2025 Dawnbreed Records (CD/LP), Gurgling Gore (CS), Personal Records (Digital)
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7/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
Of course when I saw the cover of this album I had to cover it. There's puke. This is Ominous Vomit. Anything puke-related gets covered! Anyhow, this is the debut LP for this Floridian band, and it's a damn fine effort. They evoke the 1990s greats while having their own well-defined sound, both technical and hook-laden. Sometimes they even border on the atmospheric like a lot of European death metal, as well. It really is beyond a pigeon-holed description, other than this is real death metal for underground metalists who like good, heavy, morbid music. The drums keep it interesting during the slower songs, and the guitar solos are actually worth hearing, unlike a lot of death metal solos. "Excess Virulent Seepage" shows off the band's technical prowess, but they don't dwell overly long in that territory, and get right back to being vicious and heavy. I respect a band that doesn't lean strictly on their technical ability and attempts to write actual songs that rely on that technicality instead. I keep coming back to one point - this is a unique sounding record with great songs, and I can't endorse it more fully than that.
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