Brutal Death Metal

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Brutal death metal emphasizes brutality in music and lyrics. The guitar distortion often has a lot of bottom, and the players make use of pinched harmonics, heavy riffage and very fast palm-muted picking, while the drumming typically incorporates blastbeats and fast double bass drum work. In terms of composition and performance, brutal death metal is often complex and technical, as one tune typically contains several, often difficult-to-perform, sections. The vocals typically consist of low pitch growls, sometimes combined with screams and shrieks, and the lyrics typically deal with violence, mutilation, violation and murder, described in gory detail. Slam death metal is sometime considered a distinct subgenre of brutal death metal because of its focus on heavy breakdowns and moshpit-friendly midtempo brutal riffage at the expense of speed and intensity. Examples of brutal death metal bands are Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Severe Torture, Infernal Torment, Benighted, and early Illdisposed.

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Reign Supreme
DYING FETUS
4.37 | 11 ratings

DYING FETUS Make Them Beg for Death Album Cover

Make Them Beg for Death
DYING FETUS
4.62 | 4 ratings

DEEDS OF FLESH Path of the Weakening Album Cover

Path of the Weakening
DEEDS OF FLESH
4.50 | 4 ratings

DEEDS OF FLESH Portals to Canaan Album Cover

Portals to Canaan
DEEDS OF FLESH
4.50 | 4 ratings

SUFFOCATION ...Of The Dark Light Album Cover

...Of The Dark Light
SUFFOCATION
4.29 | 9 ratings

AFTERBIRTH Four Dimensional Flesh Album Cover

Four Dimensional Flesh
AFTERBIRTH
4.40 | 5 ratings

HATE ETERNAL Upon Desolate Sands Album Cover

Upon Desolate Sands
HATE ETERNAL
4.39 | 5 ratings

DYING FETUS Descend Into Depravity Album Cover

Descend Into Depravity
DYING FETUS
4.21 | 13 ratings

Retrogore
ABORTED
4.25 | 6 ratings

DYING FETUS Destroy the Opposition Album Cover

Destroy the Opposition
DYING FETUS
4.12 | 15 ratings

Despise the Sun
SUFFOCATION
4.19 | 8 ratings

Agony
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
4.08 | 24 ratings

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NITHING Agonal Hymns

Album · 2023 · Brutal Death Metal

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NITHING is the one-man disso-brutal death metal project of Matt Kilner who has spent the last decade as drummer of the disco-brutal death metal band Iniquitous Deeds of Walnut Creek, CA due east of San Francisco. This NITHING not to be confused with the blackened death metal band from Ohio has been around since 2014 and then released an EPs worth of material the following year and then one split in 2020 with Syphilic. The year 2023 finds NITHING’s debut AGONAL HYMNS haunting the world with some of the most frenzied brutal death metal there is to be found.

This short but eternal burst of explosive musical dynamite may only be 23 1/2 minutes long but pretty much blows away bands like Suffocation or even Kilner’s own Iniquitous Deeds band in that it is absolutely relentless in its pummeling bombast. This release pretty much tackles all the extreme limits of death metal and then turns it up a few notches even further. True that brutal death metal can be a fairly one-dimensional affair with a never-ending churning out of blitzkrieg riffing and blastbeats that blur into one big haze of noisy backdrop and that’s not to say that AGONAL HYMNS doesn’t deliver that in abundance at all.

What makes this album stand out a bit is that the production is crystal clear and allows the various guitar angst to find its own parts whether it’s the chugging riff-a-thon or the Morbid Angel inspired guitar squeals but like any excellent disso-death artist NITHING knows when to offer a bit of relief and offer a brief melodic solo or some crucial moments of atmospheric embellishments. Another feature is the excellent drumming craziness which is obviously Kilner’s specialty. Instead of a monotonic blastbeat approach, the timbres are fortified with a plethora of metal drums and varying nuances. Of course it all whizzes by at a million kilos per second but this is brutal death metal after all.

The first three tracks are brutal for brutality’s sake but with “Lustral Cognitive Erosion” the underpinnings begin to reveal themselves more with micro-moments of silence and pauses that reveal a structure beneath the incessant chugging. Despite being a drummer Kilner handles all instruments quite well with excellent guitar workouts as well as a stellar production job that suits this style of noisy metal quite well. The album is mercifully brief but absolutely crushes your soul with an agonizing torturous procession of incessant stabs of sound. The 3-minute “Wreathed In Sores” deviates a bit with a repetitive backdrop before unleashing the speed of lightning brutality. I love it when a brutal death metal act can escaped the confines of the generic nature of the genre. Chaos rules!

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ABORTED TerrorVision

Album · 2018 · Brutal Death Metal

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"TerrorVision" is the 10th full-length studio album by Belgian death metal act Aborted. The album was released through Century Media Records in September 2018. It´s the successor to "Retrogore" from 2016 although the two albums are bridged by the "Bathos" single from June 2017. There has been one lineup change since the release of "Retrogore (2016)" as bassist JB van der Wal has been replaced by Stefano Franceschini.

Stylistically the material on "TerrorVision" is in the trademark sound of Aborted. Brutal and technically well played gore themed death metal featuring both deep growling vocals and higher pitched aggressive vocals. The musicianship is generally through the roof with technical precision drumming, sharp and brutal guitar riffs, well played leads, and Sven de Caluwé delivering his distinct sounding vocal arsenal in the usual convincing manner. Aborted have a relatively unique sound and are one of the artists on the more brutal end of the death metal spectrum, which manage to stand out.

