Friday, July 22, 2011

Limb from Limb (AU) - Rip him from his fucking Throne (2007)

 
Country: Australia (Brisbane/Sunshine Coast, Queensland & Murwillumbah, New South Wales)
Released on: Obsidian Records

Tracklist:

1.     Rise Of The Rotted     03:48    
2.     Hell Shall Be Thy Name     03:33    
3.     Delimbed By The Minions     04:54    
4.     Relentlessly Beheaded     01:58    
5.     A Lust To Burn     03:07    
6.     Crush All Things Living     02:24    
7.     Punish Prophecy     03:18    
8.     Man Shall Abolish     10:56    
      33:58

The fact that I didn't ever hear anything about those guys is another beautiful proof how immensely big the BDM underground is. So I guess I will never stop digging in the depths of the internet on my search for awesome music to recommend to you.
Limb from Limb create some awesome Brutal Death Metal on their 2007 release Rip him from his fucking Throne. Blasting brutality, wierd and dismal melodies in the guitars and really heavy deep as fuck growls, which are perfectly done mixed with some highs. Honestly, it is so refreshing to hear some awesome blasting Brutal Death with high speed, awesome vocals and great technique. There is way too much slam around these days (I like the style, but the focus is definitely too much on the slam).
The drums seem programmed to me, correct me if I'm wrong. That makes them sound a bit too mechanic. The production is good.
The last song is useless because it's just some atmospheric sounds with a bit of music in it. And that for ten minutes, which is a complete fail. But anyway, just skip that track and you've got an awesome Brutal Death release.
I've just read that these guys are currently busy with a new album (just about time after I'd say after 4 years of doing nothing). So stay tuned if you like this one.

Absolutely recommendable blasting piece of Brutal Death from Australia.

88%

Friday, July 15, 2011

Kabak (SV) - Cronicas Del Quirofano (2002)


Country: El Salvador (San Salvador)
Released on: American Line Productions

Tracklist:

1. Several Necrosis 05:20
2. Mala Praxis (Breast Cancer) 04:26
3. Cronica Arteritis Posttraumatica 04:59
4. Cataplexia Ante Mortem 04:56
5. Antiperistaltismo Duodenal 05:20
6. Intro / Several Necrosis 05:03
7. Cronica Arteritis Postraumatico 04:23
8. Supuracion 04:00
9. Reversion Genetica Epifenomena 04:37
10. Mala Praxis 04:01
47:05

I just discovered this awesome old Brutal Death/Grind band from San Salvador, which was founded in 1993 and don't exist anymore now. The album mixes groove, grindish parts (especially the vocals with some Goregrind effects on them from time to time - I don't like that normally but here it's okay) and some really awesome riffing.
The production isn't that good but it sounds just dirty and awesome with it. I think the music has a subliminal old school touch to it which really rules. I think some of you maybe won't like this release as much as I do, but I don't know. I'm kind of in love with the whole sound and the band.

Anyway, if you like your Brutal Death with some Grind influences (the sound reminds me of Dying Fetus a bit) then you should buy (!) this (Google helps) and check it out.

88%

Friday, July 1, 2011

Membro Genitali Befurcator (RUS) - Human Destruction (2010)


Country: Russia (Moscow)
Released on: Coyote Records

Tracklist:

1. The Schizophrenic 02:27
2. The Punishment Zombie Squad 03:09
3. The Rippin of the Battle Patient's Brain 02:33
4. The Hush After the Battle 04:06
5. Crisis of Our Generation 02:00
6. Human Destruction 04:31
7. Approach of the Enemy 04:51
8. Hellraiser (Motörhead Cover) 03:28
9. Solid State (Obituary Cover) 04:49
31:54

My newest recommendation for you is an exellent Russian underground BDM band called Membro Genitali Befurcator (took a while for me to learn the name).
Blasting BDM with a whole lot of grooving all over the album. The production is clear and nice to listen to. The vocals are kind of Abominable Putridity style, very deep growls. Very good job on the mic, but in my opinion the vocals could have been a smidge louder. The groove is really dancable and just wants you spin your dick around. Definitely something to listen to in your car.
They covered two tracks on the album, one is Hellraiser from Motörhead and one is Solid State from Obituary.
Both covers are pretty awesome especially the Hellraiser cover. It sounds like a BDM version of a Debauchery song. Brutal Death'n'roll man. That rules.

And again Russia flexes it's BDM muscles with another exellent underground act. What a great scene.

