SEVERED REMAINS - A Display Of Those Defiled

SEVERED REMAINS
A Display Of Those Defiled
Comatose Music
7/10





Seven tracks of low-end rumbling and grumbling in the vein of Suffocation make up “A Display Of Those Defiled.” One may infer that Severed Remains are really into the New York death metal giants, seeing that this disc includes a cover version of “Liege Of Inveracity.”

Ben Rubin and Andrew Marunowski unleash a ripping guitar assault on the fast paced and highly technical “Prelude For Dementia” as vocalist Joe Reed issues deep guttural barks that are nothing less than earth shaking in their abject intensity. The group bursts forth with an insane blast to kick off “Grind…I Just Might” that rivals their more well known death metal peers in terms of sheer intensity.

Drummer Anthony Biello comes up with some fantastic stick work to usher in the squealing “Shishkafuck”, a track that assaults the listener with a pummeling onslaught of scalar ripping and frenzied rhythms. Two remastered demo cuts are included here, the better of the two being the bizarre “Derived Of Fluids”, where the production is virtually unlistenable, but this disc would have been better off if both of these horribly recorded tracks were left off.

Fear not, the group digs into the Suffocation cover quite proficiently. Not that many bands can pull off the intensity of a Suffocation track without error, but Severed Remains definitely deliver here.

Absolutely an item that would be of interest to any fan of low rumbling death, “A Display Of Those Defiled” hits the mark five of seven times, which is not so bad at all.


Written By: Maggot Farmer