Initial Impressions: Defeated Sanity: Chapters of Repugnance

A few weeks ago, I did a post on Pathology's new album and stated that it was an album that would be able introduce fans to slam death metal due to its relative accessibility. Following in the same vein, Defeated Sanity released their new album. It's definitely got slam parts, and it's definitely brutal, but it is still reasonably listenable for those people out there who have not gotten into Cephalotripsy and Vulvectomy.

The music is a mix of slam, technical brutal death, and even some more jazzy interludes. That's not to say there's jazz music here, but the band does use a lot of experimentation. The vocals are delivered in typical brutal death metal style. Very guttural and extreme. The music reminds me of a slam death version of Cephalic Carnage without a lot of the drugged-out weirdness that band is known for.

I enjoy this album quite a bit. It's a bit less accessible than Pathology, mostly due to its weirder experimentation, but it's a refreshing take on slam, a genre that is hardly known for being innovative.