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Insidious Decrepancy - Decadent Orgy of Atrocious Suffering

Pretty much flawless - 100%

deathmetal69_, April 23rd, 2020

One man brutal death metal bands truly are a delicacy, especially Insidious Decrepancy. If it weren't for him we wouldn't have Putrid Pile, and if not for Putrid Pile who knows what other one man bands we wouldn't have? Decadent Orgy of Atrocious Suffering truly is a perfect album that includes everything a bdm fan could ask for.

The guitar tone is top notch. It has that trademark late 90's bdm sound mixed in with a little tiny hint of that Dying Fetus-esque sound, and a little heavier and grainy as well. Alongside the perfect guitar sound, Shawn's playing ability is 10/10 and the riffing is awesome. Every song is fast, heavy, brutal, and furious. With (most) one man bands in this genre comes a drum machine, and he does it right. It sure is a drum machine but it sounds great, doesn't sound nearly computerized as you'd maybe think it would be, and it accompanies the guitar greatly.

You cant forget the vocals too, pretty solid. It's like a mix of regular death metal and brutal gutturals, it's a good balance and flow. You got the great guitar sound, great drums, good songwriting, and the right vocals to go with it. This album definitely is the total package for some good BDM. When you listen to it for the first time the "perfection" of this album won't exactly grab you until you listen to more and more of the album. Once you get more thrown at you you'll start to enjoy it more and see the perfection this embodies. Every single song is a banger and nothing is boring or "better than another track" or anything such. Shawn Whitaker is a kickass unit of brutality!

If you love brutal death metal and haven't heard this album, I highly highly reccomend it. This album definitely is flawless. It's brutal, kickass, sick, and heavy. And on top of all that, it's a one man band! This is top talent and needs more attention. Go listen to this amazing album and check out his other album Extirpating Omniscient Certitude as well. Top notch material right here!

Totally great powerful DM - 99%

burntblack, October 10th, 2004

This CD is one of those that starts out strong, with great vocals, rhythm and lead work, and gets better, without having any weak songs, or even weak sections in songs. The opening song - "Maniacal Contempt Spawned From Agonizing Depravity"" is a great opener. It is not one of the most brutal songs on the CD, but it definitely gives a great feeling for the technical abilities and creative song writing. The song has alternating blast beats thrown in with lots of fast chord changes and tons of tempo changes.The 2nd cut is marked by more extreme chages in tempo, going from mid-paced chugging to superfast blast beats many times over without ever loosing the brutal edge.Cut 4 is the title track and has lots of very intricate passages, played with amazing precision. I read that there is a drum machine used on this album, but I can't tell at all. Their cover of Immolation's 'Dawn of Possession' is evry bit as evil sounding as the original, and is played very faithfully, but definitely has its own style. The whole album has amazing guitar work, marked by a great ability to change from rhythm to lead lines and back, which gives all the songs a very deep feel. Every song on the album, while maintaining a signature sound, stands on its own and has individual touches unique to each song. The only possible criticism I would have for this album is track 7-'Foresaken Defamation And Irreverance' which doesn't have as original a sound when compared to the rest of the CD, but it still is a very brutal song. Track 8 is a total insane slamfest, fast as hell, totally unrelenting. At 1:14 it breaks into a great brutal slowish groove that has the guitar tweaked to perfect bassy midrange growling, then picks up tempo and destroys everything! Total devastation. There is a lack of guitar soloing on this album, but it doesn't detract a thing, not with songs this good. Perfect skull smooshing brutal death.