Exhumed (Usa/Santa Ana, CA.) - Severely Rotted Dead Demo 92

Thanx to Diabolos for letting me know about this band and to Jan of Transcend webzine for the link, here's Exhumed from Santa Ana, CA., with their sole Demo from 1992, unfortunately two tracks are the same in this version "Spewing Pus" and "Dead and Mangled", if someone has the original tape and can rip the correct song that missed here that would be fine to listen again to some more killer Death Metal in the old style of Cannibal Corpse & Broken Hope, early nineties crushing Death Metal assault:

1.	Necrophagein
2.	Spewing Pus
3.	Dead and Mangled
4.	Skinned Alive
5.	Death Stench
6.	Devouring Maggots

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and to others, let's get
Severely Rotted

Demo reviews - W

WORSHIP (FRA) "LAST TAPE BEFORE DOOMSDAY..." Demo 99. Extreme Doom that is well done and transcendental with good sound of depression and majesty, good Death grunts but I don't like that speaking voice, sounds too much weak human... Fans of THERGOTHON, EVOKEN, ESOTERIC and other funeral deadly things should worship WORSHIP! It is maybe the first time I receive a Demoon of Doom like that from France with really good instrumentations, heavy guitars, keyboards & depressing, deranging melodies... All tunes were done in only one week, 100% well executed & recorded right in-the-kult! Listen in absolute underground darkness, I'm lighting a candle now...DOOM! IMPALER OF TRENDIES Prods: c/o MAXIMILIEN VARNIER, 161 AVE. ALSACE-LORRAINE, 52100 ST-DIZIER FRANCE. c3m.varnier@wanadoo.fr (last news is that Max commited suicide in June 2001... but the WORSHIP LP will see the light as he recorded the drums & voice before joining the beyond...R.I.Hell)

Demo reviews - V

VEHEMENCE (USA) "God shot" Demo 92.
VIOGRESSION (USA) Demo 90.
VIOLENT DIRGE (Pol) "Elapse" Tape LP 93 CARNAGE.
VIOLENT DIRGE (POL) "OBLITERATION OF SOUL" Demo 91 CARNAGE.
VISCERAL DAMAGE (SPA) "THE FEAST OF FLESH" Demo 2003. Another great band signed to Xtreem music: VISCERAL DAMAGE and it's a good choice! Plain goreful & guttural morbid Death Metal, juicy & bloody piece of rotting meat! The band has tunes similar to INCANTATION & IMMOLATION, this means that they're creating fuckin' obscure moods and real morbid surroundings, being much more from the CANNIBAL CORPSE style of brutalizations but a lot more underground & viciously skilled, ancient feelings of unholy hatred emanates from my mind while listening to them! VISCERAL DAMAGE are doing similar insanes tunes to the L.A. underground acts that occured now ten years ago, viscerally unrelenting, insane..., Evil!!! I love all the 5 tracks & intros, they each contain something that can make me kill someone, this is pure rage from down under, can't wait to hear the album: BUY OR DIE!!!!! sanburfr@euitiv.upv.es

Demo reviews - T

TALES OF DARKNORD (RUSSIA) "DISMISSED" Tape LP 99 R.I.P. c/o ALEX KANTEMIROV, CHELYABINSKAYA 14, VOLOGOGRAD 400120 RUSSIA. 2:5055/1.73@fidonet REST IN PEACE Prods: VLAD A. KOROLENKO, PO BOX 72, SMOLENSK-04, 214004 RUSSIA.
TESTIMONY (Hungary) "Thorn" Tape EP 99.
THRONEUM (POL) "OLD DEATH's lair" Tape LP 2002 MALEFICIUM. Damn, 14 tracks of Death Metal violence completely out of trends!!! The intro makes me think of Sadistik Exekution's "K.A.O.S.", more classic but still Extremes tunes are then played by THRONEUM which knows how to blast and create an utter insane ambience of in-the-Dark Death Metal! Slightly different from the Demo, they've gone a step ahead faster & tighter, very fuckin' Evil Metal, loud & heavy as Hell!!! I enjoy this terrible musical assault full of subtleties and completely unpredictable from "The Key" to "The Light And Cause" which is a bonus track. The right Evilution from the Demo, this is really what I was expecting from this band, what would you expect from a great Demo? But a killer LP for sure
THRONEUM (POL) "THE UNDERGROUND STORMS ETERNALLY" Demo 2000. The band sent in their Demo & after reading about their influences in their own Newsletter called "Extreme Dense Art" sent along with it, (which is a good one), I felt very hungry to hear their music! Imagine, a new band taking influences from forgotten Dark/Death/Black cultissim ancient Metal ones from Hell! It is so rare nowadays that it has to be noticed for sure! The first track didn't impress me that much, while their sound is intense & full-on, the whole lacks of fast aggression and tightness for me, got too much repetitive at times too but they're fuckin heavy, very similar to Australian MISERY with more of a Black Metal influence, I also think the bass is too up front mixed towards other instruments and lacks of darkened tunes (sometimes sounds fun...) but damn I enjoy the original style they create, the darkness of Black Metal mixed in the heaviness of Death Metal with an Evil raging voice of Apocalyptic feelings... the vocals are definitely great! That band sounds like coming from Australia with their own original style, successful at creating new ambiences & atmospheres, this has to be heard by all of you mighty readers & admirers of mid-paced Death! The last track is a bass instrumental that reminds me Devilyn too. Highly recommended to BUY OR DIE! c/o TOMASZ HANUSZKIEWICZ, PO BOX 66, 41-923 BYTOM POLAND. tomaszh@poland.com
TORTURE (Indo) "Terrible of century" Tape LP 2000 Colours.

