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MORBIFIC "Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh"
MORBIFIC "Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh"
By Dr. Abner Mality
If I hadn't recently heard the albums by DECREPISY and CORPUS OFFAL, I'd probably rate this as the best old school death metal album of the year. Alas, Finland's MORBIFIC have neither the cryptic atmosphere of DECREPISY nor the utter slimy sickness of CORPUS OFFAL. Yet lovers of classic death should not pass this creepy cadaver up.
Fans of AUTOPSY and GRAVE in particular should enjoy the aroma of this decrepit bloom. Finnish death metal has always been known for being a little off the wall and that holds true for MORBIFIC. The songs generally eschew standard "verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo" patterns and lurch drunkenly from riff to riff, most of which is in a mid-paced mode. The production is dry and clear, but doesn't have the muck-encrusted tone of CORPUS OFFAL. It's sick and heavy enough, but not next level.
Nevertheless, "Womb of Deathless Deterioration" (Trapped In the Essence of Putrescence) is more GRAVE than GRAVE is themselves these days. "From Inanimate Dormancy" and the title track show the more epic side of MORBIFIC...I hesitate to call these songs "progressive" but they are unpredictable in their structure. On the other side of the coin, "Panspermic Blight" and "Slithering Decay" are straightforward attacks, chugging along in a comfortably aggressive thrust.
"Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh" arises as an enjoyably morbid death metal album, but not quite reaching the upper echelons of disgust.
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