UMUR "Born to Slaughter (A Bloodsoaked Prequel)" is the debut full-length studio album by Swedish death metal act The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders. The album was released through Art of Stench Records in August 2019. The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders was active from December 2018 to August 2019 and released no less than nine EPs and one full-length studio album in those months. "Born to Slaughter (A Bloodsoaked Prequel)" concluded the large number of releases put out in just a few months.

The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a one-man band consisting of prolific Swedish death metal musician Rogga Johansson. Johansson is involved in a large number of different death metal projects, and his release schedule is arguably one of the most busy on the scene (often releasing dosens of albums with different projects each year). The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a project born out of the interest to tell more stories about the two murderes (The Cleaner and Mr. Filth) Johansson first sang about on "The Van Murders" (April 2011, Vic Records) album from his Ribspreader project. "Born to Slaughter (A Bloodsoaked Prequel)" is as the title suggests a prequel story about the early years of the two murderous villains.

All previous material released by The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders (the nine EPs) have been compiled and released on the two compilation albums "The Collector 1" (May 2019) and "The Collector 2" (August 2019), but the 8 tracks on the 26:10 minutes long album are exclusive to this release. The album download and the physical version of "Born to Slaughter (A Bloodsoaked Prequel)" however features the bonus tracks "Executioner Hood Homage" and "Executioner Hood Homage Part 2", which were featured on "The Collector 1" and on "The Collector 2" respectively.

The album opens with the instrumental keyboard/synth B-horror movie track "A Bloodsoaked Theme" before "Burning Rubber, Burning Flesh" kicks in with the old school Swedish death metal style already established as the sound of The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders on the previous EP releases. The vocals are nicely sick and depraved with both deep growling and snarling aggressive growling, which provides the music with the right gory effect. Heavy beats and brutal meaty riffs are some of the main ingredients of the sound along with the growling vocals, but Johansson also plays quite a few gloomy melodic leads/harmonies, which suit the material well and bring some variation to the album.

The album features a suitingly raw and brutal sounding production job, and upon conclusion the slightly more raw sounding production values (compared to the more clear sounding producions of many of the preceding EPs) suits The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders music exceptionally well. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

UMUR "The Collector 2" is a compilation album by Swedish death metal act The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders. The compilation was released through Art of Stench Records in August 2019. It features all the material from the EPs "Cancun Deathride" (2018), "Cancun Deathride Part 2" (2018), "The Retard King" (2019), "Carpe Rectum" (2019), and "On a Butchers Night" (2019), plus the previously unreleased tracks "Beastlike Filth Commando" and "Executioner Hood Homage Part 2". The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders was active from December 2018 to August 2019 and released no less than nine EPs and one full-length studio album in those months and "The Collector 2" as mentioned above features the material from five of the EPs. A second compilation album titled "The Collector 1" was released in May 2019 containing the material from the remaining four EPs plus a couple of previously unreleased tracks.

The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a one-man band consisting of prolific Swedish death metal musician Rogga Johansson. Johansson is involved in a large number of different death metal projects, and his release schedule is arguably one of the most busy on the scene (often releasing dosens of albums with different projects each year). The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a project born out of the interest to tell more stories about the two murderes (The Cleaner and Mr. Filth) Johansson first sang about on "The Van Murders" (April 2011, Vic Records) album from his Ribspreader project.

Following on the heels of the release of "The Collector 1", this compilation is very similar in style, quality, and sound to the first compilation. It´s 22 tracks of old school Swedish death metal distributed over a 69:33 minutes long playing time, which means the listener gets their money´s worth in terms of quantity. The quality of the music is pretty standard for the genre. There´s nothing offensively bad here but on the other hand there´s nothing which is out of the ordinary for a release in this style (other than the concept lyric theme telling the stories of the two murderes and their exploits). So I´d call this solid before I´d call it great, but when that is said it´s still an entertaining release while it plays. As all five EPs where the material are culled from are pretty similar in production style and musical style, the compilation is a consistent listen too. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.

UMUR "The Collector 1" is a compilation release by Swedish death metal act The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders. The compilation was released through Art of Stench Records In May 2019. It features all the material from the EPs "Mr. Filth's Otherworldly Journey" (2019), "The Cleaners Got the Blues (Cemetery Date Night Deluxe)" (2019), "Death Comes to Deutschland", and "Death Comes to Deutschland Part 2", plus the previously unreleased tracks "Executioner Hood Homage" and "Tools of the Executioner". The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders was active from December 2018 to August 2019 and released no less than nine EPs and one full-length studio album in those months and "The Collector 1" as mentioned above features the material from four of those EPs. A second compilation album titled "The Collector 2" was released in August 2019 containing the material from the remaining five EPs plus a couple of additional previously unreleased tracks.

The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a one-man band consisting of prolific Swedish death metal musician Rogga Johansson. Johansson is involved in a large number of different death metal projects, and his release schedule is arguably one of the most busy on the scene (often releasing dosens of albums with different projects each year). The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a project born out of the interest to tell more stories about the two murderes (The Cleaner and Mr. Filth) Johansson first sang about on "The Van Murders" (April 2011, Vic Records) album from his Ribspreader project.

Featuring 19 tracks and a total playing time of 61:12 minutes you get a lot of quantity for the money when purchasing "The Collector 1" and if you´re a fan of Johansson´s usual old school mid-paced brutal and heavy death metal style, you´ll be pleased with the content of this release. Nothing really sticks out as being above or below standard for the genre, and it´s really only the lyrics which tell the tale of the exploits of the two murderous villans, which sets this project apart from many of Johansson´s other death metal projects. There´s not much difference between the material or the sound productions of the different EP releases, so the compilation is a very consistent release. Both in terms of quality and style. So upon conclusion "The Collector 1" is another good quality death metal release from Rogga Johansson. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.

UMUR "Cancun Deathride" is an EP release by Swedish death metal act The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders. The EP was independently released in December 2018. The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a one-man band consisting of prolific Swedish death metal musician Rogga Johansson. Johansson is involved in a large number of different death metal projects, and his release schedule is arguably one of the most busy on the scene (often releasing dosens of albums with different projects each year). The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders is a project born out of the interest to tell more stories about the two murderes (The Cleaner and Mr. Filth) Johansson first sang about on "The Van Murders" (April 2011, Vic Records) album from his Ribspreader project.

Stylistically this is old school Swedish death metal and you´ll find very few surprises here, if you´re familiar with the style and especially Johansson´s predominantly mid-paced heavy take on the genre. Johansson adds some nice melodic leads/harmonies to spice things up, and "Cancun Deathride" is actually one of his more inspired works. It´s well produced too and since Johansson is credited for playing and singing everything on the EP, and he doesn´t usually play the drums, I´m assuming the drums are programmed, and if that´s the case, he has done a fine job here. It´s not that the drums are particularly interesting, but they fit the remaining parts of the music and in any case it´s the fat brutal guitar riffs and the brutal growling vocals which are in focus most of the time. I find myself well entertained and definitely banging my head...so I guess mission accomplished is a fair evaluation of this four-track EP debut release from The Cleaner and Mr. Filth's Van Murders. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is deserved.