Infecting the Swarm claims to make music for fans of Disentomb, Defeated Sanity and Euphoric Defilement. Neither Disentomb nor Defeated Sanity comparisons apply fully. Rather, I feel the best comparison is likely Spain’s Wormed, whose dissonant, almost machine-like Brutal Death Metal approaches texture in a Brutal Death Metal context similarly to how Infecting the Swarm do it.
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Angelic Desolation – Orchestrionic Abortion Review
Here is a fun game for a party: Put on “Shake the Baby” off Angelic Desolation’s new album and take a shot each time the vocals or lyrics make you laugh. It takes one look at the song titles on Orchestrionic Abortion to discover that the band has a sense of humor that recalls that of a grindcore band.
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7 H. Target – Yantra Creating Review
It seems that it is a rite of passage for Tech Death acts to at some point play up the transcendental nature of their music. This usually manifests either as a Buddhist influence or more general Indian mysticism. 7 H. Target, Russian Slam weirdos, have now also committed to the trope. Are they on or off target?
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Crypts of the Unknown: 2024 Vol. 1
