Ossuary: Supreme Degradation (2019)

Not to be confused with Ossuarium who released a fantastic debut full-length in 2019, Ossuary is a death metal band from Wisconsin.  Two of the members were in doom metal band and rejected Star Wars character Jex Thoth.  This is the band's second EP and consists of just four tracks.

The sound here seems to be based in old school Finnish death metal, stuff like Funebre, Convulse and Demilich.  It is completely brutal and entirely fucked up.  This is ugly and depraved-sounding death metal with massive riffs and an artillery barrage of a rhythm section.  And the vocals are just as desiccated and decayed as the rest of the music. 

This EP blew me away.  It came very close to making the Best of 2019 list but narrowly missed out.  I have mentioned many times just how much great death metal was released last year.  This EP is yet another example of that.  I am looking forward to a full-length.