2025 Iron Fortress Records (CD/CS)
www.ironfortressrecords.com
10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
I didn't think it would happen this fast, but we have our second perfect rating here at Ominous Vomit for a record in 2025. Crimson Butchery has done it with their forthcoming effort! I remembered really liking this band's last record, so I jumped at the chance to review their brand new album for Iron Fortress Records, a label that I think has some of the strongest up-and-coming death metal bands today. This is yet another masterful musical performance from Crimson Butchery, I dare say even better than the prior record. Gone are the super obvious bass drops I disliked last time, which is good.. Still present are the sick-as-fuck solos, vicious pounding thrash metal riffs, and the hard-ass grooves that made their last record so special. I still hear a lot of Cannibal Corpse influence, from the more death metal-style riffs to the vocal patterns, which is just fine by me - wear those influences on your sleeves! They seem to lean even more into the thrash on this record, which really works when they toss a blast beat underneath it all, amplifying the intensity off the scales. Their formula really works for them, and they've really found their voice with this album. The breakdowns, when they come in either the form of a thrash riff or a slam riff, hit as hard as a Dying Fetus breakdown. Somehow the monster grooves are even more monstrous this time around, and the constant little fills and rolls the drummer employs really makes things shine, just like the consistent variation on riffs does by the guitarist. I finally figured out that these guys remind me of the bands coming out on Razorback Records in the 2000s, like Ghoul or Frightmare. Thrash-oriented death metal was and is still the name of the game with those two cults, and even the artwork, being almost comic-book in nature, reminds me of those bands. This is no knock - those are some of my favorite bands, and Crimson Butchery fits well right in between them, and outshines them musically. This is one seriously strong record, and it should be making waves in the death metal scene. If it doesn't then death metal has to catch up. Buy this shit or die having inferior taste in music.
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