New Jersey spawns its latest underground death metal behemoth in the form of Compulsed and their debut album, Amalgamated Anguish. Formed by current and former members of Waking the Cadaver, Ground, Corpse Hoarder and Embludgeonment, Compulsed are rooted in old-school brutal death metal, taking cues from bands like Disgorge, Defeated Sanity, Mortal Decay, and Afterbirth.
On their latest single, “Desolate Imprint,” they demonstrate that delicate balance of knuckle-dragging brutality and technicality. Speaking about finding that balance of sounds and how it represents the new album, guitarist Mike Mayo told Decibel:
“With our debut album Amalgamated Anguish, we wanted to combine our love of the classic early 2000s Unique Leader-style brutal death metal sound with the more progressive early 2000s Willowtip and Relapse Records-style deathgrind sound. We were heavily influenced by bands like Disgorge (US), Cephalic Carnage, Pyemia, Commit Suicide, Cryptopsy, Kalibas and Circle of Dead Children when writing this album. I think our first single ‘Desolate Imprint’ is a perfect example of what we tried to achieve with this album.”
Amalgamated Anguish is coming out on August 15 via Hibernation Release, P2 and Iron Fortress.
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