{"id":105748,"date":"2025-12-12T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105748"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:29:52","slug":"album-review-house-by-the-cemetary-disturbing-the-cenotaph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-house-by-the-cemetary-disturbing-the-cenotaph\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY – Disturbing The Cenotaph (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY
Disturbing The Cenotaph<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPulverised (2025)<\/span>
Rating: 5.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Horror-obsessed death metal ensues as House By The Cemetary \u2013 obviously influenced by legendary Italian horror director Lucio Fulci \u2013 release their latest instalment of butchery. Hot on the scabby heels of 2024\u2019s The Mortuary Hauntings<\/em><\/a>, Rogga Johansson (guitar and bass), Mike Hrubovcak (vocals), and Thomas Ohlsson (drums) carve out another enjoyable if somewhat generic lump of gristle.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re familiar know with Johansson\u2019s works then you\u2019ll enjoy his catchy riffs, but being probably the busiest man in death metal doesn\u2019t come without its problems. The harsh reality is that Johansson, while very much a respected musician in his field, rarely delivers anything that blows me away. This is solid death metal for sure, but it\u2019s not something I\u2019ll return to in spite of the welcoming grit of Hrubovcak\u2019s sneers.<\/p>\n

\u2018Island Of The Dead\u2019 is compact and tidy but without impact, and the same could be said for \u2018New York Ripper\u2019 and \u2018Massive Cadaver Resurrection\u2019, both being up-tempo riff-driven killing machines which have the lasting effect of cheap chewing gum. However, when the trio dig their heels in then you receive a real treat in the form of \u2018Undead Apocalypse\u2019. This is the style I\u2019d like the band to explore with something that\u2019s more slower, grimier and far more atmospheric than the archetypal gushes and flurries.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lunatic Butcher\u2019, based on the real life crimes of killer Paul John Knowles, does bring further mid-paced snarling, but such grisly episodes are too few and far between. A majority of what is offered here sums up the Johansson brand, and while songs such as \u2018Phantom Intrusions\u2019, \u2018Burial Disturbance\u2019 and \u2018Coffin Colony\u2019 are decent, they don\u2019t get me drooling, and yet still Rogga\u2019s signature moves rush at the listener like another tiresome episode of the television series The Walking Dead<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Neither boggy nor brutal, House By The Cemetery is more bog standard housing complex rather than remote creepy mansion.<\/p>\n

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

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