Review of Multiwomb - Anatomy of Gorelust

Indonesia is dumping out some brutal bands left and right. For me, the leaders in this scene are Decaying Humanity. I reviewed their monstrous debut album last year, and now here is the debut album from Multiwomb.

Much of the time, the Indonesian death metal albums are super short, and this follows the format, with Anatomy of Gorelust clocking in at a wee over 26 minutes. Look at the brutal album cover and you will know what you’re getting into.

“Blood Climax” starts with an excellent isolated guitar riff, from Bintang, which goes right into a blast beat. Gus Donald has a decent set of pipes, more mid-ranged, without the usual gutturals that these bands put on display. The song slows down with a killer groove and more bap, bap, bap, blasting. The snare tone is that high pop sound, and it is loud in this mix. The double bass, from Rama, is super-fast and also super-triggered. The slowdown at the 1.15 timestamp is exceptional. It quickly goes into a mid-paced moment, with more blasting and pinch harmonics. High velocity brutal death metal.

“Labia Dismemberment” is up next, and this is not what the doctor ordered for your kid. Vicious blasts, all over the place, and the mid-ranged vocals are decent. I just wish he would get into more of the guttural tones, which is what is called for in this style. He does let out a real cool growl, with a mid-paced slow down, then back to blasting like a mofo. I must point out that the guitar tone is most excellent on this album.

The next song, “Perverse Anatomy”, opens with a sound clip, which goes into a monster little roll and blast. A tad faster, and we are talking gravity blast territory. I do like some more of the mid-paced moments thrown in, but it’s then off to the blast races, where the velocity is there, and the true power comes in with the mid-paced and slower moments. The 1.25 slow down is crucial, and that guitar tone cuts through like butter. We get some pinch harmonics all over this sucker, and the mid-paced sections are cool, but brief.

I was just over a friend’s house, and I was served a “Placenta Cannibal Feast”. Let me tell you, while enjoyable, I would have added some pepper and Cajun seasonings, maybe tossed some veggies in with that bad boy. This track gets into the blasting very quickly and has a slower moment, which is awesome, than a double pounding section, then a mid-paced moment, with pinch harmonics. I feel this song should have stayed the course in these tempos. If you guessed the band could not stay in that groove for a few seconds and wanted to blast like a mofo, then you, dear reader, get a trophy.

“Impaled with Lust” ends the album and opens with a blast. The mid-paced section is lethal, and that guitar tone, being able to breathe is excellent, then back to the blast. This goes on for three minutes, same formula as the eight prior songs.

Multiwomb is a pretty good brutal death metal band, and Anatomy of Gorelust is a decent first album. The band would have more staying power by tossing gutturals into the mix, as well as allowing for those slower moments to extend more. Some well-placed gutturals over lengthier, slower, and mid-paced moments would crush the weak. The production is good, it’s loud, with an incessant and at times, irritating snare pop. Overall, a good start, and fellas, let those slower moments breathe more-that is your strongest element.

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