From San Francisco, California comes Cartilage: a band that consists of members from bands such as Ghoul, Terrorizer LA, Septicaemia, etc. ‘Tales from the Entrails: A Necrology’ is Cartilage’s latest offering after two full-length albums and one EP.
This one is also an EP that consists of five tracks in less than 12 minutes. The beginning is set by an intro about an armed monkey shooting everything on sight and then the music starts with ‘Frothed Vomit Slosh’ which is a groovy Death Metal/Gore Metal track, so what you will hear is a heavy Carcass influence, dirty guitar riffs, several melodic leads, blasting drumming that changes the tempo from grinding to galloping to mid-tempo and the different vocals of Mark Wallace that go from high screams to deep growls.
Also very good double guitar work from Teresa Wallace and Mike Flory. ‘Globs of Glimmering Gore’ follows with a headbanging tempo right from the start and some furious Thrash Metal riffing. The dual vocal attack combined with the masterful guitar lead reminds me of my all-time favourite Carcass tunes: ‘Corporal Jigsore Quandary’. Next is ‘Ape-U-Tator’ and here we have the raging ape again that starts wreaking havoc as soon as the drummer Adam Houmam sets the beginning with the opening rhythm. The track is a full speed on blastbeat attack for most of the time but here we have some groove tempo changes again. The end of this EP is given by ‘Pulled Inside Out’ which again offers some dual vocal insanity and strong headbanging moments.
Cartilage’s new EP is far from original but it is definitely enjoyable. The sound quality is on a good level and the cover artwork with all the cartoon body parts in jars is fun. This is pure Carcass-worship, plain and simple, so if you need more of this type of sound in your gory life then check this out and bleed!
