Putrid / Grave Desecration "Satanic Union from the South"

    Two of Peru’s most deviant and abhorrent extreme metal bands join forces for an all out massacre with the release of their new split, “Satanic Union from the South.” Putrid and Grave Desecration combine their sinister musical powers to launch an attack upon the metal world that shall open up gateways into an endless realms of unfathomable annihilation. 

    This split is a nonstop joyride of skull pounding aggression and pestilent sounding instrumental compositions. Putrid and Grave Desecration are both solid acts that I have reviewed before in the past, so I am quite familiar with what these bands can deliver. I do not know what it is about the extreme music community down in Peru, but their passion to create such profoundly evil sounding releases is something I’ve always noticed and respected. 

    The first half of the split features three tracks from Putrid, all of which are haunting pieces full of hateful sounding old school death metal mixed with some ruthless black metal. The band’s first song, “Chaos Baphomet,” is a raw and unapologetic assault that highlights this band’s blasphemous vision that continues to win me over. On the next two tracks, “A Broken God” and “Angels Blood,” you hear more merciless sounding old school death metal like guitar riffs and deafening drums parts. Putrid has always demonstrated a savage and uncompromising nature that really stands out when listening to their recordings. Listening to Putrid is like walking through an infernal wasteland where darkness lurks around every corner ready to consume your soul. 

    Grave Desecration finishes the split off with three of their own monstrous sounding recordings. “Infierno En El Desierto,” “Sucias Perras” and “Eterna Crucifixión,” are ravenous offerings of vile sounding blackened torment. The guitar riffs conjure up this malevolent energy that comes screaming through the speakers like a bloodthirsty ghoul. Also, the vocals compliment the sacrilegious sounding musical environment by strengthen the overall demonic sounding instrumental onslaught. When you get down the core of it, Grave Desecration leaves a pathway of musical carnage on each track and makes their hellish presence felt on this release. 

    I think this is yet another solid effort from two bands that live and breath extreme sounding music. “Satanic Union from the South,” is an appropriate title for this split, because both bands share a similar mindset when it comes to creating raw and terrifying music. If you are a fan of underground extreme metal music then you really need to check this release out. Both bands do not come off as gimmicky, or have that Whole Foods hipster black metal sound. Actually, this is the type of music that would melt the face off of a hipster and sending them running around in a chaotic frenzy. We need more bands like Putrid and Grave Desecration to show people how it is done and less bands that claim to be “kvlt” even though their music sounds like a pile of piss soaked garbage. 

Check out Putrid "Chaos Baphomet" below:

Album can be ordered through here:

https://dunkelheitprod.bandcamp.com/album/satanic-union-from-the-south