RAW! CRUSH!! FLUSH!!!

Something unpleasant-smell of decompositions gasping towards into our air, LAVATORY is one of those recent death metal bands crawled from Malaysian-devastasting local death-scene with olden sound of Swedish Death Metal. The stench-mix between death metal and punk make it's more ugly and filthy enough! LAVATORY has been strong festering towards the death since their debut release, "Transgression" EP, back in 2012. The bands try to not make it's like other typical - Malaysian death metal back then, when most of them still trap and buried with their old memories from the glorious era. I got the opportunity to talk with the band frontman, MKD and talk something what the band reeked for in this recent years. Enjoy and keep you toilet's remain dirty and stink! 

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MIKA ROTTEN - First of all, thanks for your times to replying this interview, and welcome to the ugly side of DISCARNAGE. How life goes rotten so far this years?

MKD - We are thrilled to have the opportunity to answer the DISCARNAGE interviews.Life is getting ROT day by days.At this time and now the world is on covid-19 outbreak. Hope that all will end well and the struggle must continue. TO THE DEATH!! 

MIKA ROTTEN - LAVATORY was arise and crawling some years ago. Without any tricky or fvcking trendy step, I guess the band has gotten followed by many Svenska Dodsmetall worshipper around the DM-Underground scene. Firstly, can you dismembered some fairy tales about the creation of LAVATORY for us.

MKD - Good question. At that time we didn't think about trends we were following. We just create our own style of death metal with little bit mix with black metal and punk elements  which is each of us has different kind of interest and music hearing. But what we can share here is we're the only band play different than the other bands we have in Malaysia back then. That's great if we been followed by many (it would be awesome!!) svenska dodsmetall worshipper. Maybe because of the HM-2 pedal we use makes the listener been possessed!! Most our influences back then from U.S and European bands like Asphyx, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Dismember, Entombed, Necrovorous, Crematory etc

MIKA ROTTEN - To get a strongest connections and dwell the “sunlight” together into the ground, and to build a sick formations between a members lineup look not easy after all. We all might know, some of us (especially Malaysian Deadhead) don’t much possessed by the terms of Swedish Death Metal. But we still lucky enough to have a band that pay a homage to this music, band like LAVATORY and DEATHEVOKER already in there. Salute and respect!

MKD - Damn,you're correct man! It's not easy at the first place (until now HA HA!) Actually in my opinion I don't care much about IF deadhead in here doesn't like what LAVATORY try to deliver. It might take some time for them to like it. We can't force them to hear (but we can suggest) The most important thing is our passion and interest in this death metal music, our own style and sound especially. We want to show to the world out there that we also can be the best (at least). Nothing is impossible and no one can stop us!! Hail to DEATHEVOKER and REPUTDEATH!! they're really good mates. SALUTE! 

MIKA ROTTEN - I’m still wonder, if a band like FATALIST didn’t start to re-open back the terms of “Old School Swedish Death Metal” or maybe REPUGNANT with “Retro-Death” style few years ago, maybe some of us still trap and drown into nowhere. It’s good to remembering the past, but life goes rot man! Any unreal motivation or maybe a thing that push you back then to keep this music as the band music direction.

MKD - Both bands are great if we're talk about past. They have their own style and touch. Our motivation was to bring two listeners together between punks and metal.(It would be great to see them on the floor of death sharing the same sweats) We love to see that someday. Our tendency is more towards D-beat/death metal but in here the terms are still slow for the listener to accept. Maybe at that time they were still unfamiliar with it. Give them time to explore and we hope they're more open minded in the future. 

MIKA ROTTEN - I’m still remember when I hold my copy of “Transgression” EP tape back then. I can’t stop myself to say “..this band totally fvcking awesome! and they will kicking all the creepy bastard outhere!”  In general, I could see the path what LAVATORY try to create with this outstanding release.  Did you still remember how was the first session of “Transgression” recording look like? 

MKD - Big cheers for the compliment and highly appreciated! Damn, back to 2011 we really want the difference in sound and music structure. The recording was very exciting and we were very pleased with what we had (not many ppl used to hear). At that time, the death metal/punk spirit in our young soul was so strong to produce something new especially the EP for the first time. Unforgettable! 

MIKA ROTTEN - Slaughterhouse Records was handling the CD version and Morbid Invasion Rex / Vomit Blood & Virgil Studio on cassette format for “Transgression” EP back then. Beside of this label that release your debut records back then, did you have approach any other label? How you see this label carry out this release?

