CRAWL - Altar of Disgust
Transcending Obscurity Records
Some years ago I said CRAWL is what DISFEAR tried to be but failed at since they weren't consistent after their debut album. Too much melo-deth in their system I guess. But basically it's combining old school Swedish death metal with elements of late 80s / early 90's hardcore (What the new kids called crust) and add some thrash in the sound. CRAWL mastered it on their first album, Rituals from 2018.
Fast forward to 2023 and CRAWL returns on a split EP release with fellow Swedes FERAL. Of course CRAWL were great with their two song contribution. But in all honesty I liked FERAL's cuts better. So here we are a year later with CRAWL's second full length and after a few listens it's obvious that this four piece band has taken the formula to more extremes.
Musically it's simply DISMEMBER (and the HM-2 pedal) with hardcore and thrash influences. But the players push it to levels which are amazing. First off ya gotta give props to vocalist Joachim Lyngfelt. This guy's screams could shatter diamonds. He's straight up real guy vocal death metal style and almighty maniac when the speed insanity kicks in. Speaking of which the songs on here break away from the cliche.
While CRAWL bleeds out hardcore grooves as well as some actual grind sounding parts their main foot is firmly planted in death metal. That's what makes this album a devastating motherfucker. CRAWL have basically pushed things up a notch as far as this style of extreme goes and I like it a lot. The music simply invokes slam dance action. Which means CRAWL has surpassed what they've done before and kicked more fuckin ass on this new one. All I can say is Hell Fuckin Yeah.
LISTEN HERE:
https://crawldeath.bandcamp.com/album/altar-of-disgust
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