STENCHED — Purulence Gushing from the Coffin (review)

STENCHED — Purulence Gushing from the Coffin album cover Album · 2024 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Purulence Gushing From the Coffin" is the debut full-length studio album by one-man Mexican death metal act Stenched. The album was released through Me Saco Un Ojo Records in November 2024. Stenched was formed in 2023 by Adrian Thule (who also operates Impending Rot), who performs all instruments and vocals on the album. Stenched released the "Gorging on Mephitic Rot" demo in 2023 but none of the material featured on the demo have survived and have been included on "Purulence Gushing From the Coffin".

It doesn´t take much more than a couple of minutes listening to "Purulence Gushing From the Coffin", to understand that Stenched is dealing in filthy, gloomy, cavernous old school death metal and it´s contemporary artists like Undergang and Cryptworm who I´m reminded of in addition to early 90s death metal artists like Autopsy, Coffins, and Incantation. So it´s quickly established that Stenched is not concerned with creating music with an original sound. Thule is instead content delivering a high quality old school death metal product and he certainly succeeds in doing exactly that.

"Purulence Gushing From the Coffin" is a prime example of filthy and cavernous old school death metal done right. It´s gloomy and morbid, often death/doomy mid- to slow paced, but does feature the occasionally more faster paced section, and the vocals are deep unintellible growling buried low in the mix. It´s all delivered with the right organic touch and as the icing on the cake "Purulence Gushing From the Coffin" features a production job, which perfectly suits this type of music. Clear enough for you to capture all details of the music, but at the same time filthy and raw to the maximum, providing the perfect platform for this type of death metal to shine. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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