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1.  Nil Igitur Est Mors Ad Nos
2.  The Scourge of Men
3.  Possessed by Violence
4.  Strapped to the Crank Wheel
5.  Inherit Decay
6.  Praeternatural Order
7.  Heralds of Triumph
8.  Pathetic Obsecrations
9.  The Crucifilth

Total playing time:  37:54

Release Date: September 2011
Label: Hells Headbangers

Sanguis Imperem - In Glory We March Towards Our Doom

Reviewer: Chris

November 8, 2011

Sanguis Imperem doesn’t just batter down some makeshift protective shield of debris and collected furniture you place in front of your door for protection. These guys detonate bombs of burgeoning belligerence through their latest and initial musical kill sheet In Glory We March towards Our Doom, a quaint, flowery look at the lighter side of life and all the joys it can bring with simple smiles and joyous hearts.

Provided you’re not plotting my death for the above egregiousness that wastes space, Sanguis Imperem is about as pretty as a nailbomb exploding in your bathroom with you taped to the toilet. The “Possessed by Violence” track alone is enough to warrant your genuine fear and unmitigated subservience to this band. The death metal here is often more caustic than Grave, uglier than Gutted and certainly as tempestuous as Slayer on their best and heaviest day. Some of the guitar tones are eerily reminiscent of early Slayer here and there, but I don’t think even they could produce anything this sadistic and flagrant anymore; those days are long over and there is no sign of “hillbilly” speed metal in any stretch here.  

The vocals are a low guttural design that seems to lie like a stingray under the greenish sea of chugging chords and downright unattractive sounds emanating from these angry Californians who may as well be Swedish or German by sheer infection. It’s a style we’re all so used to hearing bastardized and outright raped from the most boring or diseased bands, but I’m thinking that you can find some simple, yet tangible relevance in In Glory… as a deadly cocktail of abstract hatred and carnivorous apathy that isn’t masked anywhere in these songs. “Inherit Decay” is about as violent as it gets with its deadly fast and loose interpretive that gives way to the slow and brooding desensitization of a mind and body warped beyond repair. You don’t seem to be at a loss for your fix of blatant rage and resistance with this album, and for a first full-length foray into the realm of death metal’s elite fan base I think some people are going to find this record to their liking because, in essence, it is riddled with deranged circumstance that never apologizes by way of simpering plasticity.

The overall sound is full and rich in a wall of horrible evil that finds a surprising evenness for each instrument, though, as usual, the bass seems a bit buried in the mix, but this is easily forgiven with the general bad feelings the music creates that makes me consider a violent act against someone that is both deserving and steeped in stupidity. For that alone, the lift I get from Sanguis Imperem is one of brutal inhumanity and now I have a soundtrack.