Demo reviews - S

SADISTIS (Indonesia) "D.O.M.(Daerah operasi militer)" Demo 99 DEMENTIA.
SADISTIS (Indonesia) "The creation of god" Demo 97 EXTREME SOUL.
SANCTIFIER/KRUEGER (BRA/BRA) "IN MAYHEM & DESTRUCTION" Split Live Tape 2003 TIME BEFORE TIME. SANCTIFIER, this excellent old Brazilian band seems to be still active as their Live was recorded in 2000, 5 tracks to remember how great they are in their old Evil Death Metal style, they are one of those bands I still remember 10 years after they got their Demo out, I don't think they had released any album in all the years, so this is a band that will remain cult & even more now! BUY OR DIE!! c/o FABIO A. BRAYNER, R. ERNESTO S. LEAO 190 / 307, 54 400 250 PIEDADE, JABOATAO - PE BRAZIL. www.sanctifier.hpg.com.br As for KRUEGER, same spirit of old-school Death Metal, Live recorded in 1995, 5 trax including a cover of DEATH's "Low Life", excellentissim Death Metal band that gives all what I need: morbid vocals, leads, mid-paced drumming, and slashing dooming chainsaws from Hell... Definitely a cult tape of Brazilian Death Metal legions: HAIL DEATH METAL!!!!!! BUY OR DIE!!! c/o ADRIANO CAMINHA, C.P. 63031, 20753-970 RIO DE JANEIRO - RJ BRAZIL. www.krueger.com.br TIME BEFORE TIME Recs: c/o TOMASZ HANUSZKIEWICS, PO BOX 66, 41-923 BYTOM POLAND.
SARDOTICAL SCOUNDREL (MalaYsia) "Extinction by the birth control" Demo 99 NORTH POEM.
SCURVY (SWE) Demo 1 2000. This was recommended by my old Nounour$ from Poitiers and he has good taste for Death Metal as with such a tape dedicated to Charles Bronson, it can only be brutal of course. I must say that it sounds damn good to my ears, very crushing & heavy raw Death Metal to the bone & flesh, I can't say it makes me think about another band but it's done the American way, some riffs recalls old VADER & TERRORIZER anyway. Recorded by Fred Estby, some vocals are reminiscents of old MACABRE, so this is a Death/Grind Demo that will surely please the old-school fans, I like some of the riffs especially the beginning of "Deathwish". This is pure Death/Grind made the old-school efficient way with sick intros, catchy riffs etc. Good quality stuff that sounds brutal but why triggering drums so much?? I can't stand that, otherwise the Demo is pleasant to listen to. c/o JOHAN WALLIN, HAGVÄGEN 2K, 19440 UPPLANDS VÄSBY SWEDEN. FREDRIK ANDERSSON, LJUNGV. 95, 19460 U-V SWEDEN. http://come.to/scurvy
SEPTIC GRAVE "Beyond the" Demo.
SIKSAKUBUR (INDO) "The Carnage" Tape LP 2000 EXTREME SOULS. Blasting Death Metal a la early SUFFOCATION like it is the rule in Indonesia! This one not only blasts all the time but also includes dark atmospheres & feelings with memorables riffs. Quite technical & brutal without compromise, this band is good & deathvastating, definitely highly recommended to all those who love the American/Canadian style of brutality: BUY OR DIE!
SLASHING DEATH (POL) "Kill Me Coz I Have No Hope" Tape LP 91 CARNAGE.
SLAUGHTER THOU (AUSTRALIA) "INDISCRIMINHATE" Demo 2000. Wow! This is some Extremely speed exhausting Death Metal tunes from the land of kangaroos! This one reminds me very old MORBID ANGEL, MESSE NOIR and MARTIRE a lot, fast as Hell, same production, unrelenting quick technical riffs at the speed of light and possessed grunting vocals, solos from beyond the soils of the dead and pulverizing drumming! Really sounds apocalyptic and deathvastates anything that crossed their path! BUY OR DIE!
