Fistula : "the Process of Opting Out"

I was excited for a new one from these guys as I have loved the bulk of their previous work with nst "Longing For Infection"  being my favorite album, and the one that I will weigh this one against. With that album they bundled their bluntness in songs that have been worth listening to since 2016.  It is heavy as fuck and very dense , but works more the nastiness of sound than what I loved about " Longing For Infection" . They are embracing more of the grind core explosion of anger and torment. They do not relent on the punishment with "Cerebral Conflict". There is more of a punk attitude amid the scalind feedback and vomited up screams. They throw themselves into the same kind of wailing and gnashing teeth they threw themselves onto in the previous , though the latch onto the riff more and drive it home in a more thought out manner.

They come crushing down on you with "Evilspeak", before exploding into the more punk side of grindcore. Much like the previous song they bring the crunch together in a more digestible cohesion. "Morbid Incel" is a great song title. I think another element that is disappointing me here , is on "Longing For Infection" the lyrics mattered . They told more of a story. We got to hear of girls being raped in prison and necrophillia . Here it is just screaming for the sake of screaming. It feels more obligatory.  However on "Gods of Rock" which is the best song so far. I can make out that he is screaming that he is wasted. "Whore Cancer" appeared on a split. It continue to find them snarling at you with the same malicious venom though with more doomy tendencies.  "Suicide Priest" is another song that appeared on a previous split. There is more of a lyrically story here despite the uptempo thrashing.

They close the album with the ominous instrumental " Malignatorium". I have always appreciated their use of samples and think this album could have used more of them. This song has women aruging in the background. Or at least that is what it sounds like. More on their  doomy side. This song works off a lumber and plenty of sonic attack from the guitars. I will round this one down to an 8. Still pretty solid , though leaning more in the direction of heavy for heaviness sake and less of the kind of songwriting that marked "Longing for Infection".