Putrevore - Macabre Kingdom
If there’s a central theme to be taken away from this write-up, it’s that “Putrevore plays dark, putrid and brutal Old School Death Metal exclusively.” The band’s words, not my own, but you can’t sum it up any more perfectly. Considering this project is the result of the unholiest alliance since Tango & Cash, what else would you expect? Originally formed under the moniker Deadbreath (changed obviously to not be confused with Nicke Andersson’s Death Breath), the OSDM wet dream team-up of Dave Rotten (Avulsed, Christ Denied) on vokills and Rogga Johansson (Ribsreader, Paganizer) on guitar and bass does not disappoint on album number two. Rounded out nicely by Brynjar Helgetun (also of Ribspreader) on drums, Macabre Kingdom storms out of the gate ferociously with the blast-happy “The Mysteries of the Worm (Part I).” Rotten’s lower-than-low guttural roar sounds as filthy and torturous as being boiled alive in raw sewage and toxic waste, yet as smooth as ever. Meanwhile, Rogga is still the riffmaster general. You’d think playing in 666 active bands would run the creativity well dry at some point, but the human riff furnace continues to burn brightly. Just listen to those monstrous chug-and-bend hooks on “The Mysteries of the Worm (Part II),” “Beyond Human Comprehension,” and “Awaiting Awakening Again.” On “Universal Devourer,” he runs the gamut from barbaric Grindcore simplicity to face-smashed hammering a la Cannibal Corpse to Doomy dirge. Combined with Rotten’s demonic esophageal emanations, there simply is no stopping this match made in Hell. My one complaint is minor and entirely selfish. Here we have two of the most brutal vocalists in Death Metal, yet only one of them gets to use the mic. I realize there are multiple factors involved. Their voices are somewhat similar, Dave Rotten definitely doesn’t need any help (I certainly don’t want to be the guy who has to growl toe-to-toe with him), and with Rogga in Sweden and Rotten in Spain, this project is pieced together across the globe. Still, how fucking cool would it be to hear these two trade verses once in a while? Maybe next time.
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