MKD - At first we released the cassette format 'Transgression' back to 2011.MKD part of the partnership between Morbid Invasion Rex and Vigil studio. So you'll know who Vomit Blood is. We do approach and gave some of the established local label to hear at the first place but seems like our style of death metal didn't caught their attention. After that the label called 'Sickchainsaw' from Thailand interested with the EP .Due to some circumstances we never close the deals. (Hope in the future we can work something out again). We get the deals with Slaughterhouse Recs (U.S) after a suggestion from our sweet friend Jill (Razorback Recs)  back then. Without her we don't been recognized and been reviewed on Terrorizer Mags #229 .Slaughterhouse Recs done really great job to spread especially in U.S and worldwide.Jr.Torina and his label started to breathe again after long hiatus. We really appreciated his effort!Since then you can see many great bands like Savage Deity, Nonserviam, Succubus,etc get a good deal from the label who's release our first EP on CD format.

MIKA ROTTEN - Simple question and might be little dragging ya, are you satisfied with the final result on “Transgression” EP? Give me just three words about this release!

MKD - We satisfied and it will be remain dirty as his name. RAW!! CRUSH & FLUSH!! 

MIKA ROTTEN - I guess it’s not to late for me to say, a big congrats to your deal between Pulverised Records and LAVATORY. It’s such a great achievement for the bands, to release a album under this rotten label. How the real stories begun?

MKD - Thanks man! Coincidentally our friend Nicholas (Necrolatry Recs) was in Singapore. Roy from Pulverised Recs asked about LAVATORY and got interested after hearing our song on YouTube and  we were talk via email and get the deal making an album(What  a moment).From there the stories begin.. 

MIKA ROTTEN - 2 years after the birth of “Transgression” EP might be a long gloomy corridor that we need to past by before the band first full-length out. With more mid-paced reeking, slicing throat-punk vocals style, guitar solo that embark the atmosphere from the song, heavy-buzz guitar tones it’s make its more dirty and ugly special on “Morbid Terror” album! I think the time your take and your work to make this album finally been repay in the end. “Morbid Terror” album get very positive response since it’s come out till today.

MKD - What a glorious year we can said during the 'Transgression' time. Great moments and a lot of joys with the old mates. The experience of the 'Morbid Terror'is really adventurous for us. Some more the formation change for LAVATORY during that time. We try something groovy on that album (not much just little bit HA HA!) We feel satisfied with our work and no regret. Yes, the album get very positive response especially outside Malaysia. Even it's not the best for some people but it's still good for some pure death metal worshipper who really know how to appreciate the efforts, ideas, sounds and the music it self. (Salute to you!!) So take your time and don't forget to raise your volume to 666 if you have the album. Cheers! 

MIKA ROTTEN - I guess the formation of the band also got changes after “Morbid Terror” album come out. Any stories about the formation changes?  Can you share to us your current band members, and if you don’t mind maybe a little story about their musical background look like.

MKD - Owh yea, I give you short stories here.. It's because of life, health and financial.Wish all the best to an ex-member who has a happy life. All the wonderful memories together will always be remembered. Without you guys LAVATORY are nothing. 

Current members are

Andy - guitar

Zakk - bass

Nuex - guitar

MIE - drums

MKD - vox

Andy - still active play with the GORESLUTS 

ZAKK - still active play with KOFFIN KANSER, BLIND TRIBE, ELECTRIC FUNERAL, THE GARRISON etc 

Nuex - grindcore forever with COMPULSION TO KILL

MIE - drummer for DUNCAN DUKUN

MKD - currently active with BLACK WINGS OF VENGEANCE 

MIKA ROTTEN - We might rotting in the end of this interview, few more question before we’re out. Can we hear something new ( album? ) from the band soon? I guess you’re been working on it’s.

MKD - Owh yea, we plan to release a 2nd album this year after 6 years disappearance (no new material) and now we rise under the label called Legion Music from Malaysia. What we can share this time about this album it is more faster, dirty and melodic. Yep, we're working on it and doing our best for the listeners out there. Wait for it!!!! 

MIKA ROTTEN - LAVATORY among other band that play with INCANTATION during their “Seige of the Profane” Asia tour back in 2018. How do see this big achievement impact on your “resume” in the future? Some memorable moments from the show that you might wanna share to us?

MKD - We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to share the stage with mighty Incantation in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, Thailand. They're really cool guy, humble and friendly musicians. (Respect!) For us, it is all about passion. In return it's going to be worth. Trust me! The moments from the show when we come down from the stage straightaway they said our music sound like GATECREEPER.(cheers for that) We also sharing the same tour bus,having a food and beer at the back stage,The sleepiness moment while heading back to the airport.(Damn!! We need to awake at 5am!!) and also for sure we're grab a chance for the signature on T-shirt, poster and CDs. We're the fan boys remember! HA HA! Lot of fun! 

