Obesidade Mórbida

When one of the lads in Vomepotro sent me a promo of their latest album I also received this. And at first I was a little bit confounded as to why, seeing as it’s three years old and Anarkhon have released a new album. But after a little research I discovered the album’s now been re-released for the European market, so I guess that’s why (but to include a little info on the fact would’ve been nice). Anywho, this was their debut album, recorded before their original vocalist passed away. I haven’t heard their later efforts, so I can’t say in what way they might’ve developed or changed, but judging solely from "Obesidade mórbida" I’d say we’re dealing with a Cannibal Corpse worshipping act.

Not saying this is a copy cat act, quite far from it, but it’s very evident they’ve drawn some major influences from the earlier days of the aforementioned constellation, when Chris Barnes was still in the game. But after listening through the album I came to realize maybe they aren’t fans of Cannibal Corpse per se, but actually of Barnes. With a track like "Prazer em torturar" they display a buttload of Six Feet Under tendencies, and even include the typical Barnes’ styled squeal. But I guess it’s just safe to say they’ve taken the classic Floridian death metal sound and put a South American spin on it. The album comes off as fairly brutal, but when it all comes down to it I’d guess most influences are of a more old school variant than pure brutality.

Immensely heavy riffing laced with tons of groove lays the foundation of real catchy stuff, and with the more modern flair of fast drumming (in particular the bass drum action is quite faster than what the old classic acts tended to use back in the days) it becomes gruesome and brutal. Add to that the deep, gruffy growling and you’ve got yourself a seriously brutal sounding album. The production of it might be a bit too murky, but they’ve got some very slick and wicked riffing going on, and the ever changing tempo makes it fairly versatile in between tracks. There are a couple of really golden moments, like for instance the opening to "Espetáculo de horror e tortura". But on the other hand the entire track is absolutely killer, as is most of them. They’ve found their niche, slickly adapting both brutality and groove, which is cause for a treat of masterful Brazilian death metal. All lyrics are in Portuguese, so I can’t really say exactly what they’re about, but considering the album title isn’t very hard to decipher, as well as various words of the track titles are, I think it’s safe to say it’s pretty gory.

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