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MRSA — Horrifier
If you’ve ever wondered what it’d sound like if Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface formed a death metal band, the answer is Horrifier — the gore-drenched debut from Florida maniacs MRSA, unleashed via CDN Records. And let me tell you, this record doesn’t just fuck around. It carves you up, serves your guts on a platter, and then cracks a cold one while your soul bleeds out.
Dean Corpse, the undead frontman from hell, spews his vokills like a serial killer reading bedtime stories through a meat grinder. “Into Pieces” is a slasher ode that rips like a chainsaw through wet timber, while “Mortuary” crawls with the stench of rot and despair. “The Re-Animator” feels like pure ’80s VHS horror injected straight into your veins, and “Leprechaun” is as twisted and nasty as the film itself, equal parts ridiculous and terrifying.
But the real standout bangers? “I Am the Swarm”, a suffocating wall of buzzsaw riffs and insectoid terror, and “Crystal Lake,” which stomps like Jason dragging a body bag through the woods. “Never Sleep Again,” the closing track, is a nightmare laced finale that’ll leave you curled in the corner like you just completed a three day bender.
Musically, MRSA nail it, chainsaw guitars, blast beat barrages, and grooves sharp enough to take a limb clean off. But it’s the horror theatrics, scare actors, props, full stage insanity, that elevate them from just another gore obsessed death metal band into a full on cinematic horror experience. This isn’t just music — it’s a blood soaked theatre of cruelty.
Horrifier is grotesque, relentless, and absolutely essential for anyone who likes their death metal loud, bloody, and fucking unhinged. Get infected.
Reviewed by Mark Polst (dothefknreview)