The material on "TerrorVision" are well written and the album also features a fat, brutal, and detailed sound production, which suits the material well, so upon conclusion it´s another quality release by Aborted. It doesn´t reach the heights of it´s direct predecessor, which to my ears is one of the highlights of the band´s discography, and in that respect "TerrorVision" is a slight disappointment, but overall it´s a strong release and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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GOREROTTED A New Dawn for the Dead

Album · 2005 · Brutal Death Metal

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"A New Dawn for the Dead" is the 3rd full-length studio album by UK death metal/goregrind act Gorerotted. The album was released through Metal Blade Records in June 2005. It´s the successor to "Only Tools and Corpses" from 2003 and features one lineup change since the predecessor as lead vocalist Mr. Gore has jumped ship, and as a result Gorerotted is down to a quintet on "A New Dawn for the Dead" with only one lead vocalist in Goreskin, although bassist The Wilson also performs some vocals on the album (the high pitched snarling vocals). It would be the last album released under the Gorerotted monicker as the band opted to change their name to The Rotted in 2008.

Stylistically Gorerotted continue their horror/gore themed deathgrind style on "A New Dawn for the Dead". It´s strongly influenced by the early pioneers of the genre like Carcass, Repulsion, and Impetigo, and especially the former and their early goregrind sound is a huge influence. The music varies between blastbeat sections and heavy mid-paced sections and the tracks generally feature a lot of tempo changes and breaks, which make them a relatively varied listen. That´s individually though because if you view the album as a whole the tracks on the album are slightly one-dimensional in nature and they aren´t that easy to tell apart.

The two-vocalist attack works well for Gorerotted, and the deep growling and the higher pitched snarling vocals compliment each other perfectly and make the vocal part of the band´s music pack a punch (although I have to admit missing the almost hysterical and strongly British accented vocals of Mr. Gore). The instrumental part of the music is also well performed, but unfortunately "A New Dawn for the Dead" features a sound production which is a bit lacking. It´s especially the drum production which is a bit thin and clicky, so while "A New Dawn for the Dead" overall features a more clear and detailed sound production compared to the more raw and savage sound productions on the two preceding albums, I much prefer the sound on the two latter releases. Gorerotted´s music simply functions better when it´s packed in a raw sounding production. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.

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ABORTED Bathos

EP · 2017 · Brutal Death Metal

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"Bathos" is a single release by Belgian death metal act Aborted. The single was released through Century Media Records in June 2017. It bridges the gap between the band´s 9th and 10th full-length studio albums "Retrogore (2016)" and "TerrorVision (2018)". There has been one lineup change since "Retrogore (2016)" as bassist JB van der Wal has been replaced by Stefano Franceschini.

"Bathos" features the title track and "Fallacious Crescendo" and clocks in at 8 minutes of playing time. "Bathos" is one of Aborted´s more "core" tinged tracks, while "Fallacious Crescendo" pretty much just crushes with a brutal technical death metal sound like we´re used to from Aborted. I´m not sure if it´s true, but both could well be leftover tracks from the "Retrogore (2016)" sessions, as both are in the more average quality end of the scale for Aborted.

"Bathos" is a well produced single. Brutal, heavy, and raw sounding and perfectly suiting the equally brutal music, and while it´s not a standout release in Aborted´s discography I´ll take even a standard quality Aborted release over a lot of other artists in the more brutal end of the death metal scale. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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ATHERETIC Apocalyptic Nature Fury

Album · 2006 · Brutal Death Metal

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"Apocalyptic Nature Fury" is the 2nd full-length studio album by Canadian, Montreal based death metal act Atheretic. The album was released through Galy Records in May 2006. It´s the successor to "Adhesion, Aversion..." from 2001 and features a couple of lineup changes. Guitarist Stéphane Genest has left and hasn´t been replaced, and as a result Dany Leblanc handles all guitars on the album. Lead vocalist Wayne McGrath has also left and he is replaced here by Alexandre Leblanc. In addition to Dany Leblanc the two remaining members from the debut lineup are Jean-Sébastien Gagnon (drums) and Dominic Lapointe (bass). The latter would subsequently find underground fame and success with Augury and Beyond Creation...

...and if you´re familiar with Lapointe´s busy jazz/fusion influenced bass playing on releases by the above mentioned acts, you won´t be surprised that his playing on "Apocalyptic Nature Fury" is just as virtuosic and brain meltingly crazy. The music style on the album is technical and relatively brutal death metal, featuring many tempo changes, lightning fast guitar riffs, technical precision drumming, and some relatively brutal and not particularly intelligible growling vocals. The whole thing is delivered with great skill and power, and Atheretic are just one of those acts where it´s hard not to drop your jaw when listening to their high level musicianship.

"Apocalyptic Nature Fury" is not an easily accessible release. It´s furiously fast-paced, aggressive and brutal, and there is no sign of a melody anywhere. So it´s a harsh release which requires time and patience to get into, but it´s also a release which is quite rewarding given enough spins. There are many killer riffs, great drumming, and surprising bass licks coming out of nowhere to feast upon. Sure the growling vocals are a little one-dimensional, but they don´t ruin anything and they are decent enough for the style. "Apocalyptic Nature Fury" also features a raw, powerful, and well sounding production, and upon conclusion it´s through and through a high quality technical death metal release. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.