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Artist:
Avulsed
Album: Nullo (The Pleasure of Self
Mutilation)
Type: Album
Label: Xtreem Music

I’ve been a keen follower of Avulsed since the release of
their ‘Yearning for the Grotesque’ album back in 2003. The
grandfathers of the Spanish death metal scene have finally got
around to releasing their 6th full length studio album (not
counting the covers albums or that horrific ‘dance remix’
album).

‘Nullo (The Pleasure of Self Mutilation)’ sees the band
dredging the filth ridden depths of gory death metal once
more, this time around with a gnarly production job, and a god
awful bone-saw like guitar tone would take the enamel off your
teeth at ten paces given the chance. Yes, as you’d expect –
this is the aural equivalent of sitting and watching all six
Saw films back to back (actually, that does Avulsed no justice
at all – they’re definitely not THAT hard going on the
attention span).

The guitars spin and twist around like a drill in flesh,
tearing and rending with jagged hateful rhythms. The crushing
lyrical backdrops make even the most hardened South American
gang-related torture details seem like a frilly frolic in the
park with flowers. With tracks such as ‘Breaking Hymens’ and
the almost comical ‘She’s Hot Tonight (In My Oven)’ bookending
the album, you can pretty much get the impression of exactly
what sort of smouldering musical chunks of carnage lay in
between.

Whilst this certainly doesn’t top their best works, it’s
certainly another solid slab of unapologetic, unashamed audio
destruction for those fascinated by the twisted side of life.
Easily the perfect soundtrack for rubbernecking at car
accidents on a Sunday afternoon.

http://www.myspace.com/avulsed

Lars Christiansen

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