MIKA ROTTEN - Currently, we’re hardly hit by the outbreaking of pandemic disease. It’s leave a fear to society all over the world. Without exception, in underground scenes too. Some tour and show has call up for postponed and cancellation. LAVATORY should be there, to opening for NUNSLAUGHTER show in Kuala Lumpur, but the show also got cancel due to the critical situation. How do see the impact of the disease give to all underground metal bands out there ? You might know, there a band that make living with music. 

MKD - This pandemic disease make a big impact on everyone not even us. Yea, the show need to be canceled for safety and health reasons. We think that's the best way for NUNSLAGHTER, organizer and all the involved bands. It's really sad all these thing happen especially for the full time musicians, artist ,bands and more. Many gigs, concert and festival canceled due the pandemic outbreak. Worst year for everyone. Within this few months many underground metal bands struggling to do whatever the can because there is no platform (at this crisis time) to show their passion and love in metal music.We hope all these shit gone in real soon.A lot of planning become limited because of this. Last word from us.. Fuck corona! 

MIKA ROTTEN - If you need to recommend to our readers or might your friends, what Malaysian local band they should check? By the way, your latest death metal demo playlist on your analog player? I know you’re demo-digger too. Ha!

MKD - Damn,check this old school black/death called TOMB. If you're into early 90's stuff.. It's worth to keep for your library of death!!Highly recommend! Currently, I listened to ULCEROT(Denmark),CORPSED (US) and BURIAL (Italy) Deaathhhhhh Metaaaaallll!!! 

MIKA ROTTEN - Here we’re, in the end of this interview, actually I’ve plenty more question to ask you about the bands. I’ll get your back when the time is right. For now, thanks for the time and stay safe brother!  

MKD - Thanks to you too. Anytime brother!! Hope we get more interviews from DISCARNAGE in the future. The spirit of DM underground never die! Wish all the best and good luck for your band too.WE SUPPORT REPUTDEATH!! Stay safe,fuck corona! 

A foul-smell of (HM-2) from the rotting grave

Svensk Dödsmetall worshipper, GRAVEHAMMER released a two-track promo which reek through beyond your imaginations. It's burst with raw, rotting and filthy old school death metal tunes in more necrotic ways. Guitarist / Drummer, A.Deztruxtor fills us in this ugly pages about the band debut records, and other filthy subject about the band. For all HM-2 bones breaker, enjoy and stay safe!

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MIKA ROTTEN - Thanks for your times mates! Recently we' all facing difficult situation due to the outbreaking of pandemic disease, hope you doing good right there. By the way, how are you?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - Hellcome brother!! And greeting to all the readers.. i am Deztruxtor and Im doing fine but need to work as usual since im working in F&B industries.. urrgghhhh!! Due to the pandemic disease spread instantly the goverment have made the movement control order so we need to stay the fuck home and listen to record i guess and start record new song. I hope this issue will be going well soon.

MIKA ROTTEN - First of all, we've all know you have been there with Disobeyed. When the idea started to form GRAVEHAMMER.

A. DEZTRUXTOR - From the beginning since i am into the metal underground scene im really into this kind of OSDM genre. When im form DISOBEYED back in 2011 its between me and my brother Xahguld , we mix together Death metal and Black metal and there it goes.. yet we are currently still on progress recording for DISOBEYED new album coming soon under Evildead production. The idea Of GRAVEHAMMER came from my own self. Just need the most exact time for me to start the band. It takes several years . This idea started to be a 1 man band since i cant find any nearest comrade/lineup that really into this filthy musick . Finally i found Shyxxxul to join this band since he not in any other band. So we agreed to be the DUO CHAINSAW MASSACRE!!! At the moment we do not play in any LIVE show as what our main focus to record song and release. Then we try to find any label that will be interested. Depends on the situation maybe we will be playing LIVE show soon after we can get any lineup or session in the future.

MIKA ROTTEN - Congrats on the reborn (in blasphemy) of your Promo 2020! Can you tell us more about this two-track promo?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - Thanks by the way. Yes this two- track promo song that i put into this promo 2020 is to promote and as the introduction to our local scene. There is 4 track all together but i choose this two song as the gatecreeper for the beginning of this funeral.. At the first i only wanted to shared to all friends this two- track through the WhatsApp mobile application. But when im think twice this thing should be in physically material but in DIY way.. so i burn into CDR and print the cover with old skool punk method copy and paste. Total fucking underground way!!!

