Interment - Into the Crypts of Blasphemy

Just when you thought it was safe to count out the Swedish school of death metal….

Interment packs a potent punch to the face with its sanctioned backpedaling into the death metal world of the late 1980’s and into the early 1990’s. The album, Into the Crypts of Blasphemy, forces open the cold abysses of the mind and bounces around the skull like a .22 caliber bullet, doing massive damage upon impact. Images of old Swedish legends like Unleashed, Nirvana 2002, Convulse and Edge of Sanity flood the mind when this album literally flies out of the speakers at record speed. For the fan of true death metal void of pretention and stagnancy, this is one to look into.

The speedy, yet concise drumming backs an otherwise potent wall of deadly riffs and scornful vocals on tracks like “Where Death Will Increase” also reminds me of early Grave ala Into the Grave in its unrelenting barrage of tremendous power chords that create the general mood of reckless abandon. Aside from a best of/compilation earlier this year this is the first full-length for Interment, even though the band has been in existence since 1988, spawning three demos and a split in that period. For whatever reasons that it took the band some twenty-two years to put out an album matters very little at this point; the music is a grinding of mental gears for the death metal fan in all of us.

With some decent production reminiscent of the days of old, Into the Crypts satisfies the appetite with its honest brand of Scandinavian death the way it should be offered; accepting the meager substitutes we have all of these years is no longer necessary. While certainly on the lower end of modern day perfect production at least there’s a discernable bass and an above-average drum sound that doesn’t foil the rest of the mix. Like I said, it’s not perfectly coifed with the Pro Tools era we’re so reliant on, but for flavor you’ll appreciate the integral primitiveness.

Standouts include “Where Death Will Increase,” "Morbid Death,” “Torn From the Grave” and “Dreaming in Dead,” though I’m pretty sure you’ll find the entire offering something that can stick to your innards like a mad butcher’s hacksaw in a back alley shop in New Jersey. For the people that love to taste small parts of the past in vast amounts, give Interment some of your valuable time. I think you’ll like what you’ll hear.   

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July 21, 2010

Reviewer: Chris

Release Date: August 30, 2010
Label: Pulverised Records

TRACK LISTING

1.  Eternal Darkness
2.  Torn from the Grave
3.  Dreaming in Dead
4.  Stench of Flesh
5.  Where Death Will Increase
6.  Sacrificial Torment
7.  Night of the Undead
8.  Morbid Death
9.  The Pestilence

Total playing time:  36:08