2024 Dark Descent Records (CD) / Me Saco Un Ojo (CS/LP)
darkdescentrecords.com
mesacounojo.com
10/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
Albums like this are why I'm still reviewing after all these years (I started in the early 2000s). This Australian band has delivered a nuclear bomb of an album, and it should escape no serious deathmaniac's ears. It's a perfect record, and leaves me wanting more. Hailing from Australia, this is the first full length from this squadron after a demo, a split, and a live record. I was excited to see a former Sewercide member in their ranks, I like that band quite a bit. Gutless play heavy as fuck, groove-oriented death metal, 90s style, with absolutely vicious riffs and great songs stuffed full of brutality and intensity. The badassery never stops, with pit-inducing riffs, neck-snapping rhythms, and songs that stick in your head almost instantly. They're extremely tight, and nowhere is this more apparent than when they blast, the guitars and drums sticking together like glue. The cover of the record evokes the albums of the past mightily, and for some reason reminds me of Garbage Pail Kids art, probably due to the vivid (lurid?) colors. I went to the Dark Descent site immediately to see if it was still in stock and I snagged myself a copy of the cassette (along with a cassette copy of the newest Malformed and Devil's Force by Nifelheim), and I plan to blast my eardrums until they're dead once it arrives. This is not an album to sleep on - go get it, steal it, kill for it. You have to hear it. This should, if justice is served, be hailed as a classic in the years to come. It's every bit the brick to the face the album art depicts.
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