Morbid Slaughter : "A Filthy Orgy of Horror and Death"

So I talked to the editor about changing it up a little this year on my end of the year lists and doing one for each sub-genre of metal....doom, black, prog, death  and thrash. So I am playing catch up on thrash. It surprised the hell out of me upon listening to this to find this band mentioned on lists , because right from the start this Peruvian band isn't blowing me away, with a style of trash that's as straight forward as punk rock, the worst element is the vocals which are a whisper of rasp that sounds like Gullom with laryngitis. The guitar solo is decent for this kind of thing kind of a Kerry King organized chaos, the chord progression shifts in a similar manner to the song "Hell Awaits" , though that comparison might be giving the band too much credit.

They shift into a more upbeat style of punk with thrash accent on "Zombie Splatter Axe". This song has at least two chords so it is doing better than some of their songs. The most thrash thing on the album is the punches that open up "Chainsaw Blade". The vocals begin to muster a little more on "Fuck Off (we murder)" with gang vocals to bolster them as they continue owing more to punk than bands like Dark Angel or Forbidden. The drumming does improve here and the song finds a more dynamic arrangement. "Death's Cold Blood" finds the band slowing down into a more deliberate stomp. The riffs are very crude and while originality has never been the stock and trade of retro thrash it takes another step backward here.


Things speed back up, as the snare sounds like wet pancakes are being slapped about. "Torture Without Anesthesia" is truth in advertising here, because it is how I feel about listening to this song. There is not even a change from the chorus to the verse , these guys just hang on the same riff. There is a similar pacing to "Slay With SteeL" The vocals are rasped faster , but without any more power of variance in tone. If you think softly clearing your throat into a mic with re-verb is singing or evening screaming then you will be impressed.I'm not this album gets a 3 which I feel is being rather generous. This was released back in September on Boris Records, who should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to see the light of day. Now off to hunt down the new Annihilator.