{"id":103338,"date":"2024-05-24T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103338"},"modified":"2024-06-04T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:18:27","slug":"album-review-mortal-wound-the-anus-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-mortal-wound-the-anus-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"MORTAL WOUND – The Anus Of The World (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORTAL WOUND
The Anus Of The World<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMe Saco Un Ojo \/ Dark Descent (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With an indecipherable logo, odd cover art and peculiar song titles, Los Angeles, California-based death metallers Mortal Wound return from the pit after a four year silence with their debut full-length slop.<\/p>\n

Of all the excellent bands squirming around within the genre, Mortal Wound are one of the more unique when it comes to their song titles, after all, how many other death metal acts boast tracks called \u2018Born Again Hard\u2019, \u2018Royally Fucked Forever\u2019, \u2018The Surf Is Gonna Be Bitchin\u2019\u2019 and \u2018Even The Jungle Wanted Him Dead\u2019? It\u2019s certainly a strange brew although I\u2019m not sure if the comedy is intentional… but it has to be, right? Anyway, the band continues to grind out congealed walls of fat, which, if you probe and finger, you\u2019ll discover those low register gruff words within.<\/p>\n

The Anus Of The World<\/em> album runs for 40 minutes but feels somewhat shorter due to the samples plucked from various classic Vietnam movies and a smattering of brief tracks, although the handful which are more substantial are the musical equivalent to rolling a piece of gristle around the mouth.<\/p>\n

Wretched, filthy concoctions bludgeon the audience, from the amusingly titled \u2018Found Dead In A Bush\u2019 to \u2018Engulfed In Liquid Hellfire\u2019. Mortal Wound maintains an aura of oddness and dark comedy even with the staple crushing waves of smothering extremity led by the grindcore flavours of guitarist Sam Shriver\u2019s ghastly vocals.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, some tracks would have benefited from a trim because they seem too bulky and bulbous, for example, the one dimensional \u2018Drug Filled Cadaver\u2019 grates a bit. However, some of the flabby riffage works to the bands advantage, particularly on \u2018Spirit Of The Bayonet\u2019 with its chugging, destructive riffs that call to arms the choking power of Bolt Thrower.<\/p>\n

This is all good n\u2019 grisly stuff from Mortal Wound. Did I expect a bit more? Yes, but this is still a wholesome pile of mashed up entrails pulp for the death heads.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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