No remorse and no salvation shall be delivered upon those who think about questioning Dismembered Carnage’s blasphemous death metal skills. The band’s new album, “Blasphemed Betrayal,” is a savage onslaught of behemoth brutality featuring ten tracks of unholy devastation.
The Concord, CA based band captures the essence of old school death metal by writing songs that waste little time getting straight to the gory point. I felt as though the production and overall recording quality on this release helped achieve that bold and abrasive old school death metal sound. There are a lot of bands who can write blasphemous sounding material, but unfortunately most of them end up repeating themselves by writing the same damn song over and over again. I do believe Dismembered Carnage took their time with this release and each composition is executed with tremendous confidence and aggression.
The opening track, “As Jesus Burns,” is a wicked cut of intense blast beats and sinister riffs that show no mercy. On the next track, “Denial of Christ,” the band crafts such monstrous sounding riffs to compliment the singer’s gruesome sounding demonic death growls. I thought the opening two tracks did a great job establishing the band’s brand of iniquitous songwriting skills, along with showing their ability to create bone crushing instrumental compositions.
The middle of this album is also very strong and songs like “Pastor of Disease”, “Devour in the Tomb” and “Fester in the Grave,” continue to fuel the band’s ravenous death metal approach. Although the band is not shredding their balls off and trying to overload listeners with technical compositions, they keep the music tight by writing very menacing tracks with riffs that just get the job done.
I believe the album’s final three songs “Rape the Priest,” “Morbid Molestation” and “Into the Eternal Underworld,” are extremely damaging pieces of corpse carving debauchery. “Rape the Priest,” is a vile song with a venomous chorus section and I find it to be a great example of artistic freedom. Some individuals might take offense to the lyrical content, but I think that the song is a perfect example of how heavy metal music is used to challenge social norms and breakdown the barriers of censorship. Dismembered Carnage is not the first band to write blasphemous lyrics, however, they are keeping that malevolent spirit alive, which is much needed in our current society.
In the end, if you are a fan of ruthless death metal that will strike terror into the hearts of religious zealots, then you might want to give Dismembered Carnage’s, “Blasphemed Betrayal,” a listen. I’ve seen the band live a couple years back and I can honestly say that the hard work and dedication paid off, because I think they “nailed it” with this release.
Listen to the song "Your Lord Dismembered" below:
Dismembered Carnage bandcamp:
https://dismemberedcarnage666.bandcamp.com/album/blasphemed-betrayal
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