Greetings, Decibel readers!
If you rely on Decibel to deliver the dirty side of heavy music, it’s a good week for you. After all, we’ve got a new Cannibal Corpse and a new Profanatica release in the same week. You’re going to want to have a wash after all of this. I mean, hell, there’s even an album with the word “sewer” in the title and another about being buried in rotten remains over here. Better rinse and repeat.
Enjoy!
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Bekor Qilish – The Flesh of a New God
One of the more straightforward bands you’ll find on I, Voidhanger records, Bekor Qilish nonetheless find unique pathways to darkness on their latest album. In particular, listen closely for the variety of picking methods used for the guitars to see how the band weaves different styles together to channel the depths.
Stream: Apple Music
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Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
The eviscerating plague comes to fire up the chainsaw and kill us all over again. While I packed a lot of familiar puns into that sentence, I should note that Eric Rutan has injected a lot of new and interesting dynamics into the band’s sound, which was first apparent on his 2021 debut as guitarist on Violence Unimagined. The pattern continues here, with hints of the vibe you’d normally expect from his main band, Hate Eternal, albeit with the consistent song structures, tropes and general brutality we’ve come to (eagerly) expect from Cannibal Corpse.
Stream: Apple Music
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Interemo – Buried in Rotten Remains
Sometimes you just want a slice of cheese pizza. You don’t want toppings. You don’t want it made with special “artisanal” cheese or cilantro. Just let me know when it’s done, ok? Likewise, sometimes you just want classic, HM-2-style Swedish death metal. And that’s what you get here. I’ll take a large pie, please.
Stream: Apple Music
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Profanatica – Crux Simplex
The blasphemous horde returns, I hope you like lots of octave-based riffs. Crux Simplex walks the same unholy path Profantica has blazed since its beginnings in the black metal underground long ago. This album has a particular fullness and punch that gives it more of a death metal feel, but fear not, sinners, the hate will still flow through you on Crux Simplex.
Stream: Apple Music
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Vengeance – Sewer Surge
Classic 80s style heavy metal with a healthy serving of punk-rock attitude. While the band clearly owes its sound to the ancient past, there’s subtle sensibilities added in from a world that kept spinning after 1989. Listen closely for slight hints of death and black metal come up from the speed, thrash and NWOBHM-sewers. It’s pure, raw and vicious fun, which is the best you can hope for after “Another Fukkin’ Day”!
Stream: Apple Music