Though they have been pretty heavy on the deathcore of late (Lorna Shore, Mental Cruelty, Signs of the Swarm, Distant, Ov Sulphur, Vomit Forth, etc.), Century Media still has actually also done a pretty good job of finding some excellent death metal on their roster, too.

There is, of course, Sanguisugabogg, but also  Blood Incantation, Frozen Soul, Baest, Hideous Divinity, and others. And now making the jump from Comatose Music after their 2022 debut, Extirpated Mortal Process, comes Texas-based, female-fronted brutal death metal bruisers, Stabbing, and their second effort, Eon of Obscenity.

Make no bones, this is clearly a band signed to cash in on the success of recent ‘caveman death metal’ like  Sanguisugabogg, as well as bands like Tribal Gaze, Cryptworm, Corpse Pile, Tomb Mold, and such. A bit slammy, a bit old school death metal-ish, and lots of groove – and then throw in fucking blast furnace of a vocalist in Bridgett Lynch (she’s up there with Crystal Rose from Ominous Ruin as far as sheer guttural nastiness, and has a solid ‘blegh’ game to boot), you check all the boxes of what might move units in early 2026.

But Stabbing doesn’t simply check all the boxes; they have some merit and laurels of their own, as Eon of Obscurity delivers some top-notch, pit-moving stuff that fans of Devourment, Disgorge Suffocation (whose Ricky Myers makes a guest appreance on “Nauseating Composition”) Dying Fetus, Internal Bleeding, as well as all the bands I mentioned already, should really fucking enjoy.

It’s got a thick, meaty production, those slightly tippy tappy slam snare drums, sewer belch, brutal death metal vocals, and an emphasis on huge groovy, slams, and punch harmonic blast beats. All delivered in small, short stabs, as the album’s 11 songs lurch by in a brisk, but brutal 30 minutes.

Whether it is the short opener “Rotting Eternal”, “Masticate the Subdued”, “Eon of Obscenity”, “Nauseating Composition”, “Sonoluminescent Hemoglobinopathy”, “Their Melted Remains”, or the over four-minute, sprawling epic penultimate track “Symphony of Absurdity”, the album has the potential to put Stabbing on a Sanguisugabogg-like blow up as far as big tours and exposure. And it’s well deserved.

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