2025 Pulverised Records (CD/LP)
pulverised.net
6/10 CRUSHED FUCKING SKULLS
This is yet another vehicle for Rogga Johansson's prolific death metal creativity. There's not one person in the scene that is in more bands, I would imagine. Criticize him for it or love him for it, it just is, and he consistently cranks out at least very ok records. This is emphatically not more Swedish-style death metal, being more in line with the sound of early Florida, with perhaps Massacre being a good example of the sound to be found here. The music operates mostly in mid-paced territory with some up-tempo moments scattered throughout. I've long been a fan of the singer, Mike Hrubovcak, and his work in Monstrosity and Hypoxia (especially Hypoxia). If it weren't for Mike's vocals, I'm not sure this is even on my radar unless the Lucio Fulci namedrop of the band name got my attention instead (I am a huge Fulci fan, after all). This is good death metal, but not great, and I have to wonder if it would be better if Rogga wasn't in so many bands and was able to save some excellent riffs for different projects. However, the guy is trying to make a living, so I won't begrudge him that!
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