{"id":93377,"date":"2022-04-29T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=93377"},"modified":"2022-05-09T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T13:11:44","slug":"album-review-carnal-savagery-scent-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-carnal-savagery-scent-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"CARNAL SAVAGERY – Scent Of Death (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARNAL SAVAGERY
Scent Of Death<\/strong><\/span>
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\nMoribund (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s now three albums in three years for this prolific Swedish clan, who churn out trusty death metal bulging with the hallmarks which made the scene so great and recognisable in the early 90s.<\/p>\n

The trouble is, there are hordes of similar sounding bands doing this now and it can be quite exhausting. That\u2019s not to say that this Gothenburg quintet is doing anything wrong, they are merely coughing up the phlegm that comes natural to them\u2026 it\u2019s just the familiarity of it all.<\/p>\n

Scent Of Death<\/em> runs its course for over 30 minutes and savages you like a rabid hellhound. The band rarely let up as the buzzsaw guitars rip n\u2019 tear in feverish fashion through such cannibalistic cuts as \u2018Rotten Immortals\u2019 and \u2018Cranial Sodomy\u2019, both of which bring a frothy thrashing rage.<\/p>\n

At their slowest, Carnal Savagery still leaves infected bite wounds, the hammering \u2018Leeches\u2019 being a prime example of the steady gnashing this band can produce.<\/p>\n

The Entombed, Dismember, and Carnage influence is obvious, and Carnal Savagery doesn\u2019t shy away from such homage. Instead, they get their heads down, rev up the chainsaws and carve through flesh without mercy.<\/p>\n

From feisty, scathing opener \u2018Deformed Bodies\u2019 to the horrific piledriver that is the title track, this remains an unrelenting, lashing beast of an opus fuelled by the snappy retorts of vocalist Mattias Lilja.<\/p>\n

As I said, this is very much sourced from the 90s Stockholm sound; for the most part generic but always volatile. It\u2019s obvious these guys just want to have fun and their tirades force their way into your ears whether you like it or not. Choppy waters are to be navigated when sailing the seas of Carnal Savagery, and while the journey may be a very familiar route you\u2019ll still emerge bruised and battered as if Rogga Johansson was at the helm.<\/p>\n

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

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