Labels: Sepulchral Voice
Review by: Alex Deller
Quite enjoyed Vorum’s ‘Poisoned Void’ when it came out, and while I knew them to be a nasty piece of work it didn’t quite prepare me for this. While ‘Poisoned Void’ was a solid slab of grumbly death metal that pitched itself between the elder gods of Sweden and the band’s native Finland, this five-track EP froths forth with a different spirit entirely: grinding velocities, mucky punk aggression and a ragged, thrashed-up approach to their death metal that conjures forth a veritable whirlwind of violence and degradation. Riffs whistle past like rust-toothed tools making their way through bone, melodic leads are tortured within an inch of their pathetic lives and the echo-damaged vocals sound as though the fiend behind them is being cast down into the furthest, fieriest pits of abomination even as his voice is being committed to tape. It’s vehement, ugly and fabulously, flailingly aggressive, all of which makes it really rather thrilling for every moment of its brief, 20-minute duration.