Squash13
Killer album! Old school but original! Bought the vinyl and was going to get a t shirt but $150 for shipping is a bit out of my price range.
Favorite track: Let the Rats Feed.
CHEF🇦🇲OYSTRHD
Wanna have your face slammed in a pool of acidic cess and vile degradation only to have your eyes and your insignificant face melted off exposing the demonic beast within? Then this is your album…somethings brewing in the north county
Favorite track: Land of Rot and Misfortune.
deathevokation666
Blood Sabbath by Serpent Corpse is fugly gory death metal with great solos 'n' songs. Temple of Mystery Records unleashing quality music as well.
Favorite track: Land of Rot and Misfortune.
On July 5th internationally, TEMPLE OF MYSTERY RECORDS is proud to present SERPENT CORPSE's striking debut album, Blood Sabbath, on CD and vinyl formats.
Hailing from the ever-rising Montreal death metal scene, SERPENT CORPSE are at once foreign and familiar. Blood Sabbath, their full-length debut following a demo in 2021, on first glance feels resolutely old school: straightforward songwriting, analog production, little flash but full fire. And indeed, SERPENT CORPSE do show noble influence from the very early '90s - foremost among them, the world-eating enormity of classic Bolt Thrower and vigorous D-beating of early Entombed - but along with another set of tweaked influences and, more so, a maniacal manner in which to pursue them, the Canadian quartet prove that the idea of traditional all-caps DEATH METAL is undying and infinite. The further one steps into the ichor of Blood Sabbath, the more those tweaks take shape - Darkthrone during their death metal days, Seance skewing death 'n' roll, the DM-in-glue of classic Cianide, or especially Autopsy's transition into Abscess - and the more the exemplary songwriting truly begins to shine...or ROT, as it were! For this nine-song/39-minute album sounds as slimy as it does headbanging - and those singed 'n' seared leads are the definition of haunting! Coupled with powerfully clear annunciation from vocalist/bassist Andrew Haddad and mesmerizing cover art courtesy of Lucas Korte, SERPENT CORPSE deliver one of the most essential death metal debuts of recent memory. A festering death awaits!
credits
released July 5, 2023
Recorded and mixed in Montreal QC over the summer of 2022 by Patrick McDowall at Black Gate Studio
Mastered October 2022 by James Plotkin
Music and lyrics by Serpent Corpse
Additional vocals by Christian and Zach
Synths by Malpertuis
Cover artwork by Lucas Korte
Additional artwork by Serpentschron
Layout by Annick Giroux
Live photos by Marc Tremblay,
Ben Pepin & Gabriel Lescarbeau
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Extremely inventive and multifaceted sci-fi prog death, just like iridescent ethereal world on the cover art. Best band's achievement up to date. And easily in 2023 AOTY list Dmitry Nevozhay
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An outstanding Extreme doom death album, in the best tradition. The funerary atmosphere reminds of Evoken ('Centuries of ooze" bears striking similarities, for my delight). It is overall sharp, dark, hypnotic and unrelenting. One of those rare convincing new bands that hold proud the legacy of the biggest names. Bertrand Marchal
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never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu