Devourment
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Bio
Throughout DEVOURMENT’s extreme 24 years of existence, one thing has remained constant: unyielding brutality. Formed in 1995 and hailing from Dallas, TX, DEVOURMENT has remained consistent and powerful throughout several reformations, leading many to celebrate them as the heaviest death metal band in the world due to their influential blend of vicious slam elements with an old school death metal sound.
DEVOURMENT took the underground by storm with 1999’s legendary Molesting the Decapitated, released on United Guttural. A compilation album titled 1.3.8., featuring the infamous track “Babykiller,” was released through Corpse Gristle in 2000, and reissued by Displeased and Unmatched Brutality in 2004. Butcher the Weak, self-released in 2005 and then re-recorded and reissued by Brutal Bands in 2006; and Unleash the Carnivore, released in 2009 on Brutal Bands. On the power of these releases, and the band’s explosive live shows, DEVOURMENT soon became one of the most infamous acts in the death metal underground throughout the last decade.
Fast forward to 2010 and DEVOURMENT signed to Relapse Records for the eventual release of their fourth album Conceived in Sewage in 2013. The band teamed with master producer Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal and Morbid Angel for the album. Throughout the coming years, DEVOURMENT performed at festivals such as at Hellfest, Maryland Deathfest, Obscene Extreme; and selectively toured throughout the world, especially in Asia, South America, and Indonesia.
Now after 6 long-awaited years in 2019, DEVOURMENT return to form, embodying brutality with their ferocious new album, Obscene Majesty. For this album, they reunited with producer D. Braxton Henry, who helped craft the band’s sound on their first three albums. Obscene Majesty features original founding member and drummer Brad Fincher and Ruben Rosas back on vocal duties - a lineup previously heard only on the band's 1999 landmark album Molesting the Decapitated, the pioneers of brutal death metal sharpen their blades once again, and unleash some of the most disgustingly heavy slam ever!
Clubbing blows from tracks such as "Cognitive Sedation Butchery", "Narcissistic Paraphilia", and "Dysmorphic Autophagia" see the veterans as imposing and menacing as ever. Buzzsaw guitars shred through limbs against head-caving, hammering drums. Deathly, blood-soaked vocals personify pain and torture. Obscene Majesty is the epitome of uncontrollable destruction from beginning to end, as DEVOURMENT crush through break-neck speeds, deafening ears and melting faces along the way. Honing in on the very elements of gore, death, and mutilation that have crowned the band as kings of the scene for over 24 years, DEVOURMENT force you to bear witness to the Obscene Majesty!
DEVOURMENT is:
Brad Fincher - Drums
Ruben Rosas - Vocals
Chris Andrews - Guitar
Dave Spencer - Bass
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Loudwire - 2019’s Best Metal Albums
“This is not just one of the best slam albums of the year, but ever.”
“Obscene Majesty, the new album from Dallas’ Devourment, is a masterclass in slam and brutal death metal.”
“Obscene Majesty is a momentous point in an already considerable career.”
“some of the most disgustingly heavy slam ever”
“Devourment rise to the death metal pantheon”
“in August of the year 2019, Tool’s comeback album fell flat whilst Devourment’s was… actually kind of awesome?”
“The 10 Greatest Metal Albums from North Texas”
“Exclusive: Texan slam pioneers Devourment do what they do best in their gory new video.”
“Stream DEVOURMENT's Devastating New Album Obscene Majesty”
“these guys haven't toned down the brutality one bit.”
“Devourment have crafted a possible contender for the album of the year, and surely one of the top extreme metal releases of 2019”
“isn’t going to win a Grammy, but it’s been a lot of fun getting pummeled by this for the last few weeks.”
“testament to Devourment's legacy of brutality and their status as enduring pioneers of the slam/brutal death metal underground.”
“dropping fire for the past two decades (three, if you count their very early days in the mid-to-late 90s).”
“Ex. 4 is a well-deserved break for the picking hand and shows a groovy, heavy slam riff inspired by Devourment”
“100 Essential Albums of the 2010s: Devourment - 'Obscene Majesty'“
“this album will be on that list of the best that metal has to offer”
“Devourment Reveal August Release For New Album, Debut “Cognitive Sedation Butchery””
“SONG OF THE DAY: DEVOURMENT — “COGNITIVE SEDATION BUTCHERY””
“Put it all together and you get the sounds of mechanized war machines run rampant. “Breathtaking” isn’t an exaggeration”
“All this time I thought I liked actual music. My life is a lie. Slams are the truth.”
“At a quarter of a century of existence and virtually no original band members, Devourment have hit us in 2019 with what I feel is their best album to date.”
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