DERANGED — Upon the Medical Slab (review)

DERANGED — Upon the Medical Slab album cover Single · 1994 · Brutal Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Upon the Medical Slab" is a single release by Swedish death metal act Deranged. The single was released through Malodorous Mangled Innards Records in 1994. Deranged formed in 1991 and had up until the release of "Upon the Medical Slab" released the 1992 "...the Confessions of a Necrophile" demo and the 1993 "...the Confessions Continues" EP (basically a re-recording of some of the demo tracks from the 1992 demo).

While Deranged definitely had good intentions of writing and playing some nasty gore themed brutal death metal on their first couple of releases, "Upon the Medical Slab" is the band´s first release, where they sound like a tight and professional playing unit. The pace of the music has been heightened considerably, and the much clearer and detailed sounding production also does the material many favors. The drums have a punch to them, the guitars sound savage, brutal, and raw, and the vocals which are now both guttural growling and higher pitched screaming are effective. Even in those days this was not particularly unique, but there´s nothing wrong with the quality of the two tracks featured on the 8:01 minutes long single. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.
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