Stabbing : "Extirpated Mortal Process"

 

Gore grind that is very derivative of Cannibal Corpse and is normally not my things, but this band from Texas, injects enough groove into their vision of it to make it click for me. They have a sense about break downs and prove themselves capable of whipping out a decent solo. With most extreme metal bands, the sheer heaviness of what they do often wins me over, then when we get to the second song and that novelty wears off the question poised is then is.." Ok I get you are heavy, but can you actually write a song?"

"Razor Wire Strangulation" does not offer me a clear answer to this question. By the time I get to "Southern Hacksaw Exectuion" it becomes clearer. They can write songs; the vocals are just their weak spot as the low gurgle makes every song sound the same and lacks any kind of enunciation that might make the lyrics discernible. 

The drummer and guitarists are the most skilled members of this band as their interplay finds redemption amid the senseless spew of the vocals that are a one trick pony rotting behind every riff, they throw at you. There are some decent riffs buried under all of this. The bass player is even doing some interesting stuff under the razor-sharp guitars. By the time I get to "Visions of Eternal Suffering" thanks to the vocals everything has begun to sound the same.  Thankfully all of these songs are around the three-minute mark, so the ears do not have to take too much a beating at once. The blast beats of "Final Flesh Feast' rush the song by you, until they dig into the cadaverous verses. They pour the speed on for the eponymous song. 

"Visceral Liquid Terror" is more deliberate which works better than when they try to grind their way through things at a more thrashing speed. "Slashed Throat Awakening" is just more of the same which finds this album falling flat when it comes to dynamics. When they revert to speed things become a mush of muddy riffing. There is a cool riff that emerges from "It Ends with Flames"., but the rule here is cool riffs alone does not a good song make, Some the more rushed, faster playing comes across as sloppy.  I will give this album a 7.5, it delivers in terms of heavy, but not the most memorable collection of songs, so if brutality alone is your thing, then this will work for you.