BLUDGEONED BY DEFORMITY: " Epoch Of Immorality"

Helmed by the lead gurgler of Sanguissuggabogg, this is one of the most brutal death metal slabs you are going to hear in some time, well, until his day job puts something out.  Less gore, grind grooving than the Suggabogg, they do stomp down on things pretty hard. I went into this expecting to be hit by something more blasting and perhaps more technical than, well, you know who I am going to be referring to for the rest of the review, so there is no point in my trying to say their rather long name in other ways. 

The deliberate crunch of these songs is infectious. Pig Destroyer Drummer Adam Jarvis finds a more lo-fi pattern in his drum tone that reminds me of the first Lamb of God album's sound. Normally, I am just giving my first impressions when I review an album, but this time it took a couple of listens. Swank's voice is not as low and gurgling as what we have normally heard; in fact, sometimes there is more of a commanding hardcore bark to it. I like how they use samples to create some atmosphere at the end of the opening track. 

"Immorality" is more straightforward in its bludgeoning, but not devoid of headbanging groove. There is more blasting force propelling the chugs of "Intestional Suspension." This is where they show you they push the bonus to songwriting to create something brutal without just being a wall of distortion. "False Deliverance" finds the guitars grinding with a more Entombed-like density. He goes into some higher screams on this one as well. The last song has a more deliberate grind of guitar, before the flurry of double bass speeds things along. Almost makes me think of early Sepultura. I will give this album a 9, it's one of the most solid albums song wise that manages to be this heavy I 've heard since the last Nails This comes out June 6th on Iron Fortress Records. . 

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