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"Decadence" is the first demo recording by Finnish, Helsinki based death metal act Carnifex. The demo was independently released in July 1991. Carnifex formed in 1989 and recorded two demos before disbanding in 1993. The second demo was not released when it was recorded though and the material from the demo wouldn´t appear until 2018 as part of the "Pathological Rites" compilation album.
Stylistically the material featured on this demo is in a grim, brutal, and heavy old school death metal style. I´d say Carnifex are predominantly influenced by the US, Florida scene, but as always with Finnish acts from those days, Carnifex take their influences from all over the place (there´s for example an occasional UK grindcore influence in the music too). They are not the most unique sounding Finnish death metal act from those days, but they are a well playing band, and although the sound production of the demo is a bit murky and you can´t hear every detail of what´s being played, there´s still some pretty good quality features to be found here.
So upon conclusion "Decadence" is a decent quality death metal demo from Carnifex. It´s nothing out of the ordinary for the time or the style, but a 2.5 - 3 star (55%) rating is still warranted.
