Possibly the lowest-tuned band I’ve heard yet from the golden/rotten era of ‘91-’95 northern US death metal – the only other band vaguely similar in that regard is the mighty Hemdale. Bloody hell, this is utterly putrefactive and disgusting, so much so that you can smell the gunk and bile immediately upon hitting the play button. If you can imagine Suffocation chugs intertwined with evil tremolo lines via the heaviest moments of Rottrevore and Dusk (US), then you’re on the right track, but shift it all down about 5 steps and you might be getting close. Feels and sounds like the earth heaving and vomiting up shafts of molten lava. The immensely apocalyptic pre-slams sparsely peppered across these 27 minutes absolutely put Devourment or any icon of chunky low tuned death metal to shame. In addition to the gut-spilling doom crush and lung-collapsing pre-slams, there are plenty of savage downblasts and mid-fast pace double kick runs throughout, making for a brilliantly balanced and all round excellent demo. My only minor complaint is that a couple of drum parts seem totally out of time or otherwise ill-fitting, but this happens so rarely that it doesn’t affect my overall need to gush and rant. GET ON THIS if you bury yourself in week-old cattle carcasses for fun.