ENGORGEMENT – THEY ROT BENEATH OUR FLOOR

Much like the album title suggests, it feels as if this has been rotting away in some dank basement until making its festering presence known to an unsuspecting world. What we have here sounds like a mortician’s blender concocting unrelentingly heavy slabs of pulsing riffs that are thick to the ears matched with deep percussive hits bruising hard to the bone. Punching in at around 37 minutes, this bulldozer has 10 tracks exploring many themes of putrid filth and obsessive depravity that will repulse your average Sunday driver while appeasing the most die-hard slam aficionados. The cover art and song titles alone should indicate the kind of disturbing territories that are to be expected within this bludgeoning experience.

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There’s a lot going on with this release; from the ultra-thick downtuned guitars and the frothing bass working in purulent disharmony, they create an intense and nauseating soup that had me reaching for an E.Q. balance to prevent my stereo having an output overload. With frequent tempo shifts, the onslaught of their death-grind rhythms and extended two-foot blast downs, the drums heave and surge while occasionally crawling into some weird sludged-out doom vibes. Complementing this sonic decay is the dual vocal approach of deep, crusty gut growls and the pig-like squeals and screeches which add disturbing layers to the overall emulsifying delivery and turgid outcomes.

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Fans of Brodequin, Kraanium, Vulvectomy, and Deeds Of Flesh, may want to reacquaint their palates with this latest offering of gore.

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SCORE 8/10

Reviewed by glennosp