Description

Creeping out of Boston, Massachusetts, Blessed Offal serves up their second mini album. This thirty minute self-titled EP is manifested with guttural, sledgehammer-heavy Death Metal that draws a lot of influence from old Entombed and Dismember albums. These guys play heavy as fuck, but they aren’t afraid to put in a lot of dynamic, speeding up here, sloooowing down here. The riffs are solid, the playing is tight, and the recording job is first rate. What sets Blessed Offal apart from death metal masses is how they weave different styles of extremity in their sound. Moments of Entombed Clandestine era groove and Brutal Truth bludgeoning courses through Blessed Offal veins at battering moments, which often slows down into to doom segments and sounds like the crushing crawl of Disembowelment. This deadly combination of blasting death grind and harrowing doom keeps you on your toes. Blessed offal also shows their skills with Seasons In Sepulchral Depths and A Means To An End both surpassing the eight minute mark. These two songs being lengthy never feel dull or dragged on, and contain some of the most powerful moments on the EP, especially the doom ending to A Means To An End. My only detract with Blessed Offal is it sounds is a bit clean. I would have preferred a more abrasive sound to go with the dark atmosphere. Regardless this is a solid first step for Blessed Offal and this EP should have you enthralled for a decent amount of time.

Track listing:
1. Bottomless Grave
2. Seasons In Sepulchral Depths
3. An Unnatural Ending In Excrement
4. Ancient Realms Of Anti-Anthropocentrism
5. A Means To An End