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LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER · 10-17-2021, 04:30 AM

FLESHCRAWL - DESCEND INTO THE ABSURD (1992)

The same year as Cenotaph, Fleshcrawl, from Germany, was a making a comparable brand of brutal, grindcore-inflected yet doomy death metal. Descend into the Absurd, the result of their efforts, is what you might call really ****ing heavy, and slower than Cenotaph.

The doomy grooves are pummelling, and faster sections do a good job at matching their intensity and dark atmosphere. The band is also quite tight, and intricate playing is constant. The drummer in particular handles steady doom marching and grind blasts equally well, using lots of intricate fills. Pretty damn throat-shredding vocals as well.

I just love the production. These guitars are so thick and punchy. At times I feel they'd fit in well on a sludge release. It's pretty clear, but pummeling and just murky enough to leave something to the imagination.

Like riffs? It's got em. And while there are many many sectional transitions, there's also plenty of moments where riffs are allowed to ride out. Many of them are a grade a punch to the mother****ing gut. Hell yea.

Check this out for some really disgusting OSDM that involves equal parts doom and deathgrind. It's quite long for death metal this violent, but preeeetty ****ing nasty.

10-17-2021, 04:30 AM	#45 (permalink)
LEGALISE DRUGS AND MURDER Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 94	FLESHCRAWL - DESCEND INTO THE ABSURD (1992) The same year as Cenotaph, Fleshcrawl, from Germany, was a making a comparable brand of brutal, grindcore-inflected yet doomy death metal. Descend into the Absurd, the result of their efforts, is what you might call really **ing heavy, and slower than Cenotaph. The doomy grooves are pummelling, and faster sections do a good job at matching their intensity and dark atmosphere. The band is also quite tight, and intricate playing is constant. The drummer in particular handles steady doom marching and grind blasts equally well, using lots of intricate fills. Pretty damn throat-shredding vocals as well. I just love the production. These guitars are so thick and punchy. At times I feel they'd fit in well on a sludge release. It's pretty clear, but pummeling and just murky enough to leave something to the imagination. Like riffs? It's got em. And while there are many many sectional transitions, there's also plenty of moments where riffs are allowed to ride out. Many of them are a grade a punch to the mothering gut. Hell yea. Check this out for some really disgusting OSDM that involves equal parts doom and deathgrind. It's quite long for death metal this violent, but preeeetty **ing nasty.