{"id":94167,"date":"2022-06-24T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T23:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94167"},"modified":"2022-07-01T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:00:07","slug":"ep-review-pissrot-piss-vile-gunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-pissrot-piss-vile-gunk\/","title":{"rendered":"PISSROT – Piss.Vile.Gunk EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PISSROT
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I was shocked to find that this trio formed in 2015 as Dethocolypse and then renamed themselves Sabotage in 2019. And the reason I was so surprised is because they each look like they are about 15-years-old! But I take my scalp off to A.M. (vocals and guitar), C.M.T. (vocals and bass) and C.R.T. (drums) for creating a wretched chunk of fleshy death metal straight out of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

With Piss.Vile.Gunk<\/em> you get five short tracks; \u2018Cripple Dismemberment\u2019, \u2018Gunk\u2019, \u2018Kidney Stone Slingshot\u2019, \u2018Pumped With Dope\u2019 and \u2018Primal Harvest\u2019. But put the comedy element aside after those goofy titles and you\u2019ll be smothered by a bludgeoning heap of rancid death metal that lives up to its title.<\/p>\n

That opening number, \u2018Cripple Dismemberment\u2019, is a fiery mesh of grinding axe work and bludgeoning percussion, but you still get the gnashing, cavernous catchiness hinting at Swedish and Finnish design alongside an early-to-mid 90s US feel. But there\u2019s also that morbid, swampy tone which so many current artists are riddled with. The vocals are deep and chesty, way down in the rib-cage, and they add that extra ghoulish vibe, more so with the crushing \u2018Gunk\u2019 which you can literally choke on due to its short, yet pungent odour.<\/p>\n

The EP takes several listens to grab hold of because it\u2019s so short, but the deviations between hefty pace and catchier, mid-tempo slices \u2013 as with \u2018Kidney Stone Slingshot\u2019 \u2013 make for compelling observations. It\u2019s just one big meaty feast of Mortician-styled grinding where other influences are injected into the veins, the result being a rather gargantuan sounding ghoul that hammers and pounds.<\/p>\n

The mashing \u2018Primal Harvest\u2019 has that classic dehydrated vocal gasp and that distinctive Swedish buzzsaw axe sound, while \u2018Pumped With Dope\u2019, complete with film sample, chugs with a buzzing intensity then offers up a blistering pace of drums, bass and guitar mutilation.<\/p>\n

These guys describe themselves as \u201ccavernous caveman death metal\u201d, and although it\u2019s not quite so primitive it offers up enough aggression and chest-pounding grimness to leave me salivating for another release. Mature beyond their years, Pissrot is another new name on the chopping block you need to take note of.<\/p>\n

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

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