Morbid Slaughter "A Filthy Orgy of Horror and Death"

    From the shadows of Lima, Peru comes an extreme musical offering of black metal. This sinister sound is conjured by no other than Morbid Slaughter.
    The band’s debut album, “A Filthy Orgy of Horror and Death,” is an homage to early black metal bands like Venom, Hellhammer and Bathory. I hear that mix of speed metal meets punk while throwing in an extra touch of blasphemy. The way that this band recorded the album definitely reminds me of the traditional first wave of black metal approach. Morbid Slaughter’s horrific lyrics matched with the harsh distorted riffs open up a gateway into dark abysses on each of the seven tracks.
    The band’s singer has that eerie raspy black metal vocal style. He sounds like he recorded his vocals while he was battling a throat cold! As I noted before the band blends speed metal with punk, thus you get that classic first wave of black metal sound. Their rhythm section was very tight and laid down plenty of skull crushing grooves. I felt the guitar playing was very percussive sounding which helped strengthen the musical backbone to each song. Instead of going for a blitzkrieg of vicious noise all the time, Morbid Slaughter hammered out more haunting mid-tempo riffs that can be used to lead an army of the undead to go and feast upon the living.
    To begin this unholy musical orgy of horror and death, the band offered the song, “Cannibal Butcher.” The title of the song sounded as if it were taken from a seventies grindhouse horror film. Overall, the riff had a blackened thrash sound and seemed to accomplish this band’s goal of creating aggressive bone chilling music. “Zombie Splatter Axe,” and “Chainsaw Blade,” kept hacking away with more lyrical gore and wicked instrumental presentation.
    Adding some variation to the album was the song, “Fuck Off (We Murder).” This track had a really strong punk vibe which I totally enjoyed. The main riff and chorus section was extremely catchy and very unapologetic.
    “Death Cold Blood,” seemed to be where Morbid Slaughter wanted to go for a slower doom like atmosphere. I could imagine corpses rising out of their graves as the guitarist slammed away at evil sounding chord progressions. “Torture Without Anesthesia” and “Slay with Steel,” wrapped up the terrifying black metal attack while maintaining that solid sound you heard on the beginning tracks.
    I have reviewed bands who play this style of metal numerous times before. Still, I think Morbid Slaughter separated themselves by crafting a unique and very distinct sound. Musically they are not pushing technical boundaries, but the album’s sound and theme was definitely interesting.
    There is no denying that Morbid Slaughter can create some frightening black metal music. I think the band’s musicianship helped me not simply write them off as another generic black metal band. “A Filthy Orgy of Horror and Death,” has a sinister theme and features seven well put together songs. Highly worth checking out if you enjoy that old school black metal sound that might have been recorded in a cemetery late at night.

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