS TO IT?

Caden: Yeah man, I'm so happy with it. I'm really glad to see our work paying off and honestly just glad to have finally made something.
Johnathan: Definitely, I wasn't expecting it to be as popular as it is so quickly and I'm glad other people are enjoying it. There were a lot of funny and enjoyable moments while recording and I'm just hoping we can continue to go futher with it.

HOW OLD ARE YOU?  BEEN IN ANY BANDS PREVIOUS TO THIS ONE?

Caden: I'm 18 and this is my first ever real project. I've worked with some other online bands, but never to the extent of what Helse is.
Johnathan: I'm 16 and Helse popped my band Cherry 

ANY PLANS FOR PLAYING SHOWS IN THE FUTURE?

Johnathan: Definitely hoping we can get something lined up soon, playing shows is one of our biggest goals at the moment.
Caden: We've got a new guitarist coming in to fill in for shows, so it won't be long before we start!!

ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OUR READERS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY AT ALL?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FUCKIN WIT US!!!!!! WE'RE GONNA WORK ON NEW MUSIC SOON!!! 

Listen the entire EP HERE

Check out a review of the EP HERE

Helse - Helse EP

Straight out of Denver, Colorado comes this 3-man Brutal Slamming Death merchant, HELSE. Pronounced "Hell-Say", they released this self-titled EP independently on February 16th, 2024.

5 songs, none over 2 minutes.  This EP clocks in at 8 minutes of pretty great sounding slam.

Nothing crazy here as far as instrumentation or writing, but it absolutely delivers in the slam department.  Raw, grimy guitar grooves pairing nicely with simple drums and decent production.  These disgusting vocals are the icing on the cake!  Another up-and-coming band with it's members all under 20 years old!  This is crazy to me and I can't wait to watch how they evolve!

If this is a basic blueprint for the beginning of the Helse sound, I am loving it.  With a little growth and further production, this is giving me old Short Bus Pile Up meets Cerebral Incubation vibes.

This Ep also has 3 guest vocalists, which is nuts for an 8 minute release.  Still, somehow it all comes together to form a rather well made Slam release for fans of the old raw Slam style.  Check em' out!

FULL EP

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Rectoplasm - "Liquifying Brutality" review / interview

 PHOTO BY FYSIPHOTOGRAPHY

Rectoplasm are a 4 piece BDM/Death Metal act hailing from South Carolina.  As such a young group (High School), this band sounds way ahead of its time.

Thank you to Racoon (Vocalist) for answering a few quick questions!!

Can you tell us how the band started, how long you’ve been a band, and how old you guys are?

So this band started as mainly just a high school project thing. Me, the vocalist, and Wyatt, our guitarist, have been trying to make music together for probably around 3 years before this, but at the time his interests were too proggy for me, and my interests were too punk for him, eventually though I discovered Peeling Flesh, showed it to him, and the slam genre really just clicked for both of us. We’ve been a band technically since last August when we released the EP, but really that was a way of trying to put our music out there so that we could get enough interest to find other band members, so I would say we’ve officially been a band since last October when we played our first show with a full lineup. I, Raccoon, am 17 right now, Wyatt is 18, Grey our bassist is 23, and Tim our drummer is 21.

Your Self titled ep was a promising slab of raw BDM. liquifying picks up where you guys left off with the song writing, but has a whole different feel sonically. What was the recording process like and what can you say about the mixing/mastering of the ep?

Since we had more people this time to contribute their thoughts to the songs, and also since we were now a bit more versed in songwriting, I feel like all off our influences in the band came through really well, with just super old school brutal death riffs, going into the more modern hardcore/slam crossover stuff. The recording process was a huge learning curve for us, we had never worked with a set deadline for recording before so honestly it was kind of stressful, but luckily all turned out well. We were so so fortunate to have a friend, Matt Carrano, let us borrow his entire drum mic setup and just give us much needed help along the way. For the mixing and mastering, we got Ethan O’Brien (@tobaccobowl on instagram) who got reccomended to us by Boltcutter, he’s made our new songs sound so tight and bass heavy, what more could you want in a mix?

tobaccobowl

"My life revolves around music like a fly revolves around stinky trash. I have had experience in handful of bands, and they influenced me to learn the production art of music. I began creating music with FL Studio 12 about 9 years ago, and I am still improving every single day messing around with FL studio and dabbling in Pro Tools. I write my own songs, and collaborate with other artists to create a bunch of killer tracks. My main goal in the studio is to figure out what sound is in the artists head whether it’s through conversation and cracking jokes or shutting up and getting to work. With my production experience my strongest genres that I work on are Pop Punk, Hip-Hop, Slam, Hardcore, Indie, RnB, and Hyperpop. I strive to become well rounded in all genres in order to collaborate with all types of artists. All in all, I love making music and aiding other artists in songwriting and production in the studio, and I’m going to take any opportunity that allows me to do that."