MIKA ROTTEN - "Promo 2020" by GRAVEHAMMER has all feel of classic Swedish Death Metal style, from lo-fi raw production, crushing "buzzsaw" riffs to obscure vocal style. How is the whole process going when you start recording this promo? Besides Swe-death influences, are there any other musical influences that give a (death)breath to GRAVEHAMMER music?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - We worship Swe-Death metal and we worship BOSS HM-2!!! I start record this two-track promo song since im started to learning recording process and program at my ancient cave Homestudio in my house. I record all the instrument by my own after i slept in the coffin for a day. Hahaha. Dismember , Entombed , Nirvana 2002 , Grotesque , repugnant , Necrocurse , Nifelheim , massacre , Deathevoker , Bastard Priest , Bastard Grave ,scalpture , Sadistic intent etc . This all band that i listen and many more to mention. Besides swe-death metal we are also influences by some old punk band like discharge,anti cimex.

MIKA ROTTEN - I really dig all kind of promo, demo, rehearsal stuff with lo-fi cave production. Listen to how "Behind the tomb" and "Miasmal of the dead" burst from my speaker, it's give me a signs that I shall listen to it's over and over again and with your promo it's proved that Death Metal should be play in more dirty and raw ways! How the process going behind the mixing and mastering process.
A. DEZTRUXTOR - As i mentioned this question above i record all the instrument all by my own self.. mixing and mastering all together at my homestudio called ZYKLON STUDIO base in Tawau sabah

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MIKA ROTTEN - There always a connection between death, horror or gore theme and Death Metal music basically. How your lyrics approach into your music that you've create? Did you need something to inspire you when writing a lyrics?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - I wrote the lyric for miasma of the dead and its inspired from something that comes through my mind when im trying to find an idea by following the concept of GRAVEHAMMER . Behind the Tomb wrote by Mr.Chan sek weng and many songs to come will be write all by him. He agree to give 100% gravesupport to help me out with the lyrics. So i guess i can get less pressure and focus on composing Song & Riff.

MIKA ROTTEN - As a band that pay homage to Swedish Death Metal era, what you try looking for in your music?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - We try to make something different from the other band. I am really into something Necro oldskool death metal with obscure and burial enviroment. Grave digging and horrific , cult . satanism & ungodly supremacy.

MIKA ROTTEN - How has the response that you receive for your debut promo so far? How many copy this promo spread into our local-death?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - Of course i really amaze with the feedback from local scene maniac also from peninsula maniac . I never thought that this promo will have a big demand like this since first of all i just release by only 30 copies and need to repress another copy again. I have release this promo 150 copies to all over malaysia and this promo considered SOLDOUT. Btw thanks for the suppport.

MIKA ROTTEN - We guess the future for GRAVEHAMMER looks brights ya? what can we expect soon from the band?

A. DEZTRUXTOR - Currently we continue recording for New Ep that will be unleash under NECROLATRY RECORDS local label soon. We still didnt decide how many song will be in this Ep but we promise to give our best!!

MIKA ROTTEN - Any recommendation from your local death metal bands that you might need to tell to our readers and your thought about Malaysia undergound scene especially in Death Metal music.

A. DEZTRUXTOR - Yes!! We got a tons of great metal band here in malaysia. Deathevoker, Reputdeath ,lavatory , Braindead , Mortuary ancestor, Desultory, Disobeyed , desolate plague, any many more please go check em out!!

MIKA ROTTEN - Before we go, thanks for your times, good luck for GRAVEHAMMER and stay safe my friends!

A. DEZTRUXTOR - Same goes to you !!!! Spread the disease of death metal!!! Fuck Covid-19

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Retributions for the Dead : Into the reflections of dismal depths

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) 

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!

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.

Critical Madness : Trails of the Terrible, Horrifying death (To the gory of 90's Deathmetall underground!)

Finally, after times (rotting) I've some free times to write and breath more stinky on this website. (Hopefully)

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What we've today on this ugly tomb? Of corpse we're still talk about filthy and putrid deathmetall! More raw ridden deathmetall directly to your ugly face!

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For those who recognise Thomas Prasser, and his work with Putrid Torso you might know that him now also work with a new band project, old rotting kind of deathmetall style, Pile Of Skulls. The first demo are completed rotting done few weeks ago and a little teaser are up if you might interested how it's reeking and with the help from Rogga Johansson on vocal and Izi on drums, "Horrifying Death" Demo totally will bring you back how the death metal underground works and sounde(a)d back in the early 90's. Let me say, this demo totally suit for those consider themselves a demo tape (worm) lover / collector also for those who lives in that era too!

