Comatose Music is killing it towards the end of 2025 with quality brutal death metal releases. Massachusetts-based brutal slam/death metal act Dysentery has not released an album in 10 years. The last one was their third album- the absolutely savage, Fragments. I’ve known vocalist Scott Savaria and guitarist Peter “Blue” Spinazola (Fit for an Autopsy) for a bit of time. When I returned to Internal Bleeding, in 2018 for touring, Dysentery opened up the show in New Hampshire. The crowd was wild that night, and the place was packed. Yo – Blue – I still have and wear the Dysentery green mesh shorts, btw. Regardless of this fact, Dysentery is finally back. Dejection Chrysalis is brief; 10 songs in 29 minutes. These short songs have the benefit of hitting you right where it hurts!!

“Transference” opens the album as a brief instrumental, and honestly, this slam instrumental is all about the groove, but there are some blasting and awesome pinch harmonics. Because of the Holy Shit moment right from the beginning, with the isolated guitar riff, they need to open their live shows with this. The groove erupting after the riff is so catchy and memorable. Thankfully, it repeats a few more times during the tune. This is the perfect primer for the crowd.

“Enslavement for the Obedient, Agony for the Wayward” is right after, and Scott’s vocals are as putrid and filthy as ever. At least we can hear a bunch of words as he does enunciate well. The guitar tone is excellent, and the massive pinch harmonics bring this sucker right into 1995 east coast NY/NJ east coast territory brutal slam death metal. One of the many things I enjoy about Dysentery is the catchy song structures and slams. There are so many bands playing slam, now, whether it’s deathcore or brutal slam death metal bands, from across the globe. However, while I love many of the bands, not many can write catchy slam after catchy slam. The riffs on this album are the driving force that will get your blood pumping.

“Exhausted Bliss of Self Loathing” is an awesome song title. The music backs it up with the gutturals, massive blasting, and pinch harmonics right out of the starting gates. If you are not two-stepping at the 50-second timestamp slam, then I will make you write “I am parking the car at Harvard Yard” 550 times. This slam is a monster. It gets into deadlier territory at the 2.11 mark, as it slightly slows down with a gruff growl from Scott. The song trails off like this, and this is another new song in need of being played live. The slams, on this song, will have the pits causing sinkholes all over.

“Ascend This Harrowing Dream”, ends the album and is the longest song at a lengthy 4.24. All joking aside, after the brutal blasts, the song gets right into a beefy slam, with terrific gutturals and growls. There is a nice mid-paced headbanging sesh, after the groove, then back into the killer groove, then getting slower with vomitrocious deep vocals. This is another example of an excellent new song, screaming to be played live. The beatdown moments continue with pinch harmonics, slower slams, deep vocals, and then trailing off. The end of a most excellent album.

The only thing, negligible, you would say, is the album cover. It’s kind of tough to make out with the colors and the band logo, also in the same colors as the album art. Maybe it’s a Monet-inspired death metal album cover? Honestly, I don’t know what the hell is going on with the album cover. Now the music and songs on Dejection Chrysalis are crushing. Brutal, slams are excellently crafted, and above all else, ultra-catchy. That opening riff, on the album, I hum all the time, and then find myself punching holes in walls. Dysentery – you have been away far too long. This album is a bruiser!!

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