Cadaverous Odour - Corpus Inhumation
USA
Independent
The one-man project from California known as Cadaverous Odour (named after a Treblinka song) has released its first demo, aptly titled “Corpus Inhumation.” The three songs on this demo are absolutely slimy, putrid and nauseating death metal reminiscent of bands like Autopsy, Abhorrence (Finland) and Necrovore.
I wouldn’t call this typical old-school death metal, as the music actually has a kind of "necro" sound if you will, evoking a rotten atmosphere that both sickens and excites me… this is a good thing, and we need more of it. The vocals are absolutely guttural and maniacal, so much so that I even wondered if the person singing was human… let’s not kid ourselves, this is how it’s done, folks. True death metal is meant to disgust you, and Cadaverous Odour fully embraces that philosophy as their music is designed to do just that.
There's also a hint of doom in the music, as tracks like “Mercurial Erethism” start off rather slowly before picking up the pace at 2:18 and plunging you into the bottomless pit with blasphemous riffs and a searing guitar solo at 3:29. There are certainly plenty of frenzied leads in the songs, adding a chaotic element to the music and reminding me of war metal. Cavernous vocals are barfed over a wall of guitars so dirty they block out the sun. The entire demo is inspired and brimming with absolute darkness and decay. The drums are well played, despite the simplicity of the music. You could argue that the music is pretty rough, which it is, but it’s also well-arranged and not to mention the guitar solos sound pretty wild.
The Autopsy influence can be heard a little more clearly on the second track “Corporeal Blasphemy". There are some pretty nasty riffs and frantic vocals here that would probably give me a heart attack if I heard such sounds unexpectedly in the middle of the night. The last track is basically an outro with a movie sample and a creepy piano interlude, although I’m not quite sure from which movie (probably some obscure Italian horror movie), but it fits the atmosphere quite nicely.
All in all, Cadaverous Odour's first demo does a lot of things right, and I can’t criticise it too much, because it should be taken for what it is: sick and disgusting death metal from a promising prospect, and this is just the beginning of their slimy path. I hope we will hear more music from Cadaverous Odour in the future, as they are off to a good start. Worth checking out. (Jim)