The demo features four tracks of raw sounding US death metal style (include one gloomy-horror intro) and it's reminds me alot of slow-ridden death of Autopsy styles and the music is played with a touch and combination of slow doom - mid tempo kind of de-composition of deathmetall and the demo features a raw yet detailed of sound production. Of corpse you'll loved it´s more when you digging more deeply about this demo, the sound production is still sounde(a)d good in first touch.

The most amazing thing about this entire demo is the absolutely stunning vocal from Rogga Johansson. It's show of the most rotten sounding vocal styles with low gruff growls and screams, really loved Rogga Johansson sing style on this demo! The riff guitar work as a whole on the demo is rather simple (not so fvcking simple actually) and not too technical too. Pile Of skulls still manages to pull out some incredibly original and brutal - heavy - raw guitar riffs. They are crunchy, fast, and to the fvcking slow-doom at the same times. Also a credits to the bass section, it's totally heavy distortede(a)d!

I can't get enough rotting actually, "Upon a pile of skulls", "World of murder", "Trails of the terrible", and "Bled out and hung to dry" just show Pile Of Skulls can wrote more insanely notes of old kind deathmetall in the future. It's totally enjoyable demo and sometimes may twisted sounding and very creative song de-composition. The demo was produced by Alexander Dietz and it's successfully delivering all the filthy, rotting and putrid atmosphere on this demo. 

"Horrifying Death" have all the ingredient that you need ; disgusting, raw, and dirty old deathmetall. This is the kind of death metal demo that is actually horrifying and slowly rotting at the same times on your ears, the whole putrefaction of the demo has showing how raw, reeking, murky sound that Pile Of Skulls try to fester! Really fvcking loved this debut demo by Pile Of Skulls and drawn me to the fvcking early era of underground deathmetall again. 

Are you still remember how old demos sounde(a)d back in the good old days? Check them out fiends!

Retributions for the Dead : The sulphurous (filthy) eruption from the depths of... Amorphous Mass

It's been fvcking awhile, I don't really remember when the last time I wrot(t)e(n) a review for this site. Been murky, drowned and dragging through the name of "daily messy job-life" Ha! This is my first updated on this ugly-graveyard since November 2018.

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I think some of you already know the existence of SEPOLCRO, so I'll skip the 'beat' for the band introduction on here.

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"Amorphous Mass" EP was the latest offer by this Italian / USA old school Death Metal after "Undead Abyss" demo / 2018. "Amorphous Mass" EP crawled with the first track called "The Malevolent Mist" with a hellbell-creepy sounding intro before the crushing-skank-beat drum breaking into one of the heaviest opening track that I've listen this years. Really loved the heavy-pounding drum by Hannes on this track. The leads on previous track, "Sulphurous Eruption From The Depths" and "Unnamed Dimension" just show more how old death metal can be sounded sewer and brutal-filthy more enough! The variation of tempo / riff or even the song structure on this tracks proved that SEPOLCRO really work out on this new release. Need more putrid sound from Nor's bass tones? Just listen to this EP! Loved the heavy-distort came out stink from the bass! Just when you thought your journey came to ends, the last track on this EP "Amorphous Mass" once again manages to bring me back from the dead, listen to heavy crunchy-riffing, sewercide deep growled and brutal-beat changes tempo from time to time, how rotting this track to closed the creation of "Amorphous Mass" EP? SICK!

In rotting words of "Amorphous Mass" EP, this is my favor one! and sometimes, without a solo guitar you surely can writing and (de)composed a very good death metal song. To add more putrid-stink flavor, Hannes should given a big rotting credits beyond this "Amorphous Mass" EP production. He managed to created very brutal-heavy-sick (you named its!) atmosphere on this release, and least not before I'm getting rotting, salute to César Valladares, which illustrated perfectly the "Amorphous Mass" EP cover.

From the time summoning and how the murky-reeking melody-blast from this EP, the production of "Amorphous Mass" EP definitely one of "essential" death metal release coming out on 2019, this EP have everything that you need and I'm expecting more from them after this. "Amorphous Mass" EP, coming out in May, 2019 in CD and LP in rotting corpse'peration with Unholy Domain Records and for all tape-maggot, Dismal Fate Records will handling the ugly one!

Critical Madness : Darkening towards the dream of.. Inevitable Doom!!