Check out his personal project, tobaccobowl, HERE

Jon zig is fire!! How did that connection come about? And who did the recto logo???

Honestly the connection with Jon Zig was just purely through emailing him as a stranger haha! He was super willing to work with us and was accommodating to our budget, the album cover is not a full on commission but it’s insane how spot on it fits with our image and sound, super awesome guy. I did the logo actually! Just on procreate trying to make the most gooey unintelligible logo ever.

Who are some of your biggest influences?

Definitely Devourment, Cephalotripsy, Peeling Flesh, Cerebral Incubation, Corpse Pile, Snuffed on Sight, and Analepsy Any other soda city bands we should be on the look out for???

Yes! This first one is from Myrtle Beach not Cola but still shoutout Grimjaw, shoutout to Eighth House, Scrlett, Severed by Dawn, Fleshgate

Could you pick three albums, any genre, that you can’t live without?

Rei Momo by David Byrne, Effigy of the Forgotten by Suffocation, and God’s Country by Chat Pile

Thank you Racoon for taking the time!!

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Rectoplasm's second EP, “Liquifying Brutality” will be releasing 02/24/24 on ALL PLATFORMS!

TRACKLIST

1. (Blunt) Forced Cranial Cleansing ft. Ken Freeman of Severed By Dawn

2. Dismembering The Third Leg

3. Gorged

4. Leash Of Entrails ft. Angel Ochoa of Cephalotripsy (OFFICIAL) and Abominable Putridity

Album Artwork done by Jon Zig

Layout by Grey Westbrook

Mixing and Mastering by Tobaccobowl

Art by Jon Zig

Liquifying Brutality opens with a Dracula Flow sample, which made me smile and seems to be a good fit!

The bass tone shakes the whole mix, in a great way. Drums and guitar are beautifully clear.

I am in love with the mix on this! Makes it that much easier to appreciate the catchy songwriting and groovy intricacies that each instrument is adding.

Racoon's vocals are as nasty as can be and compliment the whole vibe wonderfully.

This project also features guest vocal appearances by Ken Freeman (Severed By Dawn) and Angel Ochoa (Cephalotripsy)

Overall this EP is blowing me away and secures Rectoplasm as a band for any Slam/Brutal Death fan or label to pay attention to!

"Liquifying Brutality" has the sound and feel of a mature and thought out record. I cannot wait to hear what Rectoplasm do next!!!

Check them out below:

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Blast-From-The-Past Pus Vomit, Vulvecomy, Devourment

 

The following three albums were listened to and written about on airplanes, the day after thanksgiving, 2009. I have decided to type them word for word, poor sentence structure included. I was quickly writing as I listened, so please excuse the strange wording and structure used throughout.

Pus Vomit- Degrade the Worthless- 2009 Philippines Genre=Slam Death Metal

SONG 1:SHE DIED A VIRGIN: Stupid, disgusting sample that i have never heard. I hate it. Samples are way over used and I wish they were not so intentionally gross! This sounds like Willem Dafoe. Fuzzy production, ok gutturals and pretty cool guitar. Drums so far are great. Fast and clever. The vocalist has a kind of annoying mid-range pig squeal that I hope he doesn't use too often. SONG 2:SOAKED IN HER OWN BLOOD: I love a lot of these guitar parts, but hate how it's recorded. 1:30 turns brutally awesome and this track just gets better from there. SONG 3:GOD HELP ME RAPE THE DEAD: Very cool part at :17 and then at 1:00 it all goes nuts and gets boring. At 1:55 there is a slow double bass part that should be used more. SONG 4:PUNGENT ROTTING FLESH: Off kilter, unnecessary pinch harmonics peppered over a lame intro. A lot of random parts in this track and I don't like how they are put together, or lack thereof. SONG 5:SELF INFLICTED WOUND: Awesome clever drumming saves the day again! 1:20 is a super weird part with kind of barking vocals. Everything slows down around 2:00 and is boring from there. SONG 6:DEAD FOR RENT: Best intro so far. Best vocals so far. Nice groove at about 1:00 and slows down to get even better. Weird guitar parts. Awesome jumping time changes at 2:20! ya! SONG 7:YOUR DEAD BODY I MOLEST: Straight forward intro, showcasing the whole band. Slows down at 1:00 and sounds like everything else. Extremely surprising awesome part at 1:40! Then just simplifies and repeats. fun song, so far my favorite. SONG 8:DEAD REMAINS: Awesome vocal range displayed during intro. Horrible vocals patterns and placement displayed throughout whole song. Very annoying track. SONG9:RETCHING LACERATED ENTRAILS: Better. Catchy guitar. Way better vocals. FUCKING AWESOME 'stabbing' vocals at :55! Long build up of tiny parts gets resolved at 2:30. SONG 10:DISMEMBERED VIRGIN LIMBS: Generic sample, not disgusting so I can stand it. Catchy, playful part at 1:30. Awesome time change part at 2:26. 2:40= palm mutes and squeals surprisingly not too annoying. Pretty lame album ender though.