SLAUGHTER THOU (AUSTRALIA) Promo trax... Heavier sound and compositions for these five other tracks with more screaming vocals and still combined with grunts as well in the vein of older DEICIDE materials. I'm not sure from when it has been recorded but judging by the style, which is a little less extreme than above (more in the ARGHOSLENT style sometimes), it certainly was recorded before the "Indiscriminhate" Demo...? It was a good recording of total Death & Chaos anyway! Highly recommended aggression, hatred... BUY OR DIE!!!
SPARAGMOS (Pol) "Invitation from host of wrath" Tape LP 92 METAL MIND.
SPAWN OF POSSESSION (SWE) Demo. No other infos concerning this band but I don't care! The intro is fuckin' Evil and the music as well, it reminds me of first DEVILYN album, a lot of quick vicious riffs & technical like NILE, this insane Death Metal mixture is welcome to my ears. The band reached a good & impressive level as they sometimes took influences from MORBID ANGEL & CANNIBAL CORPSE, not a kidding band for sure! The four tracks really rules as they're dark, resounding like many old Swedish bands from the unforgotten past, the solos made my arm's hairs standing up with a thrill running down my back like if that was Trey…This is a sign that the band is extremely great at creating something their own, morbid & Evil Death Metal from Hell, BUY OR DIE!!!!!!
SPLATTERED CADAVER (USA) Promo 99. Two new tracks that are a little more brutal than their already damn good Demo! Newer influences such as Repudilation, Disgorge etc...also reminds me EXCARNATED from Australia. Fans of true heavy pounding American Brutal Death/Grind can only fall in love with this as it contains all essential ingredients to BUY OR DIE!!! jalecher@aol.com
STILLBORN "Mirrormaze" Demo 99 Pigtail.
SUPREME LORD/CHTON (POL/NOR) "TWO TALES OF TERROR" Split Tape 2003 TIME BEFORE TIME. Let's start with SUPREME LORD that got here their "Death Metal Beast" Promo 2003 re-released onto this Split Tape from Hell! And they're damn excellent bringing fast & extreme pounding Evil Death Metal, excellent production that shreds anything and heavy as the hammer of Thor crushing your cranium of Death! This is brutal & heavy, tight & right to the point, no weak signs in these three tracks, they make me think of old INIQUITY & old KONKHRA with such powerful beats but more Evil with some real obscure parties like some MORBID ANGEL/VIBRION venomous tunes... That's really sounding like nothing else but very personal and convincing, professional! This band deserves a mighty deal à la hauteur de leur musique: BUY OR DIE!!! www.supremelord.com rjash@wp.pl CHTON on side b were a little similar just a little less heavy but very powerful too, their two tracks were originally released as their self-titled Demo 2002. I noticed more of IMMOLATION influences by some riffs in track two and that of course is very promising, I'll be very curious to hear more from these nordists: c/o TORSTEIN PARELIUS, KVITSTEINVEIEN 42, 7027 TRONDHEIM NORWAY. www.chton.com TIME BEFORE TIME Recs: c/o TOMASZ HANUSZKIEWICS, PO BOX 66, 41-923 BYTOM POLAND.

