Nothing like a beef tongue sandwich to really get you going… a little mustard and some fresh rye bread and you are set for a most pleasant lunch. Maybe that was the focus of the band with this cover. Sadly, one has to make the jump, but not a far one, to believe that this is some sort of silly Exhumed band. In fact, they share very little with Exhumed, except maybe in structure. I am heading into this review nude, as horrifying as that is. I have never heard of this band and once I threw it on, I never cared much for the style.

What we have here is a bizarre mix of material. The overall production screams Entombed from top to bottom. This can be due to two things; either my headphones are too crusted with wax or I have an ear infection on the horizon. But the sound wavers and the faster parts remind me a bit of Nasum’s Human 2.0 album. Ironically, there is a old Hypocrisy cover, "Obsculum Obscenum", and one can easily hear the parallels. The music has the tendency to rumble on from one song to the next, stopping either to sound like Nasum or Hypocrisy. I feel as though I am riding in a dump truck that is going much too fast but I continue because when the hell am I ever going to have the chance to drive a dump truck. And this dump truck is filled with pizzeria pretzel Combos. I figured I would throw this in so you can think to yourself, "Why does this guy have a job reviewing?"

I can’t really say that I disliked the album. The vocals are pretty deep and quite wild and are high in the mix but they get stale fairly quickly. That "Swedish sound" never did that much for me. I did enjoy riding in the dump truck, though. The songs just seem to melt into each other and the album lacks any standout tracks. This album includes three tracks from an unreleased 1997 demo. These tracks are the most interesting on the album. The band captures an early Iniquity/Illdisposed sound that is absolutely crushing, which makes one think that it is wiser to buy from the band’s earlier catalog of work. The guitars are low tuned and the music is much more varied. The vocals are deep and throaty and I feel the odd need to wear a Viking helmet.

Review byDouble Ds