Disgorging the Dead

Here's the band's debut and their only release to date. Labelled by the band itself as Original TXDM (Texas death metal), it was released just before the birth of so-called slam death metal and the assault of thousands of supposedly "ultra brutal slamming death metal" bands. I got it along with Devourment's debut demo "Impaled" and I was really amazed by these two bands. Although I got bored of Devourment in little time, Sintury is still one of my all-time fave bands.

At first listen, I found them so much more original and unique than any other death metal band; mid-to-fast-paced, yet brutal songs with little blast beats and plenty of cool drum fills and patterns with varied use of cymbals and crashes. Guitars have their work competently done with original crushing riffs with some stop-and-go and some solos that perfectly fit the music. There are two vocalists in the band, showing the typical leading low grunt-and-growilng ogre with screamy treble cries as backing and other's not-so-low grunts here and there. But the thing that really drew my attention from the very beginning of the album was the bass guitar sound. As a bassist myself, I always try to decipher bass lines in order to find the coherence and consistency of a song. On "Disgorging the Dead", one can actually hear bass guitar in every song, low-tuned with little distortion (if any) and constantly pounding under the guitars. It's obvious that Emmitt Gillaspy plays with a pick, but this fact gives his sound more power and sonority, allowing each and every note played to be perfectly discernible from the others.

The production is correct, not the crystal clear type, but a raw one. This rawness gives the band an original and unique sound, yet the two new tracks on the 2005 remastered version lack this raw, fresh sound. All the instruments are easily recognizable, being at the perfect balance.

I haven't been able to find the lyrics anywhere yet, but with song titles such as "Infesting the Corpse", "Revenge Through Torture" and the title track, "Disgorging the Dead", I can figure out what are they about: gore/violence-based lyrics typically found in the genre.

In my opinion, this album is very enjoyable and I highly recommend it to everyone into death/brutal death metal. "Disgorging the Dead" is a milestone of mid-'90s death metal, even being a bit underrated and relatively unknown album, but still a must for any death metal fan no matter how brutal or slamming they are.

Highlights:
Disgorging the Dead, Revenge through Torture, Innocence Raped Away.