What we've today on "Retributions for the Dead" might be a little summary what I might left to rot from the past. Sometimes I'm just slipped or drowned with all great release that come out, and forgive me about that!
Tampa / Florida seem the best tomb to find deathmetall band. That also doesn't mean Tampa / Florida scene always produced a reeking-ugly, raw and putrid stuff every years, at least there are some bands that crawling from these places sometimes got my attentions. Beyond of that gory years, maybe there a couple of worthy bands may you should festering and reeking for if you need some crushing deathmetall, and here I brought to you, old rotting 'Tampa' deathmetall, VACUOUS DEPTHS!
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Consumption Distention
Domination
There was a member changes from VACUOUS DEPTHS since their started back then, it's a naturally rotting-decomposition process of band journey and with Austin (Vocal / Guitars), Joey Harris (Drum) and Arturo Palomo (Bass) the band definitely will be rotting more after this.
"Demo 2017" was their first debut demo, and it's actually out in digital version through their band'tomb back in the day, and I've just found out that GoatThrone Records will release this debut demo by VACUOUS DEPTHS onto pro tape-cassette for the first time. (I think Aaron Comos did a good job here to releases this underrated stuff)
"Demo 2017" was their first debut demo, and it's actually out in digital version through their band'tomb back in the day, and I've just found out that GoatThrone Records will release this debut demo by VACUOUS DEPTHS onto pro tape-cassette for the first time. (I think Aaron Comos did a good job here to releases this underrated stuff)
This is a very heavy and crushing-chaotic of deathmetall demo. Lots of groove-heavy-rotting riffs that VACUOUS DEPTHS created on this demo and sometimes make me remember of Obituary "Slowly we rot" musical styles. I also think that this demo sounde(a)d better from your expectation that you couldn't easily pass it off. The production of the demo, incredibly insane and have good touch on the final master by Patrick Brady! and it's more disgusting with Austin's voices on its. I love this kind of sing styles : it’s totally ugly, it’s disgusting and totally no filter till end of the song. Ugh!
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| Totally ugly front arts! |
I think the first impression totally the main factor (sometimes not actually) when you play a certain stuff, is how it's sounde(a)d on the first tracks. The opening tracks from the demo, "Sodomized" totally throw me rotting in deep of bottomless pit of grave immediately! Also tracks like "Black Anvil" and the following track “Graunt Reflections” both show incredibly heavy combinations of slow to mid paced parts that often flow in severed up tempo of classick styles of deathmetall. The guitars distortion / tones is so heavy fvcking brutal and there are several tempo or beat changes on the middle of the songs but to reeked this song decompositions ; it's totally crushing! Also the last tracks from the demo, "Human Compost" doesn’t drifted away from previous tracks, that rotting riffs and the open play parts from this song totally contribute in filling the flavor of stench of rotting decompositions on this demo. Loved how it's ende(a)d!
A little write up for the cover arts of this demo, I personally loved how Stephen / Meatballgrinder illustrated the full cover and insert for this release, it's totally amazing work by him and definitely perfect disgust and filthy enough with VACUOUS DEPTHS music.
To be honest, it's totally enjoyable demo to be listen with a slow and heavy crushing sound of old deathmetall with a max volume of dirtiness on it's and it's probably will rotting yours up! To final putrefying, another pure-disgusting, filthy extreme gnarly and rotten stuff that you should checks, VACUOUS DEPTHS have all this feel!
Order yours copies of VACUOUS DEPTHS demo MC through GoatThrone Records or come out to the release show-party this upcoming September, 14th.