Another thing that cannot be understated is how good Russian band like Pyre, Wombripper, Torn Aparts to name a few mutilating the sound of old death metal again! and it's really good to now another Death Metal-ghouls that crawl from the stench rotting air of Moscow, and here.. ABSORPTION! (Thanks Sergei :) )

ABSORPTION was Mortican (Vocal/Bass/Guitar), Patolog (Drums) and Suffocate (Guitar). Their was around the murky swamp since 2017 and according to my ugly and disgusted personal sound tastes, ABSORPTION sounds really stink in down-deep of my rotting ears so far. Purelentttttttt!!!

"Inevitable Doom" demo was a first release by the band and it's was recorde(a)d around March 2018 at Distemper Studio / Moscow. Contained 4 track include the horror intro and outro that sound creepy enough! "Inevitable Doom" demo really good in terms of sound production with clean (darkness) sound coming from my speaker that prove the

band really worked hard for this releases and know how too created a fvcking real good death metal song in slicing a song with deathgrind riffing, brutal-catchy-crunchy riffs guitar, slower doomier and few style of solo guitar. Generally, I know how the underground death metal reacted after their listen to "Inevitable Doom", and of corpse all of you sickhead will loved this demo!

In rotting deep of "Inevitable Doom" bowels, tracks like "Obscuration" with grimly-gory cut-throat screaming in the early of the song and few catchy example riffs from "Poisoned Brood" just take my mind slowly festering the whole creation of "Inevitable Doom" demo. While stink-stench atmosphere embedead from the demo's, you can feel the variations of song structure / sections really stand out part by part.

The sign of live going faded and choking,
While, the delusions of death was born with parasites...
And...
The uncontrolled desires towards the dreams... 
Darkness and Obscuration!
The demo will live for more than 1000 years !

Get your copies from Reforestation Record and please listen to the real death metal (old)

Critical Madness : Crematory.. in Convulsing Human Enormity

It's been awhile this ugly website been updated, but will come here sit more often and write more review about your favourite Death Metal demo's tape, and also the year of 2018 really packed with numerous filthy-putrid demo releases. So here another of old death.. from Sonoran desert. UGH!

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What we've in this rotting cemetery ghoul! Indeed, the carving for ugly and disgusting old school death metal still reeking and putrid stink! We've two latest demo's tape releases from ENGULFER.  Nothing beyond the death from Arizona, USA and leeching the murky cemetery with raw-heavy-splatter lo-fi old death metal. Total primitive!

ENGULFER was Aidan .A on drum/guitar/vocal and Devin .G bass/vocal. Some of you might know that I'm totally freaky-demo tape worship, loved the stench-raw sound production, underproduced-song structure and simply straight forward song decomposing.  It's all you can get and rotting while listening to all of demos. The first encounter of slurping the crematory by ENGULFER was born in "Rotted" somewhere around 2018. 3 tracks demo, short but totally putrid-disgusting style of Death Metal, low as fvck guitar tones, unreadable words from the sing style simply cavernous-dods for me. Ghouls! just plug in and put this demo on high volume!  Also that riff's from "Devoured" song just wanna make me punch someone face. Ha!

The first demo from ENGULFER just pay the way to greater path to death gore-glory! Beyond of dead, second demo by the band "Convulsing Human Enormity" are have doom slow-death approach than the previous demo, loved that sound of one-hit cymbal style from the first track on the demo. Short, and gruesome vocals on the 3 effective tracks from "Convulsing Human Enormity" just for sick deadhead. Another band who put their passion/flavor, and demonstrating there's no need for crazy trigger-blasts-beat in death
metal!

For additional notes, Dismal Fate Records has reissue back both of the demo's in tape cassette. Or you can contact the band members to get your copies. Nothing but total primitive death!

Retributions for the Dead : The epitome of putrid and rotting piles on "Undead Abyss"

We've already entering the half crypt of 2018 and the list of rotting death metal demo is never endless. I'm quiet remember the day I received Sepolcro's Festering Evocation demo in my mail, it's was few years ago and today once again I was drowned again when I received a news from Hannes that Sepolcro will ripping the flesh again with another new demo via Unholy Domains Records. There always ugly things that you can't change from the past, from how much this music already develop and quick crawled and infected the underground scenes. For me, Italian Death Metal-Underrrrground scenes always special to me. From the maniac, label, and the bands, and therefore so much filthy places around the tomb get surrounded by the burial fog in here, so many sick-disgusting music was born to make the legion of dead awake and festering the phlegm. It's was a good places to say for the underground fans to lived by. 

Much like countless other bands, Sepolcro is fulfilled with tons of surprise in their career so far, I mean the band have releasing a demo, what we called it "Festering Evocation" back in 2013, a split with Presumed Dead and later on decide to buried alive the band. The latest news that I heard, Hannes Delbello was involved with Ruptured and managed to released a demo called "Blurred Vision" demo last years. 

