{"id":104543,"date":"2025-02-21T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=104543"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:53:03","slug":"album-review-pissgrave-malignant-worthlessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-pissgrave-malignant-worthlessness\/","title":{"rendered":"PISSGRAVE – Malignant Worthlessness (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PISSGRAVE
Malignant Worthlessness<\/strong><\/span>
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\nProfound Lore \/ Night Shroud (2025)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pissgrave have been disturbing our minds since 2013, and the grubby ghouls from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are back to stain our carpets once again. If you know this grimy bunch then you\u2019ll already be familiar with the sickly layers of smog they create. These sickos opt for an ultra-violent attack fronted my muffled vocals which sound as if Donald Duck has stuffed his mouth full of soggy socks. I\u2019m sure the guys won\u2019t appreciate that comment but such outbursts add further levels of insanity to what is already a deranged experience.<\/p>\n

The title track hammers down like some gargantuan set of iron jaws, clamping down on garbage and limbs and dragged with haste by the hideous drum assaults. It\u2019s arguably the band at their most accessible though because elsewhere the audience literally gets battered by an unholy and unhygienic tirade of foul winds, again propelled further into hyper horror by the percussion of Matt Mellon. Even so, songs such as \u2018Dissident Amputator\u2019 also let you in to their more methodical, measured gnashing menace.<\/p>\n

With each track Pissgrave bludgeons with a devastating efficiency. There\u2019s nothing intricate here, the only real surprise emerging via \u2018Heaping Pile Of Electrified Gore\u2019 where at the climax we are treated to some clear vocal narration amidst the blur and blasts. Some high speed evil spurts from the vile haste of opening track \u2018In Heretic Blood Christened\u2019 and the subsequent abuse of \u2018Three Degrees Of Darkness\u2019. This is Pissgrave at their most aggressive and furious but it\u2019s still mucky enough for those who worship at the altar of their infernal gunk.<\/p>\n

\u2018Interment Orgy\u2019 begins like a rattling generator, working in hellish tandem with the squabbling vocal slop. It sums up the barbaric nature of this vile platter, one as comfortable with its thrashy dynamics as it is plundering the depths of grindcore, which at times is circa Concrete Winds for pure chaos, yet all encased with a maggot-chewed shell of death metal.<\/p>\n

Apparently, this is the last record in the trilogy, following on from Suicide Euphoria<\/em> (2015) and Posthumous Humiliation<\/em> (2019), and no doubt Pissgrave will add further mystery to their elusive reputation by disappearing down some sewer, but the legacy here is lethal.<\/p>\n

Malignant Worthlessness<\/em> is less rewarding than a lot of death metal simply due to its often relentless challenges, and in turn I challenge anyone to keep such a squalid opus on repeat. In spite of this being a formidable return I\u2019m still taking marks away for the daft vocals. Some may say that such ducky babbling is extreme, but in my opinion they negatively distract from the general feel of horror.<\/p>\n

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

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