{"id":103587,"date":"2024-07-12T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103587"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:22:01","slug":"album-review-obscene-agony-and-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-obscene-agony-and-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSCENE – Agony & Wounds (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

OBSCENE
Agony & Wounds<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNameless Grave (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With their third full-length album in four years, Indiana, Indianapolis-based foursome Obscene once again cherry pick the best pieces of classic Obituary, Pestilence etc. for what is essentially another dehydrated death metal rant.<\/p>\n

Thanks to guitarist Mike Morgan this album grinds and chugs like a rust-ridden tank; a tried and trusted metallic beast that is reliable but rarely nothing more. Merging the gasps of John Tardy (Obituary) and Martin van Drunen (Asphyx \/ ex-Pestilence), vocal maniac Kyle Shaw is certainly a force, even if, like the music on offer, it\u2019s so familiar.<\/p>\n

As their name suggests though, Obscene are in your face like a bruising juggernaut which is happy to jog (\u2018Dressed In Corpses\u2019) or ooze into a doomier mood (\u2018Noxious Expulsion\u2019), or on a few occasions, thrash (\u2018Watch Me When I Kill\u2019). There\u2019s something here for everyone even if it\u2019s all delivered in a sturdy yet generic framework.<\/p>\n

The album is not short of brutality and opener \u2018The Cloverland Panopticon\u2019 kicks the listener hard. However, through the 42 minute duration there is not only a lack of identity but a sense that any band could rush this sort of death noise (check out Grand Supreme Blood Court for more effective noise). Even so, this is still solid death metal that sits firmly on the familiar fence.<\/p>\n

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

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