Demo reviews - R

RECTUM (Fin) "Enforced prick" Demo 92.
RELENTLESS (SWE) "Experiment In Excrement" Demo 2001 BUTCHERY. Damn good Brutal Death Metal band from Sweden! I was surprised by their MORTICIANesque heaviness & their CANNIBAL CORPSian musicianship! The scene in Sweden is slowly changing for the better and that is a good thing finally! This is brutal & inhuman Death Metal like I love to hear, the solos should be mixed much more in front because they get drowned behind other instruments but that is the only thing to complain about!
RETRIBUTION (USA) "Third world" Demo 99 M.D.C.A.
RIPPED APART (USA) "SEVERED LIMBS" Demo 97. Here's something cool & old-school; fast & ripping Death Metal that reminds me SKINLESS and old BOLT THROWER, old SEPULTURA as well with some good leads of Death! Sounds intense & apocalyptic at times, while all the riffs were surely already tried by many other bands in the old days, it's good to hear a band that keeps that ancient feeling these days, that's exactly how it must be done! These guys convinced me completely, true Death Metal malevolence, heavy, raw & brutal, morbid as Hell! BUY OR DIE!
ROTTING CORPSE (Guatemala) "Pain to pleasure" Demo 95 AMERICAN LINE.

Demo reviews - Q

QUEIRON (BRA) "HERITAGE OF WAR" Promo 2000. New assault by QUEIRON leaving absolutely nothing for the weak with this (only one!) new track which is long, a dark, fast one in the vein of REBAELLIUN & KRISIUN with more breaks and changes of rhythms, it creates a complete warlike ambience and an obscure mood with strong feelings, excellent raging obscure vocals filled with disgust and hatred, a breath of real vengeance! Good rising solos from below, blasting drumming and raw guitar sound. The songwriting is not the typical repetitive one we're all used to hear anywhere, each change of riffing bring you somewhere else in the battle of Armageddon...! True Apocalyptic Death Metal survives & rises with all those skilled bands from Brazil, guardians of this precious heritage of the cult and continuing exploring more extreme from where the ancients left! Hail Death Metal, Hail QUEIRON, Hail Brazil of Death!! BUY OR DIE!! c/o MARCELO GROUS, RUA HERMINIO JOSE PANSERINI N°21, B. PADOVANI CAPIVARI / SP CEP 13360-000 BRASIL. queiron@bol.com.br

Demo reviews - P

PARALYSIS (USA) "Plegia" Demo 90.
PENIS LEECH (ITA) "Eternally Encrypted" Promo 2000. Very raw deaf heavy sound, the band obviously tried to do another clone of Suffocation-clones and succeed! Stop mocking, they're good brutallers anyway, it just sounds too much like SUFFOCATION but they also got the same qualities as all those Indonesian warriors playing that kind of Brutal Death Metal nowadays and they can do solos! So this promo is very, very, very SUFFOCATION influenced and well played, just needs to find some extra money and get a little better sound next time. If you don't care about originality but looking for a brutal & skilled band very close to SUFFOCATION's own style, PENIS LEECH is definitely sure to please you!
POSTMORTEM (Estonia) "Bloody justice comes" Tape LP 96 SOUNDLESS.
POSTMORTEM (ESTONIA) "The call of the sea" Demo 98.
PROFANE (HOL) "REQUIEM" Demo 94.
PURULENCE (CAN) "Atrocious Execration" Demo 91. Old Demo again from a band who got signed to Adipocere for a 7" & a Split CD with Amaymon and then disappeared some times after... That was raw & heavy, haunting & dooming like the old bands from Finland or Sweden that flooded the scene in early nineties, PURULENCE also had that old MORGOTH spirit engulfed in their brutal thrashing tunes, blasting & pounding at mid-paced Death Metal obscurity...!
PUSTULATED (Switz) "Pustulus" Demo 92.

Demo reviews - O

OBDUKTION (GRE) "Break......the silence" Demo 2000. That sounds cool & old-school Death Metal in the old U.S. veins, this is by far better than other Greek bands I have heard. The riffs sometimes are really too generic but they also perform good solos. The band still needs to practice as they revealed too much mistakes within this two-song Demo, a little melodic and epic Death Metal, this is promising.

Demo reviews - N

NECROFOBIA (Equador) "Omnipotence" Demo 98.
NECRONOMICON (CAN) Demo 92.
NECROST (Rus) Demo 2000 SOUND AGE/C.D.M.
NUCLEAR MASS MURDERERS (FRA) Rehearsal session 2004. Guys from Ossuaire Distro are doing this 22 tracks/20mn noise garbage, sort of (trying to be!) Grind, Black War Metal Noise, nothing serious of course but they wanted me to review their shit done with a tape recorder so here it is: I stopped listening after track #11!