{"id":100657,"date":"2023-06-08T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=100657"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:59:17","slug":"ep-review-spectrophilia-putrid-paths-of-depravation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-spectrophilia-putrid-paths-of-depravation\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECTROPHILIA &#8211; Putrid Paths Of Depravation EP (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>SPECTROPHILIA<br \/>Putrid Paths Of Depravation EP<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">Self-released (2023)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/spectrophilia_putridpathsofdepravationep.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>With bullet belts criss-crossing his leather-clad body, the delightfully named Blasphemous Cannibal lurches forth from the pits of Loja in Ecuador with his second EP.<\/p>\n<p><em>Putrid Paths Of Depravation<\/em> features four tracks sandwiched between an intro, \u2018Desolation Of Rot\u2019, and the brief closer \u2018Impicious Condemnation\u2019. The title track, \u2018Purulent Flesh\u2019, \u2018Into The Pit Of Corpses\u2019 and \u2018Necrous Orgy\u2019 are all delivered in filthy and cavernous fashion very much filtered through impure old school dynamics. It\u2019s all rather no frills in design but its bestial behaviour is no doubt noteworthy, especially when channelled through the meaty riffs.<\/p>\n<p>While not as murky as a lot of today\u2019s death metal acts, Spectrophilia still provide enough underground and primitive juice to keep the ears clogged. So, if you like grim, satanically groomed death metal then step into the abyss of this archaic spew. Thanks Mr. Cannibal!.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPECTROPHILIAPutrid Paths Of Depravation EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 7\/10 With bullet belts criss-crossing his leather-clad body, the delightfully named Blasphemous Cannibal lurches forth from the pits of Loja in Ecuador with his second EP. Putrid Paths Of Depravation features four tracks sandwiched between an intro, \u2018Desolation Of Rot\u2019, and the brief closer \u2018Impicious Condemnation\u2019. 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