This relative new band has quite some experience in their ranks, as the “Ex-Exhumed, Repulsion and Dekapitator members” stickers can already be made for their debut. No, that is a bit harsh as Mortuous doesn’t need that to sell their Old School Death Metal. Old School American Death Metal with hints of Old School SweDeath Metal that is…It’s time to raise the Dead! A lot of variation in the tracks of this demo in which you can hear stuff like old Dismember and Autopsy (sound- and musicwise), leads that are in the vein of Paradise Lost but also James Murphy on Obituary’s “Cause of Death” comes to mind as well. The low growl of vocalist Alex Tarvin-Kibler completes the whole Old School picture here. Maybe it’s not the most intriguing demo of 2012, but it’s definitely a catchy one and it doesn’t bore for one second after playing this morbid creation three times in a row. For the tape fanatics, Italian Unholy Domain released a limited 100 copies of this fine piece.
Mortuous – Demo 2012 [Demo]
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