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VOMITHEIST - NekroFvneral (Review)

5/22/2023

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Written by: The Administrator

When ye olde Sleeping Village is pillaged and plundered in typical fashion--a frequent occurrence, if we're being honest--the inevitable spoils of the marauders feels fairly obvious: livestock, gold, artifacts, leather-bound tomes containing alchemical secrets. However, we were recently targeted by a new kind of thievery as an HM-2 afflicted crew graced us with their boisterous presence, demanding not the usual fare, but rather the bile from our rotten guts. After a messy and putrid passing of the collection plate, Vomitheist left us, erm, vomit-less. Lacking a certain subtlety, it was a little too noisy to be considered a heist per se, but rather than stew in the unfairness of it all, we slumbering scribes simply decided to give their tunes a spin.

​As it turns out, Vomitheist's debut album is a remarkable first outing, an absolute beast of a release. Straddling both a classic buzzsaw Swedish death metal muscularity and a putridity that distinctly reeks of a butchered Autopsy, NekroFvneral nails that delicious cadaver-licking foul factor while remaining a highly listenable--dare I say infectious--affair. This is a dominating debut performance, and Vomitheist have declared themselves a name to watch in very short order indeed.


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FRESH MEAT FRIDAY: June 24th, 2022 Feat. PAGANIZER, Horned Wolf, Tabahi, and 10,000 Years

6/23/2022

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Every Friday, a wagon arrives at the Sleeping Village’s crumbling gates, stuffed to the brim with our sustenance. Today is the day we must offload all this new music, and so, in the process, we thought it would be worthwhile to share some of our choice picks from this veritable mass of fresh meat. This is what we’ll be--and have been--listening to today here at the Village HQ. We hope you join us in doing so! 

On the docket for today, June 24th, 2022:

PAGANIZER, Horned Wolf, Tabahi, and 10,000 Years

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PAGANIZER - Beyond The Macabre
​(Transcending Obscurity Records)


Look, you hardly need me to tell you that the latest from PAGANIZER is a high quality death metal album. This is a given. Regardless, here I am telling you that Beyond The Macabre is, well, a high quality death metal album. This is quintessential stuff, from the buzzing Swedeath tone, to the cranium-cratering double bass, to the meathook riffage, to the sweaty aggression of Rogga Johansson's burly vocal delivery. PAGANIZER sustain their knack for slipping a lil' sliver of progressive death into the fray, which grants Beyond The Macabre a level of interest that transcends the pure knucklehead aesthetic. That said, if you're solely in it for the hallmarks of  Swedeath, you will enjoy this one regardless. In a year that is staggering under the weight of excellent death metal, PAGANIZER still manage to make a sizable dent. For those of ye in the mood for good death metal: this'll certainly do the trick.

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Horned Wolf - Become Like They Are
​(Independent)

Before I get too far ahead of myself, let me just state that this Fresh Meat Friday iteration of the Horned Wolf writeup is but an appetizer for a longer review to follow. In short, then: Become Like They Are is a very intriguing album from a band that is notably difficult to pigeonhole. Horned Wolf fling genre convention and expectation out the window. Instead, they elect to provide a collection of tracks defined less by sonic compatibility and more by snarling 'tude and the sheer power of Sav MangelsDorf's dynamic vocals. From bluesy doom to pop-laden prog to borderline death belligerence, Become Like They Are presents an exceedingly unpredictable journey, and that is a quality I very much enjoy.

But anyways. Much more on this later! In the meantime, give Become Like They Are
 a well-deserved listen.

​Find it here!


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