88%

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Putridity (ITA) - Degenerating Anthropophagical Euphoria (2011)


Country: Italy (Turin, Piedmont)
Released on: Willowtip

Tracklist:

1.     Cannibalistic Postclimax Flesh Consumption     02:38    
2.     Sodomize Epileptic Chunks     02:22    
3.     Masturbating the Infibulated     03:01    
4.     Syphilic Menstrual Rejection     02:37    
5.     Wallowing in Aftermaths     01:01    
6.     Euphoric State of Dementia     02:29    
7.     Innate Butchery Aptitude     03:30    
8.     Draining Necro Anal Disgorgement     03:25    
9.     Living Decomposition     03:10    
      24:13     

Pissmaster is reviewing the new Putridity record? Uhm, yeah why not? Damn, their record is currently played about 130 times a week on lastfm. Is Pissmaster going overground now? Haha, yeah a lot of you probably heard about this master piece, but for those of you who haven't read this carefully.
This album is the best Brutal Death Metal album (together with Defeated Sanity - Chapters of Repugnance) I know.
Hyper blast beat and double base madness with super cool guitar work and just insane vocals create such an incredibly high intensity that you just want to jump around and want to freak out. Slams? Mid-tempo bullshitting? Long and boring samples? Fuck no! Putridity just destroy the place with this pure sonic Brutal Death Metal bomb. Their former album was pretty good but this is a real must have if you love BDM! Yeah the album is pretty short, but hey. I don't think that it's healthy to have a stiff one for longer than 30 minutes anyway.
If you read the review about this album on Metal Archives and don't think something like 'common you fuckin retard, go fuck yourself' or 'what the fuck man are you deaf?' then please reconsider if you really like this music or prefer to go listen some Hammerfall instead.

A must have. One of the best albums in BDM I know.

100%

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bellum (CL) - Voluntad de Poder (2006)


Country: Chile (Santiago)
Released on: Tyrannus Records

Tracklist:

1.     Fallschirmjäger     03:46      
2.     Vencedores Jamás Vencidos     04:09      
3.     Panzertrüppen     04:54      
4.     Voluntad de Poder     06:45      
      19:34

Wow. Really stoked on this piece of high quality underground Brutal Death. Absolutely super album from Bellum, a BDM band from Chile. Blasting, brutal and skilled compositions. A tragedy, that such bands don't get the attention they deserve (see post below). Alright, the album is basically fast and blasting with a lot of pace changes and playful guitar work (not too much, so don't expect some Technical Death Metal epileptic stuff) and some dismal melodies here and there.The drumming is fine and blasting and the music is evidence of good musicianship. The production is suprisingly good and sounds just great. The vocals are deep growls like of some older US-Brutal Death band. Really great job on the mic. I love the song writing. Really a pleasure to listen to this CD. Hot underground stuff!

I've really been enjoying this since yesterday and ordered the CD right away (ebay). Great stuff and you have to check it out.

88%

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Concerning BDM: It's the same over and over again...not!

Several reviews on Metal Archives, blogs, reviews of some silly music journalists or wanna-be critics or  statements of people in general are constantly rattleing my cage. The statement that bands which don't invent something completely new or don't do something that hasn't been done before by another band, aren't good at all. Typical phrases of such people are: 'I didn't like that band because they just copied Suffocation/Devourment/or any other influental over ground band., or 'That band ain't good cause it's the same Chug, chug, grunt, grunt, squeal over and over again.'
I absolutely can't understand these people. Here is why. Discuss with me if you want.
The music I love the most is Brutal Death Metal and I love the music of bands that play this style. There is a huge underground which I like to discover with thousands of bands that create brutal and awesome music. And 99% of the bands have their very own and unique sound. Oh yes they do. Of course they are not inventing something completely new and yes they do sound similar to other bands of the genre but that's just because it is the same fucking genre. When I listen to a new band I've discovered I don't think about what they're doing new or adding to the BDM style because that's not what I want. I want Brutal Death Metal and I don't want some progressive bullshit in that because it's mostly so forced and just sounds awful. I like a band for the music they create and I don't constantly try to compare their music to a hand full of bands of which I think that they invented a fucking style of riffing or a vocal style and are legends in the scene. Actually a lot of these well-known bands are completely over-rated and dealt with as if they actually represented a whole genre.
Every band is different and to constantly dismiss the thousands of underground bands which create awesome music and create their very own Brutal Death sound (of course you won't hear that if you just listen to one song a couple of minutes and then just throw it away) just because you are too lazy to search it and just because you want some grand label to put the stuff in front of you and you want to listen to the same hand full of 'classic' records all the time, is something I never will understand.
People with this attitude are everything, but not supporters of the underground or even true music lovers.
They don't support the bands that may not be so known and may 'copy' another band but create awesome songs, but the ones that were the first to play a damn style and simply have better marketing schemes.
I oftenly prefer some underground band with 300 listeners on lastfm to Suffocation with 100.000 listeners on lastfm (just for comparison). Not because I don't like Suffocation but because I simple think that a certain band creates better songs and music than Suffocation (just an example).
I think it's time to be curious, listen closely to unknown sonic treasures that may exist and to support the underground for the underground is the blood of Brutal Death Metal.
Thank you.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Woundeep (JAP) - Weapons of Mass Protection (2005)


