EP Review: Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy - The Fallen Lament
Reviewed by Patrick O'Reilly
With a name that would guarantee any player a win in scrabble Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy or OxE for short are already showing their nature with an almost unpronounceable medical terminology-based name. This is within the realm of goregrind but isn’t quite Carcass worship like the genre often feels restricted too.
OxE are a different beast, very heavy and extreme but different to most bands of this ilk. The best way to describe them would be like Mortician, but with slam riffs! They have that downtuned bass that trawls the depths of hell with its tone and razor-sharp guitars, frantic programmed drums and some seriously deranged vocals. The tracks are short and sweet, the whole EP only goes on for ten minutes twenty one secs but in that time, you feel so bludgeoned and battered listening to it that it feels much longer, almost like you are succumbing to some exquisite torture!
The tracks revolve around blast beats and slams with some truly impressive breakdowns on display. Lyrics are themed around many different influences including mental health issues that have plagued the bands members, anime and video games making for an interesting read. In essence this EP provides a really promising preview of things to come for this band, who have the potential based on this evidence of creating something special.
For fans of – Mortician, Last Days of Humanity, Devourment, Ingested