Short of rotting filthy, Sepolcro back with three 'rotting-putrid-ugly' tracks demo on "Undead Abyss". From 'Undead Abyss' into ugly skansk dead-beat on 'The Edge Of Infinity', the demo production gives me a impression that the release is likely straight from the early 90's, although at times will quick bring you into Autopsy 'Mental Funeral' mood. The raw-devastated sound just creepy and the filler of bones-crushing tones are totally enjoyable and the progressions between each tracks uniquely soundead very original and perfectly blend. The early intro and slow-paced on 'Bone Totem' possibly may distinguished the fact and you'll loved this tracks and drowned into the vocal pains. It's really doesn't matter if it's end like other Autopsy's song, Sepolcro just created their own rotting filthy misery with this song. My favourites tracks so far and you can't deny the putrid vibe! 

The three tracks Sepolcro provide you in "Undead Abyss" demo just pure with raw and putrid-pile death metal composed that is the ugly intent on severing into yours fvcking bones. Extremely filthy-disgusted sounding and all the ghoulish from Sepolcro knew exactly how a death metal should soundead with dirty production-mixed on studio. "Undead Abyss" demo  is almost the perfect death metal demo in 2018 so far!

Don't missed out "Undead Abyss" demo, it's just fvcking awesome old school death metal been wrot(t)en and does everything absolutely right on time. Yes, it’s maybe been done before and tons of band already put some high-end echoes to the music, but this is simply – putrid rotting death metal . It’s only a demo, and myself indeed just loved every demo's feel. 

Retributions for the Dead : Out of the conscious, in the meadows of sorrow....

Chilean darkness horror of old death metal, MORTIFY festering the last slumber coffins of 2017 with their first full length album, "Mortuary Remains". Horror and dark atmosphere embedead from the early of the album and the smell of rotten corpse sound production beyond the unholy grave, will accompany you by and  MORTIFY will thrown yours into the deep-bowel of your rotting grave, decomposed and been eaten by the maggots on final path of "Mortuary Remains" album.

Short but sick, MORTIFY start somewhere in Concepción, Biobío and get handed to the dark soul of horror with their first debut demo release, "Sadistic Carnage" back in 2013 and two years gone and rotting on their own chamber of death, the band managed to released the "Cryptic" EP on 2015 which I believe the continuing for the new stuff that coming from the bands on 2017.

"Mortuary Remains" is quite example and proof what the real old of Death Metal taste, from the riffs, drum beat, song composing/structure, slicing vocal style and the filthy old school production on the album. It's just pure

classic formula been used again and been added on with mellow solo guitar-work that work perfectly on the album. I'm really enjoy how Cristian Fuentes cut his throat to sang on the album and his voices totally sick from track by track and make me believed the voice are coming from filthy hell! Another things that I dig from MORTIFY "Mortuary Remains" album is the horror melody that embalmed from the tracks, it's fvcking real horror that can be inspired someone to robbing the grave! The mix of mid-tempo and slow to the fvcking death metal styles are the real ingredients on "Mortuary Remains" album and it's so difficult for me to choose my favourites tracks from the albums seem every song have their own horror presentation and feel.

Machalia Records handle the "Mortuary Remains" album and it's so fvcking good that the album out in old analog fvcking tape. Another promising stuff crawl from Chilean underground death metal cemetery you should never miss! Unleashed the ancient horror of death! 

Retributions for the Dead : Towards.. Fate! and the calling of death.

France always delivered most prominent old death metal band from the past years. That doesn't mean their always produced more ugly and stinky stuff every years, at least there some bands that crawling from these country always my favor one. Parts of that, there a couple of worthy bands you should festering for if you need some devastatingly tunes, and here I presents you, Paris old rotting death metal-mongers, TOWERING!

"Towards Fate" demo which contains only two tracks are ready for listening on their bandcamp and physical copies of tape can be ordered from Impurity Production. In the process of rotting on "Towards Fate" demo, the band successfully writing back the old fvcking formula of death with their unique and interesting sounds and pulverising my ears with an heavily tones of riffs. The demo might be turn up little bit crunchy on the sound production, but it's rotting enough for my taste!

Short, and pure regurgitated two tracks demo but the heavy-pounding and crunchy rotting guitar riffing, instantly drive you into other places and the reconnected between the rotting melody, which I think really good and should be remarked their existence on the unholy ground. "Towards Fate" demo also show the band have stability on the instrument handle and sensibility in songwriting. If you hope the sound feeling from a filthy-murky and smell fvcking basement-sounding death metal demo you'll got on here too, but in other parts of the roots music foundations and evolution. Listening to the "The Calling", with rotting fast-slowly-heavy death of song structure and mid-temp paced approach on the mid of the song just gain the momentum for you rewind back into the first track. The well-timed torture-throat vocal enters on early parts from the second tracks was a places a good as well. Beyond of that, it's just death, rotting, sick sound have been produced by the band on this demo.

