2025 Nuclear Winter Records (CD/LP/CS)
www.nuclearwinterrecords.com
BADASS SONG TITLES: Mortuary Rites, Necromancy Ritual, Dominion of Eternal Blasphemy, Skeletal Vortex, Altar of Brutality
9/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
All hail Costa Rica, god DAMN. What a record! I was so happy to hear something this good after so many middling efforts met my ears lately. This is the first full length from this band after a small collection of splits, EPs, and a demo. Mortual has strong musicianship, excellent songwriting skills, and a badass vocalist with deep, strong tones. Their songs have perpetual forward motion, which is what I like in a death metal record (hell, a metal record in general) - there is no ponderous bullshit here. It's attack, attack, attack. Tons of great riffs and variety in the songs kept me interested throughout, as did the seriously heavy guitar tone. It reminds me of the best of the '90s, particularly Deicide for some reason, even though they sound nothing like them. It's the energy of the music itself, it has the same velocity and inertia that their early recordings (and the most recent one) had. I love this record. This is proper fucking death metal. I encourage anyone who is a fan of real death metal to give this a listen and more importantly, buy the motherfucker. You won't be sorry.
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