The Supreme Ugliness

Total old-school death metal here. Which is, in my opinion, usually automatically better than any of "modern metal" which seems to made just to proof the players skills. Nevetheless, I couldn´t enjoy this Skullfuck´s debyt-album a much.

The album begins with slow introduction which gives the listener a bit wrong idea of what is to follow. As the second track, "We are the Death Cult" begins, you´ll understand were the name of the album comes from. The sound is raw, filthy, ugly and...weak. Don´t get me wrong, I do love raw production, but this is really mediocre stuff here - in the 80´s it could have sounded raw.

The band´s extremity is not to be found from their tempo (mostly mid-tempo songs here - midtempo on death metal scale!), but rather from they way they put their stuff on. Like a old train, not the fasted nor the steadiest around but it goes on in its own sure way. These guys probably have known what this record is going to sound before they have composed any of the tracks.

Skullfuck throws in some good riffs every here and there but mostly they are quite medicre stuff. Simple (nothing wrong with it!) and predictable. Actually I could like them live after having a few beers, but the record just doen´t impress me. What really makes me pissed off is their vocalist, who is just weak. The growling has no power in it, rather sounds like the last words of an old wino. "Oorgh."

None of the songs here goes beyond the five minute limit, but nevertheless I get bored with this. There are a few faster tracks in the middle of the album but everything else sounds too much the same. And then again I have problem with the vocalist - I could imagine myself listening to this more ofter if at least the vocals would kick. But as mentioned above, they´re rather the weakest link.

End-note? Medicre yet supreme ugly produced old-school death metal. Nothing new, not much good to say - for fanatics only.