2025 Maggot Stomp (Cassette)
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8/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is an almost Swedish-sounding unit from Arizona. They get the morbid feel of that old Swedish shit right, with haunting melodies and pounding riffs! This is their newest EP, following up on some splits and EPs prior, and I believe their first for Maggot Stomp, purveyors of hardcore-influenced death metal in the best of ways (most of the time). This bunch of tunes is good, spewing forth chunky death metal with good riffs and solid songs overall, with some truly heavy-ass breakdowns and inertia-driven riffs. It's supremely heavy-sounding. "Dominion" is easily my favorite track with its aggressive pacing and focus on heavy riffing with a hardcore structure underneath it all. Let's all remember that death metal was built on the carcass of speed metal and hardcore punk, so it's all coming back around. I'm glad that it has. Simpler death metal is what I love, and this fits the bill - just heavy, aggressive, and focused on that morbid atmosphere. They bang on the vegan drum a bit, but that's ok, we like free speech here at OV. More power to them. I look forward to their next record, since this one really hit me right where I needed it to.
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