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Vacant Coffin-Sewer Skullpture

Artist   : Vacant Coffin
Album    : Sewer Skullpture
Label    : Torture Garden Picture Company
Year     : 2009

Genre    : Death Metal                  Source  : Vinyl
Encoder  : FLAC 1.3.1                   Bitrate : 2936 kbps
Playtime : 32:08                        Size    : 672.39 MB

01  Sewer by the Cemetery                                          04:10
02  Dawn of the Schizo                                             01:27
03  Cadaver Sculptor                                               03:14
04  Sewagehead                                                     01:53
05  Mutant Gross-Out Fest                                          02:42
06  Leprosarium Tombs                                              01:27
07  Posercrushing Crusade                                          01:38
08  Lunch in Bodybags                                              00:47
09  Pulled into the Lake (Of the Dead)                             02:39
10  The Hand of Termination                                        01:21
11  A Shuriken to the Face                                         01:00
12  Tales of Suppuration                                           02:26
13  Get in the Coffin                                              01:18
14  They Died Hungry... They're Back Starving!                     01:39
15  Gut Worship                                                    02:33
16  Razor Justice                                                  01:54

Sewers and cemeteries typically end up somewhere in the themes of
Razorback releases, don't they? Witness VACANT COFFIN, a trio of sewer
chewing, graveyard lurking Fins that profess a deep love of old school
death metal on "Sewer Skullpture". Symptoms of IMPETIGO are surely
present, but this 16-track release owes more to the early Swedish death
metal legends, as well as occasionally tipping the hat to the likes of
TERRORIZER.

As far as wheel reinvention is concerned, you can forget about it. Then
again, what were you expecting? Razorback's answer to PAIN OF SALVATION?
I thought so. Featuring guitarist/vocalist Lasse Pyykko from early '90s
underground dwellers PHLEGETHON and doom terrorists HOODED MENACE, the
guys in VACANT COFFIN present to you a competent collection of dirt
nuggets that keeps the mind from wandering and gets the noggin nodding
in appreciation. It ain't rocket science, but there is a certain skill
required in pulling off this kind of material in a way that doesn't
become lost in the mire of imitation. In other words, VACANT COFFIN does
justice to the beloved style. The band smartly mixes in the right amount
of groove ("Mutant Gross-Out Fest" takes the cake here) with selective
use of blast beats and maintains momentum throughout the duration. Just
the right amount of tempo shifts and a handful of twisted leads (check
out "Tales of Suppuration") are heard, as are occasional atmospheric
touches (the horror movie keyboards that introduce "Sewer by the
Cemetery" and the slow creep of "Razor Justice"), all adding to the
album's appeal. Finally, a grotesque and massive guitar tone and bass
buzz are just what the doctor ordered.

The short of it is that fans of the old school and Razorback devotees
should be plenty satisfied with "Sewer Skullpture". VACANT COFFIN won't
be crowned the new kings of death. They just do it right and do it well.

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