Horror
21 years since their murderous debut, EXHUMED rise once again with gore-obsessed death metal on their new brand new album - Horror. Aptly titled, Horror is an exploration of all things macabre, as the undisputed pioneers of neck-breaking riffs plow through 15 of the band’s most intense tracks to date. Nightmares meet shred, as the speed-inducing track “Ravenous Cadavers” highlight EXHUMED’s penchant for blazing, face melting guitar work, while “Naked, Screaming and Covered in Blood” & “Playing With Fear” elevate EXHUMED to levels of grind unheard of since Gore Metal! Horror was recorded at EXHUMED’s home-built studio Darker Corners, a first in the band’s career. Horror was produced by EXHUMED and Alejandro Corredor (Brujeria, Nausea) and was mixed & mastered by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust).
In essence, death metal is what happened when snotty kids heard METALLICA and SLAYER and decided that this music wasn't fast or horrible enough. More than three decades on from the genre's genesis, it may be significant that it seems to be older, veteran bands that have the firmest grasp on that exp...
Exhumed cement their reputation as kings of the Horror business with their new full length. And they've returned to the bloody basics, with a grindcore sense of urgency. Horror slices straight to the bone with the surgical precision of a buzzsaw. This album is a whirl of chugging death metal riffs
A review of Horror by Exhumed, available October 4th worldwide via Relapse Records.