Inherited Suffering Records mainly puts out mediocre albums,
with the only truly amazing album being Instinct of Inhuman Devourment by
Ezophagothomia (which I’ve also written a review on AND bought the physical CD,
so you should check it out). I’ve actually written a couple of reviews on
Inherited Suffering albums. And to be honest, (I’ll repeat myself), none of
them were impressive at all aside from Ezophagothomia. But the death grind band
Carnal Disfigurement is the topic of this morning. I’ve had this album in my
collection for roughly four months now (maybe more), and I wasn’t too impressed
by it from the start. And even now, the album sounds boring and bland with some
catchy breakdowns here and there.
Ok, now I’m starting to hear some things in this album that
really bother me. Unfortunately, something that commonly comes with underground
brutal music is shitty vocals. Sometimes they just flat out sound horrible and
make me want to throw something. In this case, the vocalist has some fairly
decent goregrind-style vocals going on, but without ANY change in pitch at all.
This shows absolutely NO emotion and that the vocalist really doesn’t give a
shit about sounding good. The band needed someone who could write brutal lyrics
and inhale (anyone can inhale), nothing too special. Well, the band decided to
go with the bare minimum which ended up completely ruining the entire record.
The main reason why this album has such a boring and tasteless sound is because
the vocals are fucking BORING AND TASTELESS!! THIS SORT OF THING PISSES ME OFF,
I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH!
Having the ability to block out the vocals really pays off
in some cases, especially if the vocals are overly distracting. So after I
block out the vocals to listen to what’s going on under the hood with the rest
of the band, I hear the same thing, boringness and tastelessness. What the hell
were these guys thinking?? Yes, I LOVE death grind, two of my VERY favorite
bands are from that genre! But it seems that bands in the death grind genre are
either AMAZING or ATROCIOUS! In fact, this album is so tasteless and uncreative
that I don’t hear ANY brutality at all! LITERALLY NOTHING!
Death grind is supposed to combine the most brutal elements
of grindcore with the darkest elements of death metal and brutal death.
Therefore, death grind needs to be pretty fucking brutal in order to be
considered good by me. Carnal Disfigurement is so boring that they put me to
sleep. Probably the only thing that grabbed my attention in a positive manner
was that they have some catchy breakdowns in a couple of the songs. But other
than that, there’s nothing positive that I can think of to say. Probably the
thing that disgusted me the most was when Butchered Maggoty Face came on. This
track is one of the most atrocious and annoying death grind songs I’ve ever
heard. You want to know why? THE FUCKING BASS BOOMS! Bass booms are a very
important element when it comes to this kind of music and can actually really
enhance the brutality of a breakdown. The bass booms on this album are so loud
that they’re distorted and sound SHITTY. On top of that, when they go off, it
drowns out the whole band in a mess of sloppy distortion. Honestly, there’s
nothing more annoying than that. That song is definitely the hardest song to
get through on this album.
Overall, this album sucks. Carnal Disfigurement sucks, and…IT
SUCKS! I would give this album a 6/20 for being a huge disappointment considering
that they’re the most popular band on Inherited Suffering’s roster. I would
advise you to steer clear of this album.
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