{"id":71378,"date":"2018-08-03T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=71378"},"modified":"2018-08-04T17:27:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T17:27:38","slug":"album-review-abhorrent-deformity-slaughter-monolith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-abhorrent-deformity-slaughter-monolith\/","title":{"rendered":"ABHORRENT DEFORMITY – Slaughter Monolith (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABHORRENT DEFORMITY
Slaughter Monolith<\/strong><\/span>
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\nComatose Music (2018)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Three years ago, North Carolina metal misfits Abhorrent Deformity released their rather average debut offering Entity Of Malevolence<\/em>. Now, the quartet have returned and reaching out to those with a penchant for brutal death metal circa Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse et al.<\/p>\n

In a sense, Slaughter Monolith<\/em> is very much more of the same, straight down the line punishing death metal, which at times is delivered with rather mechanical fashion as we get soaked in familiar gore-laced nastiness in the form of \u2018Sexually Transmitted Coma\u2019, \u2018Ripped From A Mother\u2019s Mutilated Womb\u2019, \u2018Of Blood And Cum\u2019, \u2018Swamp Of Intestines\u2019 and other tales of horror. But, it\u2019s all been done before, hasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Having said that, Abhorrent Deformity are far more effective as a mid-tempo force; a song such as the aforementioned \u2018Sexually Transmitted Coma\u2019 works so well with those sinister vocal barks and weighty pattern shifts, all the while the combo remaining heavy in their deviance and yet not just blasting with sonic blurs.<\/p>\n

\u2018Three Piece Flesh Suit\u2019 is another fine example of the band in good form as the percussion rumbles with intensity and the guitars remain gnarly, but without getting too blustery. After all, so much of this style of grinding, gore-laced death becomes all too quizzical and manic, but there are many examples on this opus of a band keeping things tight and well-structured.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure there are those of you who may not care for such technical tempo alterations, and instead have a craving for out and out brutality. If so, then you may enjoy the variations of, say, \u2018Ripped From A Mother’s Mutilated Womb\u2019 or \u2018Vermin Burial\u2019, but even then the outfit maintains that steady, almost groove-based dynamism, and so well done to the guys for keeping things a tad more simple than some of the overly complex and jarring mish-mash you\u2019ll hear within this genre. Sure, there are pacier segments dotted throughout this blood-coated landscape, but I\u2019d much rather revel in the dark, foreboding intricacy of \u2018Unspeakable Perversity\u2019 than be hammered into submission by too many blurts of confusion and scurrying.<\/p>\n

In spite of doing what it says on the tin, Slaughter Monolith<\/em> is certainly a step up from the debut slab. The feeling of a less feverish and frantic approach means that Slaughter Monolith<\/em> is a far darker and potent platter whereby inventive riffs, blustery leads and jagged percussion is still allowed to exist within the subjects on the whole. It\u2019s certainly not a blisteringly original composition but as Mark De Gruchy\u2019s beckoning growls lead us through this foul-smelling abattoir, I\u2019m more than happy to wade through the waste with them.<\/p>\n

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

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