Buried Deep in a Bottomless Grave

Here I review the brand new (at the time of writing) full length from one of death metal’s filthiest bands, Witch Vomit!

The record opens with a quick blast of sci-fi synth before rupturing riffs and a vomited growl over blasting drum ferocity kicks in the meaty macabre death-fest. The churning grooves of the instruments hurls up a cacophony of putrid soundscapes with that truly epic take on old school death metal that so many bands are offering up slab after slab of. Witch Vomit truly nail the odious nuances of the music with catchy hooks and a truly masterful range of vocal haunts. The screaming whammy bar solos complete the fetid sound within the first track, produced in a murky and dissonant manner that retains full clarity. The band do use the occasionally somewhat progressive riff to throw in some volatility while keeping the meandering onslaught the main focus. A blisteringly searing blend of crushing brutality and utterly menacing ferocity drives this short album through track after track of snarling doomy ugliness so fantastically. Further dissonance is blended in temporarily through the impaling grooves with a torturously heavy assault of intimidation hitting hard from start to end.

The slower sections give a truly cavernous sound and are transcendent in their flow with the full-throttle blasting barrages, some absolutely phenomenal songwriting and structuring is to be found throughout that keeps the inferno of death exciting and unpredictable. I adored the cosmic sampling used beautifully at the end of the second track and the interluding sections throughout were really wicked. For me this endless swaying groove of truly disgusting death metal is what I adore about many 20 Buck Spin artists, these guys making a fine new addition to their 2019 catalogue with meaty riff savagery, drum pounding butchery and hellishly morbid vocals. I loved the diversity from mournfully doomy tracks like “Dead Veins” to the more devastating blasters like its follow-up “Dripping Tombs, such wonderful variety in a short release is to be marvelled at. The album also ends on a brutally ripping high with “Fumes Of Dying Bodies” which is an appropriately ferocious ending to things, vomiting out one last memorable slice of true death ,etal madness.

This record will have you headbanging along with ease but also demand your respect and attention to the atmospheric detailing so beautifully crafted. For me, this is a huge step up from Witch Vomit as much as I love their previous material, expect astounding things from this band.

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