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Title: Black Blood Vomitorium
Artist: Necrophagia
Release Date: 1999

Rating: 5 Skulls
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    • Pestilence's Review:
    As I write these words I know I only have a few hours before my imminent possession. The light of day is fading and escape is completely impossible. I should have never come to this cabin in the woods. My friends are all dead, some by my own hands… and I still want to know, for God's sake what happened to her eyes?

    My fascination for horror is what brought me here in the first place. Who could've known that the legends were true? I completely blame Killjoy, Anton and crew for this entire mess. Listening to Necrophagia's latest release Black Blood Vomitorium is what lured me to this demonic rift in time and space.

    And who could really blame me? This latest half-album (yes I know it only clocks in at 15:49 and should be referred to as an EP, but their previous record was only 8 songs… so now you are on the same page as me) is driving, corpse-wrenching death metal designed to do one thing and one thing alone… summon the dead from their rotting graves! Strewn with samples from horror films (can you guess my favorite one?) that politely chop their way into the discordant riffs of Anton Crowley and vocal stylings of Killjoy which range from deathly shrieks to demonic whispers, this is a recording every death metal fan should possess (and as I am finding to my utter dismay, it will possess you!) Underneath it all you have a driving rhythm provided by Dustin Havnen, who can be seen in all his lunatic glory jumping through fire on Pantera's latest album cover. The drum beats on this record are far more creative than those found on a lot of other death metal albums speeding up and slowing down to keep the time, cementing each of the 4 compositions presented here into your thick head, with Wayne Fabra to thank for the pounding.

    As far as slams go, I have heard them all; "the guitar riffs are too simple", "Anselmo can't play worth a shit", "My dog doesn't lick the peanut butter anymore"… whatever! To those people I say, "shove it right up your fucking ass!" What has been done with this band, and particularly this album is pure evil magic! If the riffs are simple, well then they are simple but they are still great. And I am no musician, but I could swear I hear some cool artificial harmonics going on in there too… pure genius!

    My favorite track is definitely "It Lives In The Woods", but I advise taking this 15-minute trip to the demonic entrance of Hell right from the blasting start of "And You Will Live In Terror". Buy this album, you will not regret it, but stay away from the cabin in the woods. And now my end is near, for I hear the demonic call… "Join Us"… "Join Us." Well uh, okay I will!

    Special thanks to Killjoy for opening my eyes wider to the world of horror, and a big shout to Phil Anselmo for being such a supportive metal warrior of the underground. Keep up the great work guys, and blow us away with the next full-length!
    5 out of 5
    Pestilence

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