{"id":104638,"date":"2025-03-21T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=104638"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:47:38","slug":"album-review-rancid-cadaver-mortality-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-rancid-cadaver-mortality-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"RANCID CADAVER – Mortality Denied (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

RANCID CADAVER
Mortality Denied<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCavernous \/ Iron Fortress (2025)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With releases his year from Trench Foot, Chestcrush, Caustic Phlegm, Seven Doors and now Rancid Cadaver, it\u2019s looking like the UK death metal juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n

Mortality Denied<\/em> is the full-length debut from this impressive Scottish clan who so far has issued a brace of EPs. With this new album you get slimed and primed by nine tracks composed by the line-up of Ross Dunn (vocals and bass; who took over the growls three years ago from Lee Lewis), Alasdair Blair (lead guitar), Keiran Higgins (rhythm guitar) and Conor Quinn.<\/p>\n

Before moving on to the music I just want to express my joy at the smattering of horror movie samples on this album; there\u2019s no better way to create atmosphere and drag a horror fan like me into the pit. Introductory narrative \u2018From Beyond\u2026\u2019 does exactly that before the title track bulldozes into your brain with a flurry of blasts and blustery riffs. It\u2019s your archetypal death metal battering before the combo resorts to a mid-paced groove. In fact, there\u2019s a good mix throughout of chunky mid-tempo grinding circa mid-90s, and faster rawer outbursts.<\/p>\n

\u2018Slurping The Cerebral Slime\u2019 is deliciously melodic, more so in the crisp lead department which spirals majestically from the billowing fumes of decay. Even so, it\u2019s not the filthiest slab of death metal you\u2019ll here, but there are plenty of squalid moments to tuck into as the guys explore death-doom territory<\/p>\n

Some of the riffs provided are real heavyweight slogs; \u2018Noxious Expungent\u2019 and \u2018Gravespawn\u2019 lumber with sluggish intent, waiting to be pierced by a mournful cry of lead work or sudden cobweb blasting blizzard. The brilliantly titled \u2018Drained Of Brains\u2019 chugs like a chainsaw to the timely thuds of Quinn\u2019s morbid percussion, while \u2018Zombiefied\u2019 grinds its gory gears with a deep gnawing passion, as does the closing namesake song \u2018Rancid Cadaver\u2019 before its grotesque gallop.<\/p>\n

As death metal albums go in the modern era, Mortality Denied<\/em> doesn\u2019t exactly stand out, but that\u2019s not necessarily its aim. As with a lot of this stuff it\u2019s there to pummel with every macabre step. It\u2019s also further evidence of the quality the UK scene continues to produce. Did I expect a bit more? Yes, but hey, the band continues to develop and I\u2019ve no doubt that the cacophony served up here will shake plenty of coffins.<\/p>\n

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

RANCID CADAVERMortality Denied Cavernous \/ Iron Fortress (2025)Rating: 7.5\/10 With releases his year from Trench Foot, Chestcrush, Caustic Phlegm, Seven Doors and now Rancid Cadaver, it\u2019s looking like the UK death metal juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing down. Mortality Denied is the full-length debut from this impressive Scottish clan who so far has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4798],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-rancid-cadaver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104638","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=104638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104640,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104638\/revisions\/104640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}