{"id":103605,"date":"2024-07-22T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103605"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:34:54","slug":"album-review-morbus-grave-feasting-the-macabre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-morbus-grave-feasting-the-macabre\/","title":{"rendered":"MORBUS GRAVE – Feasting The Macabre (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORBUS GRAVE
Feasting The Macabre<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMemento Mori (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It took over a decade for this Italian death metal act to release their debut album Lurking Into Absurdity<\/em> in 2022. I was concerned that a follow up might not emerge for another decade too, but here we are, just two years later, with Feasting The Macabre<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shame that this album runs just shy of 30 minutes because it\u2019s a solid return, brimming with feral vocalisations and unruly thrashing. With opener \u2018Where Evil Dwells\u2019 the foursome show strains of dark melody beside what is essentially a Slaughter (the Canadian death-thrash outfit, not the US hard rock band!) style sound, but what really ups the ante here are the sinister segments of doom death.<\/p>\n

A fine example of such sluggish grimness is exhibited on \u2018Congregation Of The Exult\u2019, but there are a few tracks which draw you into their morbid lair of stagnant chugging and in turn you get slimed by a few Autopsy-styled pukes too \u2013 just check out \u2018Lusting Terror\u2019.<\/p>\n

The way Morbus Grave craft such passages of old school debauchery is masterful, each expression crusted with a layer of congealed pus. Interestingly though, \u2018Funeral Embodiment\u2019 reeks of sleazy Swedish D-beat filth, and there\u2019s more putrid melody with \u2018Dissolving Obscurity\u2019. The framework here is familiar, but all ingredients work well together as the band grinds out foul mixes of death thrash n\u2019 gloom.<\/p>\n

I hope this release doesn\u2019t get overlooked because Morbus Grave have constructed a fiery and fusty blend of vintage fury encased in a rank cocoon of deathly crud.<\/p>\n

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

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