Country: Japan (Suginami-ku, Tokyo)
Released on: self-released

Tracklist:

1.     4 Religions, 7 Seas And The 9th Article     03:08    
2.     The Inevitable Is Here     02:49    
3.     Color Of Betrayal     03:29    
      09:26    

I want to introduce to you one of the best Brutal Death demos I've ever heard. Japanese Woundeep play top quality BDM with a super production and great song writing. The songs are full of blast beat brutality parts with some slower groove parts. The song writing is dynamic and interesting and so is the riffing. The drummer really does a good job. The vocals are brutal and deep as fuck. Really great job on the mic too. And this band has created one of the best Brutal Death Metal songs I know (!). Check out The Inevitable is Here. Immense blasting with abnormal screams and a groove or slam part which really gets you going. Just a perfect song. And a absoutely great demo all together.

This Demo is a must-have for lovers of high quality underground music.

90%

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Pissmaster doing vocals on Defeated Sanity - Introitus

Check out my first vocal videos. First is my first one ever and the latter is a sample of a new version with lyrics. All exhales, no effects.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Mortal Possession (GER) - Negate (2011)


Country: Germany (Kiel)
Released on: self-released

Tracklist:

1.) Incept   4:21
2.) Spun   3:37
3.) Violand   3:22
4.) Banefeeder   3:21
5.) The Lie of Being Me   4:15

Total playing time:   18:56

This is not so much Brutal Death Metal but more 'normal' Death Metal, but still brutal enough to be on this blog. Hailing from the north of Germany, Mortal Possession play brutal, technically good and fast Death Metal with cool song-writing and awesome riffing. Subliminal dismal melodies and the omnipresent hammering blast beats create a pleasant intensity. Some groove parts like in 'Banefeeder' and especially at the beginning of 'The Lie of Being Me' add extra dynamic to the music. The vocals are near to perfect brutal vocals reaching from standard deep Death Metal growls to agressive highs. The production is just awesome for a demo.

I am glad to recommend to you this outstanding demo and I hope you import some German quality. Really curious about a possible full-lenght of this band.

88%

Monday, May 2, 2011

Obscene (SWE) - Laceration of the Unborn (2003)

 
Country: Sweden (Jönköping)
Released on: self-released

Tracklist:

1.     Intro     01:05    
2.     Appetite for the Dead     02:44    
3.     Laceration of the Unborn     02:35    
4.     Consuming through Disembowelment     02:42    
5.     Abstract form of a Woman     02:32    
6.     Bone Crusher (Mortician Cover)     01:05    
      12:43

Finally a new review. Been busy with vacation, computer games, working and other useless stuff instead of concerning with the most important thing on earth: Brutal Death Metal. This time I got some Swedish underground BDM for you. Sweden doesn't have the best scene but there are some really awesome bands though.
The demo 'Laceration of the Unborn' by Obscene has a lot of blasting brutality in it with some awesome slamming. The riffing sounds pretty much like old school Death Metal riffing which is cool with the slamming and the BDM vocals which are really awesome. The low growls and pig squeals are just pleasing my ears. The production is harsh but sounds cool and it contributes to the old schoolish riffing.
A real pity they split up, this Demo is so promesing and awesome.

You have to check this out. Great stuff!

88%

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Guts Outward (UA) - Unexpected Death (2009)


Country: Ukraine
Released on: guess self-released
Tracklist:

01 - Fucking Hope 1:10
02 - Confidence 1:48

One man blasting brutality Guts Outward from Ukraine show how immensely heavy as fuck slamming is done.
Incredibly awesome and sick vocals, heavy guitars, massive slams, blasting brutality and a sick production are the ingredients of Guts Outward. This demo consists of two songs and is merely 2:58 minutes long, but this guy seems to have a lot of talent. I'm very glad to see that he is currently recording an EP. Definitely looking forward to that.

Absolutely recommended heavy as fuck slam demo!

