{"id":103870,"date":"2024-09-03T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103870"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:29:33","slug":"album-review-sanctuarium-melted-and-decomposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-sanctuarium-melted-and-decomposed\/","title":{"rendered":"SANCTUARIUM – Melted And Decomposed (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANCTUARIUM
Melted And Decomposed<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMe Saco Un Ojo \/ BlackSeed Productions (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A year on from their vile Into The Mephitic Abyss<\/em><\/a> opus, Spanish death mongers Sanctuarium spew out their sickly follow up. With Melted And Decomposed<\/em>, the band have constructed forty-eight minutes of disgusting stodge. Five elongated evil tracks ensue, rippling within their own fetid algae pools rimmed with snot, rot and blood clots.<\/p>\n

As depicted with the malformed entities on the cover, this is a hellish and repugnant outing dripping with unnatural tumult and abysmal and absurd track titles that for the most part contain the word \u201cof\u201d! \u2018Exultant Dredge Of Nameless Tombs\u2019, \u2018Sadistic Cremation Of Emaciated Offal\u2019 and \u2018The Disembodied Grip Of Putrescine Stench\u2019 are proof not only of this but the fact that death metal bands are still trying to come up with the most intricately repulsive song titles, even if the novelty is starting to wear off. Add \u2018Abhorrent Excruciation In Reprisal\u2019 and \u2018Phlegmatic Convulsions\u2019 and you\u2019ve got yourself another diaper full of doom n\u2019 death.<\/p>\n

Of course, within those layers of clogged sediment and scabby silt there are batches of blustery riffs, but the whole dismal effect here is to tap into some surreal and squalid void only inhabited by a few other warped beings, ala Trollcave. A lot of bands tamper with these levels of humid putridity, but Sanctuarium locks into an extra dimension of horror as evidenced on opener \u2018Abhorrent Excruciation In Reprisal\u2019 which sounds like Morbid Angel or Incantation daubed in syrup! The crushing doom rolling, the lumbering plateaus of gloop and then the hastier blasts of evil winds result in nine minutes of cavernous gloom.<\/p>\n

\u2018Exultant Dredge Of Nameless Tombs\u2019 is equally miasmic in its morbid shifts, the percussion acting like grinding pistons within walls of noxious fumes and juddering flab. Some of the more drawn out squalls have a mournful ooze, reminding me of Grave Miasma. \u2018Phlegmatic Convulsions\u2019 drags you into a lair of despondency and is utterly draining in its rancid oozing to the point of almost ceasing to exist.<\/p>\n

Due to Sanctuarium\u2019s decision to remain firmly in the doomier side, songs such as \u2018Sadistic Cremation Of Emaciated Offal\u2019 literally seep then congeal; slow motion drudgery of loathsome and lethargic guitars combining with a stark toll of despairing drum and bass. There\u2019s no unnecessary drama here, just slimy and slummy filth born from some early 90s cyst. \u2018The Disembodied Grip Of Putrescine Stench\u2019 wraps things up with another foul blast before reverting back to a creeping quicksand slog circa Disembowelment or even early sluggish Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Melted And Decomposed<\/em> is a testing opus at times, crawling like over thickened soup. However, there\u2019s such a hideous presence within, a lurking dread which you\u2019ll eventually succumb to. Sanctuarium have created another suffocating and smothering composition of decomposition.<\/p>\n

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

SANCTUARIUMMelted And Decomposed Me Saco Un Ojo \/ BlackSeed Productions (2024)Rating: 8\/10 A year on from their vile Into The Mephitic Abyss opus, Spanish death mongers Sanctuarium spew out their sickly follow up. With Melted And Decomposed, the band have constructed forty-eight minutes of disgusting stodge. Five elongated evil tracks ensue, rippling within their own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-sanctuarium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103871,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103870\/revisions\/103871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}