Release Year: 2009
Artist Origin: USA
Style: gruesome sick savage death metal
often named as their magnum opus, ultra classic and highly influential album in ugly, sick, and rotten death metal evolution, the second - absolutely awesome recording [1991] intrigues the audience with slow doomy necropsies and grinding regurgitations that spontaneously but effectively interchange in between within the raw, gritty sonic foundation, evoking feelings of decay and despair; twelve unbeatable cuts with dissonant, murky riffs, paired with Chris Reifert's haunting, guttural vocals transmitting especially juicy lyrical content emanate unforgettable, pungent and mesmerizing stench of a mortuary, revealing a true essence of this menacing genre; recent British jewel case re-issue comes with a remastered sound and three bonuses from Retribution for The Dead EP [1991] and Critical Madness demo [1988], with Service for A Vacant Coffin live version from 1991