Lorenzo
Filthy 90s death metal lovingly unearthed by the mighty 20 Buck Spin and Hospital Productions. Brutal and mid-paced, this compilation showed a significantly promising sounds for a band that was lost to time.
Krustinpeace
This has become one of my favorite death metal releases in recent years, and to think it was only a demo. Extremely catchy riff and song structure. Gets better with every listen. I only wish it was longer. Highly recommend
Favorite track: Descend Into Extinction.
An underground brutal death metal demo grail finally unearthed after 25 years rotting, we present ‘Prelude To Obscurity’! Hailing from Wisconsin in the shadow of the Milwaukee Metal Fest, Embalm formed in 1995 while in high school in the era of Ablated Records, Frozen Dawn CD compilations and IllNoiz Death Fest to name a few.
Embalm created truly memorable grooves of mid-paced, catchy, and brutal as hell Midwest Death Metal, also including the customary influence of Swedish Death Metal and even touches of Dissection style harmony, setting this demo apart from any forced retro nostalgia.
Despite staying local, Embalm was a part of a larger network and held their own supporting bands like Rotted, Internal Bleeding and Incantation. While this collection focuses on the masterwork and tragic final demo aptly titled ‘Prelude to Obscurity’, sicko freaks will be treated to the literally impossible to obtain first ‘Demo ’95’ as well, showing the most evil and grim basement necro recordings that, while primitive and cruel, still hold minimalistic memory of true underground demo cassette culture. Also included in a rare find are the two final live tracks that sadly never made it to the studio, written after ‘Prelude…’ and shows the band’s insane dual vocal/multi-lingual genius for darkness, slam and tortured leads.
Painstakingly remastered from original DAT and cassette tapes by Arthur Rizk the collection includes a massive time capsule booklet of flyers, ephemera, zine reviews, and live photos from the bygone glory days of TRUE brutal death metal! A guidepost for any new band looking for a glimpse of time tested ‘brutal stuff’. co-released by 20 buck Spin and Hospital Productions.
Picture disc exclusive to Hospital mail order.
For extensive background on the significance of this band to hospital productions, check out the noisextra interview with dominick here:
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An outstanding Extreme doom death album, in the best tradition. The funerary atmosphere reminds of Evoken ('Centuries of ooze" bears striking similarities, for my delight). It is overall sharp, dark, hypnotic and unrelenting. One of those rare convincing new bands that hold proud the legacy of the biggest names. Bertrand Marchal
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Songwriting, musicianship, and atmosphere taken to the level of pure art. Every moment of this is riveting for me. My favorite title of 2022! An absolute masterpiece... kowaikage2