{"id":95991,"date":"2022-09-23T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95991"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:14:47","slug":"album-review-last-retch-sadism-and-severed-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-last-retch-sadism-and-severed-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST RETCH – Sadism And Severed Heads (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAST RETCH
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Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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It was the lyric video for the track \u2018Cannibals Of Tuma\u2019 which alerted me to this gnashing Canadian combo. This debut full-length outing is built on strong, Swedish-style death metal riffery \u2013 you know the score by now; big, chewy chainsaw chugging that\u2019s both catchy yet severing as it runs like two jagged blades ploughing through flesh and discarded bone nonchalantly.<\/p>\n

Atop this mountain of decapitated limbs is a destructive percussive theme, a rugged bass and cough-laden guttural growls, and while there\u2019s nothing original to be heard it\u2019s very much a stripped back homage to the early 90s.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned \u2018Cannibals Of Tuma\u2019 grooves along rather nicely with a steady mid-paced tempo and that theme persists throughout, although the lovingly titled \u2018Dead As Fuck\u2019 has more of a dissonant air due to its cold, abrasive tones but again there\u2019s that menacing chug. \u2018Your Last Retch\u2019 is another of similar design; earthy, deep, gouging death metal of no frills just doing its thing in heavyweight measures.<\/p>\n

However, amongst the mud and congealed blood there are spicier efforts, namely \u2018Neurosis\u2019 with its jarring riffage and pummelling skin work. But my favourite track of the lot is \u2018Ordained In A Dismal Cesspool\u2019 which features Daniel Bonofiglio (Fumes \/ Gutvoid \/ Grotesque Mass). This tune just writhes like a mud-caked serpent, gloomy in its twists and perverse in its melody, and it does sum up the monstrous nature of this opus which grows on me with each bellowing bludgeoning.<\/p>\n

While not as infinitely rewarding as some of the murkier modern releases, Sadism And Severed Heads<\/em> still shovels copious amounts of sodden clay your way and acts as a crushing reminder that simple death metal can still be constructed in today\u2019s boggy climate.<\/p>\n

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

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