Vulvectomy- Putrescent Clitoral Fermentation- 2007 Italy Genre= Slam Death Metal

SONG 1: Festering Detached Genitals: Stupid sample. I like the tones right of the bat. Good vocals. Amazing flow and time change. Gets slower than most bands dare to. This has to be a drum machine. 2:20 is great. Repeats, slows down, speeds up. I really like how these drums are programmed. SONG 2: Pusfull Hymen Liquified: Again, very cool flow, blended well. Most bands who use drum machines tend to overdue it, but this is perfect. and these songs actually have parts and structure and great smooth transitioning. The vocals on this track got pretty annoying though. SONG 3: Depilated Cunt Twitch: Wow, this doesn't sound like a new song at all! I love the drums here! Just listening to the first three tracks has me wondering if the guitarist is also the vocalist. 3:20 is a refreshing change that should last longer. SONG 4: Masturbating with Defecated Entrails: Dumb sample of a crying woman. right at :53, before a slow slammy part, is a bass drop that I found rather humorous, but it fits. This song seems to be one huge slow riff with small faster parts to break it up, as opposed to the other way around. Boring! SONG 5:Putrescent Clitoral Fermentation: Favorite song so far. I am on an airplane and just got really tired. I am going to sleep.

Devourment- Unleash The Carnivore- 2009- Texas Genre= Slam Death Metal

SONG 1: Unleash The Carnivores: Pretty boring until the end when a slow slam takes over. SONG 2: Abomination Unseen: Good, non-disgusting sample. Very strange and rare chord progression for the genre. Refreshing. I like the drums here. 1:50 = sweet, slow slamming with great gutturals throughout. The vocals are great so far because there is plenty of old Devourment, just not as sloppy. Great! SONG 3: Fed To The Pigs: Hectic, tense, very creative drumming. Vocal fade in, which I hate. Awesome flow at 1:00. Even better at 1:30. This track is not boring and perfectly transition from part to part. Awesome drums too! SONG 4: Incitement To Mass Murder: Right away vocal blend and groovy chugs with slow drumming. 1:00 slows way down. Kinda boring. 1:22- new, different low vocal style. I liked it. Sound like an effect put over the vocals. 2:15-great, simple groove. SONG 5: Crucify The Impure: I hate the beginning of this song. Gets better at 1:20, but repeats too much. Awesomeness at 3:00 saved this track for me. Very simple guitar work put together creatively. Outro is very nice too! SONG 6: Deflesh The Abducted: Great beginning with exciting drums. Perfect example here how how to repeat a riff, slow it down, and still be great. Breakdown part right around 2:00 is my favorite part thus far on the album because of what the drums are doing. Pretty cool slam part starts at 3:30, sprinkled with intricate, hard to hear drum fills. Yeah baby!!! SONG 7: Over Her Dead Body: Hectic, all over the place intro here leading to a steady groove with nicely placed vocals. Sounds like old Devourment! ya! 1:45ish is awesome. Favorite track so far! SONG 8: Field Of The Impaled: Very catchy and different intro. I LOVE how the vocals come in here!!! Pretty straight forward layout until 1:23, where it kind of 'sways' or something? it's awesome. Then speeds up and at 2:00 minutes maybe all that changes is the drumming but it sounds like a whole new part. 2:30- fuzzy bass build up into slow slams with great drums and leads up to a blend of everything thing to end the NO WAIT!!!! It sounded like it was about to end but right at 3:45 it comes back in with by far the best part of the album! It repeats and fades out to end the album, which is usually lame, but not here. I really never wanted that last riff to end. And the drummer kept it exciting again!