Morbid Terror

Lavatory

An unholy tell in a soundtrack. "Morbid Terror" is a nu-school, new but old, not […]
By Zakk Belkin
October 10, 2014
Lavatory - Morbid Terror album cover

An unholy tell in a soundtrack. "Morbid Terror" is a nu-school, new but old, not sure if to categorize as "Old School" or "New Wave" some kind of Blackened Death Metal. I don't know, I don't care. Those are LAVATORY. The name suggests it will be another weak, shitty band, but it's so not.

For the fans of Blackened Death this could be a real find, especially for the ones that ask for that old-but-gold sound of the 90's Black Era. Aye, this album is known as Death Metal but it is really hard for me to categorize it as Death, more of Blackened Death, even pushes forward to the unique Black subgenre, onwards to bands like MAYHEM. The only thing that I would categorize as Death there would be the cutting technical solos. Overly, this is a good album for the common Blacker, thought - I didn't like it much, something there misses there a lot for me. Maybe because for my opinion, this music needs to be more live than recorded? Perhaps the fact that I am not so powerfully into the old school sound? But overly, it is a fine release.

Browsing through the songs could come up with a monstrous mix-up of SLAYER, MAYHEM, CANNIBAL CORPSE, and many others. Those guys in Malaysia did a wonderful work to define their own style and own musical signature sound. I found, however, that this album is great for working in the background in a brutal show, or in a records store, and it gives you a great morbid terror feel actually, haha. I enjoyed listening to it, despite the fact that something missed me there. Even so, I would love to hear more of LAVATORY in the future.

7 / 10

Good

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"Morbid Terror" Track-listing:

1. Absorption (Intro)
2. Descent Into Madness
3. Death Is Imminent
4. Thousand Roads To Hell
5. Morbid Terror
6. Restless Souls
7. Miserable Life
8. Mask Of Malevolence
9. Summoning In Dun Laoghaire
10. To The End Of The World

Lavatory Lineup:

Zack - Bass
Pelesit - Drums
Ben Lavatory - Guitars
Jahanam - Guitars
Muntah Darah - Vocals

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