Album Review: Bone Fetish - Bone Fetish
Reviewed by Patrick O'Reilly
As soon as you hit play on this album a horrific grinding sludgy mess hits your ears, like bone marrow running out of a femur following amputation, you now have a new fetish... for bone.
Comprising of a compilation of their demo releases, namely Buried (2021), Convergence (2022) and Mummified (2024) this album is a collection of relatively recent material that firmly places itself historically within the classic era of Goregrind, I’m talking about early Carcass, Impetigo, General Surgery here. Massively distorted downtuned guitars fight for ear space with bowl clenchingly heavy bass, frenzied drums and bizarre pitch shifted vocals, often with the classic Walker/Steer high/low dynamic. Nothing is breaking the mold here, and yes you probably have heard it before, that doesn't make this album any less enjoyable though. The sheer intensity of the music, the passion and exuberance it’s played with, and the memorable riffs and sections make it a pleasure to listen to.
Adding some variation to the mix is the fact that the sound mutates slightly between EPS, starting with a much more horrible sounding sludge it gives way to a more polished death metal sound, mirroring the output of genre Gods Carcass in many ways.
Standout tracks include ‘Convergence’ which rattles along at a fair old pace, guitar licks flying all over the place, it's like a RTA happening in real time, shattered bone fragments hurtling through the air as you tumble and flail, the world around you a mixture of pulverized glass, metal and bodily fluids.
Fans of Goregrind will eat this up, it’s a quality release that although not particularly original is delivered skillfully and enthusiastically. I think things would get really interesting to hear this band in a live setting, come on UK promoters, make it happen!
For fans of – Carcass, Impetigo, General Surgery, Hemorrhage, Dead Infection
