Splattered mermaids-Stench of flesh

Splattered mermaids-stench of flesh

Shit this is great! Thats my first reaction, and quite frankly im not disappointed as the record keeps spinning. Brutal groove deathgrind? Well take the best parts of Pantera and run it through some brutal death catacombs add the vocals of Johan Bergström (Havok) and let it rip. I love groovy jump up and down metal, and this fits the bill nicely. However, make no mistake this is straight up death with exceptionally catchy songs. The band is made up of the above mentioned Mr. Bergström aswell as the guitars of Johan Hallberg, the drums of Martin Schönherr (Virgin sin, Deranged) and bass by Martin Eklöv (session bassist for Visceral bleeding ) making it sort of an allstar line-up.

The musical delivery is made better with a good production, the lack of solos doesnt really hurt either, what do hurt though is the similarity between songs its hard to single out certain songs from eachother. The last song on the album “Restless dreams of atrocity” opens with a melody that reminds me alot of Dismember, the song is instrumental and a nice finish to such an album. Opener “Face laceration” does what it says, and follower the title track “Stench of flesh” keeps the steamroller going opening directly after the first song. The album just keeps this up to the last track without letting up before it. The groovy parts sometimes resemble breakdowns but sound so much better.

To sum it up, i now know whats joining Decrepit birth on the 2008 best of list.

(Written by Dennis Östlund, also published on www.decayed-metal.com.)