Norway is not known for death metal, but these guys are trying to change that at least within the underground circles of the genre. Their grim take on the genre is not going to have them on tour with Amon Amarth anytime soon, but they are great at the dark sounds woven on the opening track. Bordering on death doom, with a faint hint of their homeland's black metal past haunting the blasting intensity. The emphasis is placed on speed in the first minute of "Human Butchery," then things grow more ghastly.
There is a rawness to the production on this album that adds to the band's charm as it harkens back to the earliest days of the genre. This can be heard in the darker throb of "The Ingestion." There is also a hint of punk on the verses of "Rejoice, Oh Children of the Flesh" that goes into creepier dramatic passages as the song progresses. "Body Hoarder" is a more straightforward form of savagery, but it is at least deliberate more often than not. "Morbid Lust" eventually races its way to a darker place, but largely depends on speed.
The riffs to "the Final Oblation" carry a similar solemn shadow as Celtic Frost once did. Though not in the same way that Obituary draws influence from them. The last song is pretty much color by number early death metal, with an 80s thrash slant while still flirting with death doom. Overall, I really enjoyed this album. I will give it a 9; it comes out August 7th on Personal Records.
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