Engorged - Where Monsters Dwell
I’m not sure if these guys have undergone serious lineup changes, but this is hardly the same Engorged. Their patented style of Powerviolence, Death Metal, and Grindcore has been disturbingly shaken up. This is more of a fast, heavy, Old School Thrash that I see as a huge step down from the unique blend of extremity they had trademarked for themselves. They have not completely abandoned Death and Grind, but the overall result is sadly sterile, as the most intense moments here could not get half the adrenaline flowing that even the filler on Death Metal Attack 2 or their self-titled album on Necropolis/Deathvomit could. Tracks like “Werewolf Militia” even have a Death n’ Roll feel that quite frankly does not work. The vocal style is also radically different. The crazed, varied Spazz-like vocal insanity is gone, and in its place is a Death snarl, that while decent, like so much of this album, it just isn’t Engorged. Luckily there are still the gang vocals, albeit they do seem to have less bite. The most brutal vocal moment on this album by far belongs to Lord Gore’s Gurge on “Chaingang,” which also features Rob Fornicator. The lyrics here are just plain goofy. Not that these G.I. Joe-obsessed freaks have ever had the most serious subject matter, but giant squids and pirate ships? What is this, 1850? An extreme letdown from a band whose deranged originality had really set them apart.
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