MORTUOUS - Among the Lost (DAWNBREED Records - LP 2015)
Some labels never disappoint.
Dawnbreed Records is one of them. They search for some killer death metal filth
that hides in the darkest shadows of old graveyards and usually they don’t
miss. They also didn’t miss with Mortuous from US, who until now were
completely unknown band to me. But they’re not a band of some newcomers, as
there’re some ex-Exhumed and Dekapitator plus some other bands members in the
line up. First they came with “Mors Immortalis” demo 2010 and then with “Demo
2012”, which is titled “Among the Lost” and released on fantastic piece of
vinyl by Dawnbreed.
This demo LP catches attention
right away, with fantastic artwork and killer logo, which reminds me the old
Rottrevore logo. With such a nice artwork, it just must be good haha. And it
is, perfectly fitting my taste and worship for old styled, traditional death
metal. With such music I am not so demanding, to be honest. I don’t expect
ultra fancy shit or whatever. What I do need is just a bunch of excellent,
blood freezing riffs, powerful, classic sound and some great guttural vocals.
And all that I can hear on “Among the Lost”. Most of the music is played in
slow, creepy tempo that has a strong Swedish death metal vibe, combined with
sort of Finnish heaviness and blasts to add even more aggression and extremity
to the whole sound. Add to that some Bolt Thrower-ish and Asphyx stench plus a
necessary dose of US death metal (Incantation) and here we go, that’s Mortuous.
But mainly it’s that Swedish sound, similar to Grave, (old) Unleashed etc,
which blows away the speakers. Mortuous has great, heavy riffs, they catch some
harmonies here and there also, what makes the music more memorable… I like all
songs here, there’re no weak or boring pieces, so it’s almost a shame that this
vinyl ends so quickly. But I hope to hear some more from Mortuous in the near
future, as certainly this is a band worth of our support!
Get the cassette from Unholy
Domain, get one of 500 copies of Dawnbreed vinyl, do so now!
Standout tracks: ALL
Final rate: 90/100
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