"Towards Fate" demo are surprisingly give me a vibe of heavy sound of old death metal whats I need for, driven onward (into Golgotha) and just let me rot on the final hecatomb of the demo. Rotting favor for old death-mongers fans and let's waits for the debut album! The dead is coming!

Critical Madness : PUTRID TORSO "Grave Desecrating Ritual" Full Length-Album / CD

The Ghouls Of The Graveyards

We near to end rotting completed in 2017, and a lot of sick stuff still haunted me down on this last few months and there's always something will blew my mind when it's comes to wrote about Old School Death Metal release. It's no matter if the band are doing something similar and just recycles the path again or even digging up yours old memories from the past as long it's quite interesting and worship the real tunes of death. And, I'm still saving my deadbrains for something more dark, ugly and filthy of Death Metal. The graveyard of dead that fulfilled with flesh-eaten rotting zombie!

Horror from the graveyards!!

PUTRID TORSO, definitely a braindead idea coming from Thomas Prasser. Thomas Prasser always wanting to delivered more rotten, sick and heavy stuff of old Death Metal. If we walked under the gloomy-unlights before, we can see Thomas Prasser work with several Black/Death band or project such like Goatthroat, Heretic Deathcult, Obscurys, Ruins of Unlight and Old Skull. And with PUTRID TORSO back from the long dead rotting hiatus right now, let's seek for more rotting old death stuff in the future from him. There are some familiar name beyond the creation of "Grave Desecrating Ritual" Album, some of them are Rogga Johansson from Paganizer etc that put his effort beyond the vocal section, Jan Psyander Withney / JDW-DEATH My Only Friends and Marc / Artwars mediadesign that make the CD booklet look horrifying and terrifying sick enough with killer arts and layout to my eyes and just look how thick the CD booklet make me smile how importance this first releases of PUTRID TORSO to them. 

PUTRID TORSO "Grave Desecrating Ritual" Album was for sure another most expected old school death stuff that coming out in 2017. With 8 tracks of ugly death tunes alongside the horror sample intro that may sounded someone digging the old graves and collected the dead body. It's quite interesting how the intro from this album slowly make my mood increased to death and need more dose of horror and thrill-suspense melo-touch. The first song is just killer, "The Ghoul Of Graveyards" with rotting and crunchy riff's barely open my head straightly with some old flavor from Swedish Death before "A Morbid Rising" show more aggression towards the song decompose and structure. The first-two tracks from this album show same death metal groovy-laden touch but in different kind of fast and slow atmosphere and also the guitar tones from Thomas Prasser that sounded fat and disgusting enough and Lille beyond the dead-beat drumming just show how excellent this two guy work together for this album. I've much enjoy the opening riff's in "A Crypt To Keep" and a screaming effort from Rogga in the early of "Towards The Cemetary" song, it's totally fvcking creepy-monster voices. As the CD still spinning off on my player, I spotted some interesting quite changing paced between "The Boneless Crawlers" and

"Collector of Zombies" song. The paced approach becoming more disgusting and filthy heavy which I think came with horror melodies and lyrics and suddenly swirling my head to the wall, it's a friendly-headbanger song and the feels from this tracks totally fvcking awesome! And the combination between Thomas, Lille and Rogga probably hit the high pitch on the last song from this album, "Midnight Mousoleum". It's quite grotesque-heavy than the previous song and get all the lost rotting component rejoin and mixed well together on the final runs of  "Grave Desecrating Ritual" Album. 

It's quite interesting when came to pick my favorites tracks from "Grave Desecrating Ritual" Album seem I'm really enjoy all the sick and heavy tunes from this album. With uglier and stinky of old sound production but in very advanced way, the album just showed how old death metal formation works with simple straight forward structure and lyrics, and with brilliant guitar work by Thomas, the sound of ripping snare beyond Lille drum-seat and deep monster howling from Rogga the album just cherish the zombie ritual ceremony. Also, the rotting credits must goes to Tribulacion Production and Epidemia Records for putting this excellent work by PUTRID TORSO in very awesome CD publication. It's a recommend(a)d stuff ?? Yes for sure! and for those dwell the horror and ugly feel of Old School Death Metal, PUTRID TORSO another band you shouldn't miss. 

Horror of Death