Buried Deep in a Bottomless Grave

Nowadays when new death metal bands either play tech-wank or they play Incantation worshipping death/doom, we tend to get a lot of great albums (mostly from the 2nd category). Take Carnal Tomb, Pissgrave or even Gorephilia for example. All of these bands are making top quality death metal, but the fans of this style can only handle so much bands and I think we are getting to the point where we are getting a bit flooded with these bands and this leads to them getting forgotten in a year. How is this connected to Witch Vomit? Well, you may have already guessed it, they play caveman death metal and most likely nobody will remember them in a year or so.

All that being said, the album is great. The first song starts off with a short sample which quickly turns into a crushing riff. Crushing and suffocating is probably the best way to describe the riffs on the album. The low guitars sound exactly like you would hope: filthy and disgusting. The vocals are also something to behold. The guttural vocals are (as expected) so low that I felt like it's coming from a... well... Bottomless Grave. The mixing of the album is also something that impressed me. Almost everything is in the right place, sounding just like they meant to be. We even get some erupting guitar solos every once in a while.

It would be foolish to talk about each track individually because most of them have the same traits, but there are a couple of stand-out ones. The instrumental track Squirming in Misery, for example, has a really great atmosphere thanks to the riffs and the wonderful songwriting. Despoilment has probably the grooviest and nastiest riff out of them all (no wonder it's my favorite track). It reminds me of Immolation which is one hell of a compliment.

Even though the band executes the formula pretty nicely, there are still some issues. I would have liked to hear something new, something that stands out and makes the songs sound nothing like other bands with the same style, but in the end, all we get is a solid record with nothing that hasn't been done yet. I also miss the bass out of this record since it's barely audible. Not a huge problem, but it is still somewhat annoying. One last thing that kept bugging me is the samples they used. They are more annoying than atmospheric.

Overall while this record is definitely worth your time and money, the lack of originality will probably get this album in the bag of "great death metal albums that nobody remembers at all", but then again, it succeeds at what they were aiming for.

The highlights of the album are Despoilment, Buried Deep in a Bottomless Grave and Dripping Tombs.