After the little intro, “Heaven’s Scorched”, comes eh hem.. scorching through your speakers – sorry I could not resist.  The guitars having a similar flair to Sinister, but a bit more melodic and Mike Smith..man, this album brings back the Effigy of the Forgotten days, with his drum patterns.  Some killer melodic guitar riffing and then right into a monster blast and it’s really feeling like 1991 all over again.  Excellent guitar work and a little spoken word moments with some excellent audible bass work, courtesy of Mr. Choy.  Adrie doing some awesome vocals – if you like his Sinister vocal work then you will enjoy this.  Some monster guitar picking over the blast section at the 2.40 mark and then right into a nifty guitar solo over the blast.  Smith is laying waste with atomic drum rolls and double bass that will certainly collapse chest cavities from here to the Moon.  Some more spoken word moments and this opening song starts to call to mind and sounds similar in style to when Adrie, gave up the drums, in Sinister and took over the mic work, on the Afterburner album – do a side by side of this song and some of the songs off Afterburner.

“Defleshed Messiah” comes right out the starting gates with some pummeling double bass and bass guitar work.  Excellent and I mean excellent guitar work, with the main riff repeating a few times.  Certainly very catchy and sounding very cohesive.  I swear Jason has that certain gumption in crafting these riffs.  Maintaining the brutality, but not once forgetting to add the melody and most importantly well thought out guitar harmonies.  After the brutal slow down check out the rhythm section which starts at the 3.30 mark. The guitar work, drum work, bass and electric guitar work is stellar.  I love this moment.  It’s brutal, catchy and makes me want to start punching holes in walls.

The band even has a band named song.  “Voracious Scourge”, starts like a pummeling tank as the mid-paced crunch will start churning out bones faster than you can say – “I have to run around the corner for a block of cheese”.  Some awesome mid-paced moments, really this song slays and has some intricate guitar work. “Harbinger of Our Own Demise” can be considered an homage to the title of their debut ep-can it not?  It starts full throttle with the monster blasts, mid-paced and old school beats.  The 3.17 beat sounds like vintage Fleshgrind -with the blast structure, therefore I love this part immensely.

Voracious Scourge continues to show they can put together killer music with musicians spread out across the globe and never once having a live practice, together in 1 room.  Music file sharing rules.  If you love old school 90’s death metal brutality, but with enough creativity to still make it modern sounding, than you must pick up In Death.  The production is solid and everything sounds excellent. I love the demonic album cover and In Death, with its high quality of veteran musicians, have put together one of the best true heavy death metal albums for 2020.  I encourage you to like their FB page and pick up their releases.  This is great album.  Buy or Die!!

“Fortuity of the Deceived” begins with a brutal blast and we are reminded why Mike Smith is still one of the strongest death metal drummers around.  He seems extra angry on this ep as he is literally bashing the crap out of the drums.  The 1 minute groove mark is so catchy and disgustingly brutal I literally went outside and grew 400 ft, and became Godzilla. I proceeded to cause sinkholes and vaporize towns from my atomic breath, because this part is so heavy.  I then began to swing my tail around and I believe and don’t quote me, but I think I took out 20 city blocks in one fell swoop.  Sorry people.  Closing track, “Oracle of Repugnance” has an awesome opening blast with some killer guitar melodies.

Adrie is vomiting forth scathing vocals that are tearing off heads all over the place.  The 1.17 part is a bit of atmospheric slow melody and female spoken vocals.  Really took me by surprise and nice thumping bass guitar.  Guitar riff comes back with vocals and this part screams epic!!  Hold up your horns and bow to Voracious Scourge.  Nice killer double bass, over the blast and more epic like qualities.  I would imagine these moments would be expanded upon on a full length album.  Monstrous drum fills by Smith and more of the guitar melodies over the blast.  This may be the most adventurous song Jason McIntyre has written.

The production is great and powerful.  These were shared files, so I imagine once I get the physical cd they will sound even better.  This is one of the strongest ep’s I have heard and was upset it was over so quickly.  The cover for Voracious Scourge’s ...Our Demise is one of the most spectacular and eye-catching covers I have ever seen.  This needs to be on a long sleeve. Monstrous release.  Buy or Die!