It's always weird to me when a band sounds like they are drawing inspiration from post-Vincent Morbid Angel. It's done, but it uses a mechanical churning sound to angular riffs that feel more chugged from a technical place than still retaining the hook of thrash. There are also more riffs crammed into a tighter space with less of a verse-chorus arrangement. Of course, in their promo material, they cite every band but Morbid Angel as an influence, well, not everyone, just Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, and Dying Fetus, none of which I am hearing.
Though I guess it depends on which era of those bands, not from their classic 90s days, the Carcass thing I can only hear if we are referring to when they double up the vocals. I think they find themselves a band al little more on the second song than the opening track. Given their name, you would think they would use more cosmic sounds or give more of a focus to atmosphere, but here they are grinding away pretty heavy. By the time we get to "Choking on Rotten Seed' which is a great song title, perhaps the influence of Cannibal Corpse only lies in the song titles, but we can tell here that their drummer is great, but you have to be to play death metal, we also get some dynamic shifts where they slow down to put a more deliberate spin on a song that started off pretty fast and feral.
The last song, "Gavage of the Vile" is ten minutes, which brings the album up to a just a 22-minute run time, making this an EP, since the 28-minute mark of "Regin in Blood" is my barometer for what an album is here. They set a little more of a mood here, but chug into things with a pretty heavy intent, thought giving a creepier slant mood-wise to the otherwise more riff-minded aggression that has colored this album, Guitars begin to introduce single note melodies to what feels like the entire album's sonic climax, before doubling back down on the Morbid Angel grooves. I think these guys are effective at what they are doing, even if it recalls a phase of Morbid Angel, that I was not as into as what came before "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" , so I will give it an 8.5, as I am unsure how many extended listens I would give this one, but if you are into grinding death metal no shy on the riff fest technique these guys have you covered. Out on Metal Blade Records
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