Considering the lack of new metal out right now, I thought it would be appropriate to explore something old and deadly. Something like Vomitory's debut: Raped in Their Own Blood. Vomitory is known for the menacing brutality, not only from their rude name, but from the sheer grisly nature of their music. I think anything that opens with a song called "Nervegasclouds" should automatically be considering a legendary album. And as soon as that song ends the rest of the album never lets up, you get a face-full of songs like, "Raped in Their Own Blood" "Pure Death," and "Through Sepulchral Shadows." It's like the guys from Vomitory knew exactly how much evil they were capable of spewing out at eager death-heads, the titles were just icing on the cake. A cake made of scorched flesh and blood that is. While the music itself may sound very old-school when compared to acts such as Braindrill whose music is just hyper speed nonsense that makes one's mind tie itself in knots, Vomitory's sound is nothing short of frightening. The production of this album gives me the feeling of classic Norwegian black metal because of how raw everything sounds. Not that raw is a bad thing of course, if anything, the rawness gives them that necessary bit of dark murderous intent that no death metal band should be without. Easily a classic death metal album that hopefully has not been forgotten.
Focus Tracks:
Nervegasclouds, Raped in Their Own Blood, Pure Death, Through Sepulchral Shadows, Perdition.
