MORDICUS — Abominations of the Earth (review)

MORDICUS — Abominations of the Earth album cover Demo · 1991 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Abominations of the Earth" is the first demo recording by Finnish death metal act Mordicus. The demo was independently released in January 1991. Mordicus formed in 1989 in the town of Joensuu situated on the eastern Finnish border to Russia. Some members came from the thrash metal band Mortuary, but Mordicus was formed with the idea to write more brutal music, which wasn´t an unusual move for young bands of the era, who had picked up on the new brutal death metal sounds coming from the death metal scenes of the US, the UK, and Sweden.

"Abominations of the Earth" is arguably a pure old school death metal release, with only the genre´s usual nods towards brutal thrash metal, so Mordicus did reach their goal with this debut demo. The songwriting is quite interesting and unique featuring elements from artists like Autopsy, Death, and early Paradise Lost. The vocals are gurgling raw snarling rather than deep growling, but the vocal part of the demo is generally quite effective and raw.

The demo was recorded on a 4-track recorder and it´s a pretty lo-fi sounding release, but it´s not without its raw and primitive charm. Mordicus are relatively well playing for a young band, but "Abominations of the Earth" is a warts and all type of release, and sometimes the instruments sound a bit out of tune and there are a few playing mistakes here and there. I can live with that on a debut demo because of the intriguing and promising songwriting though. This is definitely a band with a lot of interesting songwriting ideas and although I´d overall call "Abominations of the Earth" more interesting than great, I appreciate this demo more than my 2.5 star (50%) rating may show.
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