Vorum is the single best death metal band from Finland I've
heard in the past five years, hands down. Taking traditional
Finnish/Swedish style death metal and putting it through a blender with more
American style rhythms and drum work, we get a grind-ridden, diseased
masterpiece of a record. My only problem - it's too short! However,
this definitely adds to the mystique of the album, overall. Short enough
to leave you wanting more is something that is sorely lacking in today's overblown,
over-recorded, and over-produced death metal scene. These gents have
achieved production values that are at once powerful and murky, culminating in
that oldschool feel that we all love when we hear it. This is the same
love we develop for the sounds of old Grave or Incantation or
Suffocation. Murky, yet talented and cutthroat. From the short,
sharp shock of their grinding moments, to the slower, doomed-out feel of some
of the songs, to the neckbreaking riffs spewed forth with abandon from the buzzsaw
guitars, this is the definition of brutal European death metal. No more
do I want to hear the sounds of mid-90s American bands copied! Vorum is
the real deal, and real death metal fans should track this down at all costs.
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