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When the Spanish label Xtreem Music stumbled upon the Swedish old school death metallers of Verminous they were quick to offer the guys a contract for a debut album. Now that "Impious Sacrilege" is out I can say that they were right in their decision. Even though Verminous have been around for only slightly more than a year now they are presenting themselves on this recording with a remarkable amount of maturity. This is one of the most intense and aggressive old school death metal albums that I've heard for some time now and I am sure that anyone who wish to bring back the old days when Grave, Dismember, Entombed and others were fronting the first wave of Swedish death metal will come to like this album. This was before In Flames and followers were taking over and the more melodic side won thousands of fans from all over the world. Now, there is nothing wrong with In Flames, in fact they are one of my favorite bands, but this is as you all know something completely different. An intro worthy of a horror movie and a few other samples help to set the atmosphere to something similar to Entombed's "Clandestine", one of the best death metal albums ever leaving Swedish soil. I wouldn't dream of placing Verminous on the same pedistal as these legends of the past but they have still composed quality music that will appeal to fans of the early Swedish bands. A solid production and equally solid musicianship make Verminous one of the most interesting new brutal death metal bands on the Swedish scene. Not really new but the best of the old.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Spawn Of Satans Curse |
| 3. Impious Genocide |
| 4. Malevolent Effacement |
| 5. Chanting Of Ghouls |
| 6. Salvation By Extermination |
| 7. Of Evil Blood |
| 8. Grotesque Visions |
| 9. Rapt In Malignity |
| 10. Verminous Fluids |
: 30.59
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