Vomitory - Carnage Euphoria (2009)

Vomitory was formed already back in 1989, drawing inspiration from back-then
giants such as Sodom, Napalm Death, Venom and Slayer. 20 years might have
passed since that day but Vomitory's still a well-oiled murder machine with
numerous blasting and dominating death metal albums in their back catalogue.
Recording after recording they have constanty improved and enhanced their
unique death metal formula, always looking and thinking forward instead of
backwards. Coz a unique formula it is. Incorporating the infamous d-beat like
no one else into a mix of fantastically grooving blastness and brutality is
the core of Vomitory's sound. And it is a sound I have grown to love with all
of my heart over the years.

I would lie if I said I was always a fan of Vomitory coz I was not. While
debut album "Raped in their own blood" (1996) and follow up "Redemption"
(1999) shows a death metal act in the making it wasn't up until much later
that I started to understand the brilliance that is Vomitory. This happened
when they switched label from Fadeless Records to Metal Blade Records and
released "Revelation Nausea" in 2000. Things started to fall into place with
me and when "Blood Rapture" (2002), the fantastic "Primal Massacre" (2004)
and sonic monster "Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize" (2007) surfaced I was not
only hooked on Vomitory's sound like fire was to Norwegian churches in the
90's - I was a die hard fan of the band and since then I have constantly
claimed that Vomitory's is one of the most underrated death metal acts in the
world as well as one of my absolute fave bands.

Sure, some members have changed over the years and the usual bumps in the
road have been present as well - but still you can see Vomitory right up
there with the best of them. And if you need more proof of this - brand new
album "Carnage Euphoria" (2009) is the testimony to all things death metal.