Merciless Butchery

It hasn't been long since I stumbled across this band, about a month ago via Spotify believe it or not. Since then, I've constantly gone back to this album for a "meat & potatoes" brutal death experience, and my needs are satisfied with each listen. Splattered Cadaver's debut LP is fairly straight forward - extremely low guitars and vocals, fast drums and bass that suffers in the mix due to the hugeness of the guitars. Despite this, the sound of the album is far from "dry" and is quite "moist", and everything comes together quite nicely, though the drums are a bit quiet I feel.

On the topic of the album's mix, I find it pretty good as far as the genre at hand goes, as well as a little band from Wisconsin goes as well. Everything is "up front" and presents an extremely raw but non-shitty sound, to my ears anyway. The playing is pretty solid too, the riffs are simple but heavy hitting (as you should always expect from brutal death metal) and offer a lot. John Lecher's drumming is pretty damn solid too, and probably as good as it could get. Now is about the time I should list some grievances I have about it as well, and first is that it gets old fairly quickly. In my experience, I find that this is a problem many brutal death metal bands face with few exceptions. The huge mix and similar themes of the songs (gore, death, etc.) make each song sound similar after a while, and definitely weakens the listening experience after the second or third outing. Despite my personal grievances however, the album is nonstop blissful viscera, and much should not be expected from this genre other than crazy drumming, extremely heavy riffs, raw production and a psychotic atmosphere.

Overall, if you couldn't tell from the cover artwork, the band's name or the album title, it's pretty straightforward brutal death metal. Respectable brutal death metal, at that, which nowadays is becoming harder and harder to find with minimal effort. If you enjoy psychotic riffs with pounding, chugging hooks - erratic drumming, a huge but raw mix and an overall vibe akin to early-seventies slasher films? This is the album for you, and it definitely is for me. I hope their next LP (If there is one in the works anytime soon) will share the level of rawness and the vibe this gory little album entails. Brutal Hails.