Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

One of the things that always attracted me to death metal when I was a whee tyke was the way that the genre, more than perhaps any other in the history of recorded music could sound... monstrous. There is something strangely satisfying about a record that sounds like it is coming to murder you and your family. That's exactly what I love so much about the new Cattle Decapitation record, The Anthropocene Extinction it sounds like all of your nightmares have come true and are coming to tear you the fuck apart. What more could you want?

Beyond that – Cattle Decapitation have always charmed me because of their ability to evolve. The Anthropocene Extinction is great because it is their most varied and most intelligent record yet. Hell, songs like Not Suitable For Life feature some borderline clean vocals and see the band pushing the envelope further than ever on what death metal can be. Cattle Decapitation are great because they are constantly broadening their musical horizons and expanding on what this music can accomplish. Sure they may never use acoustic guitars or break from blast beats for too long, but that's not the point. Instead with this record the band have proven that even with a fairly limited (But ever expanding) sonic pallet they can create mind bending art.

The fact of the matter is that The Anthropocene Extinction is among Cattle Decapitations best work yet. It opens your eyes and broadens your mind to the all consuming power of death metal and rattles you to the core. There is something distinctly demented about this record and that's why freaks like me will always love it, and by extension, anything the band does. Cattle Decapitation are the true masters of the genre, and the deeper you delve into their aural blasphemy the harder it is to come out clean. The Anthropocene Extinction has the power to profoundly change the listener, so you better be ready!

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Bowel Stew - Debridement

With a band name like Bowel Stew you kinda know what you're getting yourself into. In this case it's some of the most foul and delicious repugnant goregrind that you will ever hear. Grinding forward with an inhuman energy the gleefully terrible drum tones and muddy guitars that define Bowel Stews latest record, Debridement, represent some of the most poignant and powerful riffs that will ever come forth from the genre. These Italians are truly fucked up individuals and nothing sets the tone better than these nine tracks.

The thing is - with these brutal masterpieces the muddiness is part of the charm - at best Debridementcan be viewed as reminiscent of records like Reek of Putrefaction. Given that these guys have been slugging it out since 1996 it wouldn't surprise me if that was a major influence here. The fact of the matter though remains that Bowel Stew have a truly profound sense of what it means to create offensive music. Sure there formulas are repetitive but that's kind of the point - and why these guys are legends in the goregrind community. They bash forward no matter what and play their little hearts out - taking one head at a time.

Bowel Stew come across as the sort of ultimate fuck ups you want them to be - raging forth and tearing apart listeners with a dedication to brutality that is virtually unmatched. Unbowed and ever unbroken Debridement sees the band ramming home the same classic ideas that have made them so significant to the genre over the years. As they burst out over your speakers all you can do is hold on and try not to get lost in a storm of sound that is sure to overwhelm the inexperienced listener, yet for the jaded fan will provide the ride of a lifetime.

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