Album Review: Putrid - All That We Hate
Reviewed by Matthew Williams
As we enter the final few weeks of 2025, there’s been so much new music that I’ve enjoyed listening to, and when reviewing this, the third album from Peruvian metallers Putrid, it has reminded me of why I enjoy the blackened thrash metal genre.
The genre has grown on me more in recent years, as it has boundless energy, over the top riffs, blood curdling vocal screams, bludgeoning drums and some great song titles. The trio of Evil Avatar (vocals & guitars), Jonathan A. (bass) and Joe Hoyle (drums) continue those themes and push the boundaries even further, with some of the riffs being outrageously crazy, (I submit “Embrace the Hole of Truth” as evidence to the jury).
They have nine new songs, and two covers, as they build upon their fearsome reputation and brutal sound which has seen comparisons to bands such as Morbid Angel. This isn’t for the feint hearted, as opener “A Headbanger Queer” doesn’t mess about and instead of playing around with you, it goes straight for the jugular, with the drum sound leading the way. “Me Ne Frego” and “Hatred” continues the intensely evil sound, with short sonic blasts of terrifyingly frenzied attacks on your senses.
This is their first full length release in five years, and they up the ante somewhat on songs “Black Metal Wat against Antifa Scum” followed by “Vileness” and that’s probably a great way to describe their music in one word. It’s certainly an intriguing album, full of noise and aggressive attitude, and some of the solos are excessively aggressive and exaggerated but fit perfectly with their narrative.
There’s a hint of early Slayer to the opening of “Empire Palingenesis” and if screams could begin a war, then Evil Avatar would start them every time he launches into this track. It’s an outrageous song from the first note until the last, but my favourite track on the album. Their pursuit of going faster, and more evil than before, continues with “Rape Lamb of God” and “My Principles” which wraps up the new material from the trio.
As mentioned they have two cover versions, “Morir Dia a Dia” by Peruvian hardcore punk band G-3 which is an explosion of sound that will burst your ear drums and then they end with “Tourette’s” Nirvana’s classic from “In Utero” which they’ve covered in their own distinguished way.
