Description

Rare original first press on Black Serpent Records. Light blue (splatter) vinyl with gatefold cover. Limited 100 copies

Inhuman Conditon is a death metal band that started in Florida in 2020. This isn’t a collection of 20-something crusties from Portland, but a grizzled cast of veterans featuring ex-Death Terry Butler (also ex-Obituary, Six Feet Under, ex-Massacre, and and and) on bass. Fellow Massacre alumni Taylor Nordberg (guitar) and Jeramie Kling (drums and vocals) round out the group. The name Inhuman Condition is actually derived from a 1992 Massacre EP, and on their debut album Rat God, they even poach the EP’s font for their own logo. If you were wondering what the Massacre guys were up to lately, this is one of their projects and a very fine one at that, feast on it while you can. Rat God is pure early ‘90s in songwriting, tone, and (in some ways) production. Terry Butler’s biggest credit with Death was Spiritual Healing, and Rat God draws on similar sonic inspiration. Unlike Spiritual Healing, though, Rat God is rather sparse. In other words, there’s more Death than Chuck Schuldiner on this record. Essentially, what I’m saying here is Inhuman Condition feels like a return to form for Massacre. If you want to pretend Promise never happened, and/or Spiritual Healing is your favorite Death album, you should check out Rat God. If not, go listen to Sound Of Perseverance again. It slaps.

Track list:
1. Euphoriphobia
2. The Neck Step
3. Planetary Paroxysm
4. Killing Pace
5. Gravebound
6. Tyrantula
7. Rat God
8. Crown Of Mediocrity
9. Fait Accompli