Memento Mori - 2022
8/10
Here’s a scenario that’s never happened to me. A band’s vocals, logo, and track-listing are in such a distorted, unintelligible font that it took reading the lyrics to realize they weren’t even in English. Canada’s death metal act Sedimentum won the prize of being the first to cause this, with their crushing debut Suppuration morphogénésiaque. Pretty new in the game, they’re a dense, brooding act that serve no purpose beyond forcing the listener into a pool of putrid filth under the weight of a hydraulic press.
Riding on rails that intersect doom/death territory, you can expect loud, explosive drums complimenting some of the crudest, marshy riffing. The only ingredient that’s really missing is a constant use of extreme slow-burn, which likely only makes up about a third of this at best. Sticking more towards the energetic end, rather than the space between the suspense, you can expect a gradient of solos to wash over the otherwise one-dimensional riffs. The vocals are just as damp and muddy, and it admittedly becomes difficult to differentiate songs.
But Suppuration morphogénésiaque doesn’t exactly aim for that, and it’s made clear. While little stands out on an individual song front, the timing of the stretched-out murk goes well with the chuggier, dense riffs of the old school sound. Your cleaner lead will occasionally work their way in, typically played in a haunting tone to create a rising feel towards some of the best percussion tactics. A brief enough runtime makes this digestible, giving just enough of a landing to search out the structural strengths.
Sedimentum’s first full-length is seven semi-lengthy, crushing tracks that take an old school template and blend hints of doom, a dash of intricacy, and loads of weight. It only really has one goal, but that goal is easily realized. Fans of Cerebral Rot, Morbific, and the disgusting likes will find comfort in this mess.
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