VOMITORY
VOMITORY “All Heads Are Gonna Roll”
By Dr. Abner Mality
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby. And when it comes to classic Stockholm death metal, VOMITORY is as real as it gets. Very glad indeed to see these old school OG’s wielding their axes again; they live up to the album title and more!
The first two tracks hit with all the subtlety of a pit bull on fentanyl! This is laser focused destruction that reminds me a lot of fellow Swedes DEFLESHED in terms of economy and ferocity. VOMITORY have come up with a kind of paradoxical sound that is raw in true Swe-death fashion, yet it’s also clean and clear. Most of “All Heads Are Gonna Roll” is devoted to the faster, thrashier side of the equation and even fairly “by the numbers” cuts like “Disciples of the Damned” and “Dead World” make a mark because of sheer efficiency. But there are also some of those groovier, chunkier riff monsters, the most brutal of which is definitely “Dead Man Stalking”. Lawd Almighty, the hooks, THE HOOKS! This one, along with “Piece By Stinking Piece”, satisfies in the fashion of GRAVE and the thicker DISMEMBER cuts.
They don’t try to overthink things or be clever. Let’s face it, a song called “Raped, Strangled, Sodomized, Dead” is never gonna be thinking man’s metal. But the absolute ferocity with which VOMITORY hits on this album is a revelation. They haven’t lost a step and their grip on the Swedish chainsaw is firmer than ever!