90%

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Cefalophagia (EC) - Extirpacion Visceral (2009)


Country: Ecuador (Ibarra, Imbabura)
Released on: self-released

Tracklist:

1.    Autopsia    03:33   
2.    Desgarramiento Anal    03:54   
3.    Extirpación Visceral    03:37   
4.    Orgasmo Coprofílico    03:43   
5.    Cauterización Vaginal    03:57   
Total playing time    17:24

The south American Brutal Death scene has ever been active and interesting giving birth to a lot of exellent bands. Equador's Cefalophagia are on of these. Exellent Brutal Death done right, with awesome vocal work, interesting and cool song-writing and a decent production have convinced me that this band is worthy to be on this blog. Some ultra groovy slam parts (really great, check out the track 'Desgarramiento Anal' for an example) are sprinkled into the blasting brutality of the music.
Despite the awesome music this band still seems to be criminally underrated and doesn't get the attention it deserves (regarding the number of listeners on lastfm).

I am desperately waiting for a full-lenght of these guys. Absolutely recommended.

88%

Monday, April 4, 2011

Regurgitation (USA) - Tales of Necrophilia (1999)

 
Country: United States of America (Washington Court House, Ohio)
Released on: Ablated Records

Tracklist:

1.    Out Of The Womb    03:54   
2.    Repulsive Genital Disfigurement    03:56   
3.    Seed Of Sanguinary    03:39   
4.    Acid Enema    03:59   
5.    Fermenting Vaginal Excrements    02:57   
6.    Menstrual Cykill    04:00   
7.    Cadaveric Impregnation    05:17   
8.    Fetal Suffocation    00:57   
Total playing time    28:39

Although I would regard this as a classic and a perfect Brutal Death album I still wonder, why such bands get so few attention by the scene. Seems that people are just so lazy to search for the awesome stuff. Released in 1999 this stuff still slays and is an example for outstanding Brutal Death done right. Awesome deep as fuck growls and some high screams accompanied by both blasting parts and groove filled parts together with the production create a nice old school US Brutal Death atmosphere. The riffing and the songwriting are pure awesomeness and really show how great this band is. I'm really looking forward to their new release 'Clitoraldectomy' to arrive at my place.

Anyway, enough said, if you like Brutal Death get this great album and offer this band the attention they deserve.

95%
 

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Goreobscenity (COL) - Macabre Violent Instinct (2008)

 
Country: Colombia (Bogotá, Distrito Capital)
Released on: Gore And Blood Productions

Tracklist:
1.    Buried Fleshy Skulls    03:03   
2.    Mankind Self Destruction    02:57   
3.    Decapitating Corpses    04:36   
4.    Final Episode    03:03   
5.    Revealing Sickness    03:25   
6.    Goreobscenity    03:06
7.    Condemned to Putridity    02:54
8.    Plague    04:10   
Total playing time    27:17

Finally listened to this awesome release again after a long time. Columbia is one of the hot spots in the global Brutal Death buisness and Goreobscenity are one of the really outstanding acts of the scene.
This is one of the very early bands in Brutal Death I've listened to and really love. I just love everything about this release. The vocals kick ass and are sick as fuck. They reach from growls to pig squeals and all kinds of insane guttural sounds. The music has blast beat massacre (really fast) parts and awesome slamming and one thing I find very characteristic and unique about this band. A kind of beat that sounds so much like a steam driven train, just kicks ass. The song writing is just awesome I love every song on the album. The intros are useless as always, but one is really outstanding in its brutality, the intro of 'Decapitating Corpses'. Just check that out for yourself.
This band has got far too less attention in my view.

After all this time I've listened to Brutal Death now, this is still one of my all time favourite bands. Absoluteley a must.

90%

Disgusted (VN) - Thorns Over The God's Crown (2010)

 
Country: Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)
Released on: Bloody Chunks Records

Tracklist:

1.    Pussy Is The Reason    02:11 
2.    Strangulation    03:02    
3.    The Art Of Killing    03:17 
4.    Hang The Robbers    02:35  
5.    Devil Incarnated    03:10   
6.    Diary Of Sucker    03:56   
7.    Conclusion Of Pain    02:44   
8.    Shit Storm    02:46 
9.    The Red Card    03:34   
10.    Proud To Be An Idiot    03:06    
11.    Atheist    03:20 
Total playing time    33:35

I think I've never heard of any Vietnamese Brutal Death bands. Anyway, the album starts with an awesome blast beat massacre, really a good way to start an album. The music is basically straight forward BDM with vocals that constantly remind me of Wounds of Christ or The Macabre. I really like the vocals which are mostly pig squeals with some decent highs. They somehow create a unique sound.
The drumming is damn fast and really awesome. The production is pretty good for such a band I'd say.
I think that Disgusted do a good job and they all know how to play their insturments. The intros of the songs are very funny in my opinion, not too long though. I really had to giggle when I heard the fart concert opening the song 'Shit Storm'. Just hilarious.
The song writing could be a smidge better here and there, but anyway they deliver a constant level of brutality and have some really awesome riffing in some songs.

All in all this is still a recommendable release, which somehow caught my attention. I like it.

80%