{"id":98056,"date":"2023-02-17T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98056"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:39:40","slug":"album-review-chasmdweller-blood-vortex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-chasmdweller-blood-vortex\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASMDWELLER – Blood Vortex (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHASMDWELLER
Blood Vortex<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2022 I waded, knee-deep through the dregs of human waste that were created by Toronto, Ontario-based mob Chasmdweller with their Festering In Aural Trauma<\/em><\/a> EP. A year later and I\u2019m still traipsing through their congealed mess with the band\u2019s latest full-length which channels Finnish and Floridian foulness.<\/p>\n

Blood Vortex<\/em> features seven tracks, many of which are a tad overlong, but which slime you with their menace. Juicy juggernaut deathliness is the order of the day here from the steady hefty barrages of opener \u2018Corpulent Sap\u2019, into the trudging cess-pit cacophony of \u2018Dimensional Hallucinatory Impulse\u2019 and onwards through the bludgeoning \u2018Orbital Thrash\u2019.<\/p>\n

This is a record that rarely waves from its meaty churning and a place where flesh-clogged rivers bubble and flow and vocal gurgles remain a constant, whether it be the drudgery of \u2018Cognitive Dissipation\u2019, the driving pace of \u2018Suspended In Effluence\u2019, the steady tumbles of \u2018Molecular Clot\u2019, and the final pulping gore of \u2018Diluted Ephemeral Obfuscation\u2019. Sure, it\u2019s quite limited in its horror and the vocals \u2013 which lean more towards a grindcore hissing snarl \u2013 can irritate after a short while, but in its repetition and musical stench Blood Vortex<\/em> remains a persistent and pustular exercise.<\/p>\n

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

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