Coffin Rot: A Monument to the Dead (2019)

Like yesterday's post, the subject of today's post also made my Top 10 albums of 2019.  Coffin Rot's debut full-length made it to #4 on my list of the best albums of 2019.  Coffin Rot is another of those terrific bands congealing in Portland, Oregon and features members of doom metal band Tar Pit, who has been reviewed here previously.  As good as Tar Pit is though, I much prefer Coffin Rot.

This is absolutely filthy, grimy and disgusting death metal done right.  It hits all the right notes for what one should be looking for in a proper old-school sounding death metal album.  The cover art is gory, the song titles ("Saw Blade Suicide", "Necrotized") are hideous, and the music is monstrous.  Featuring meaty, fetid riffs and gurgling vocals, this album is a reminder of the early, dangerous days of death metal.  Reference points are likely the early days of Swedish death metal greats Grave, the highly underrated Benediction, and a little bit of Broken Hope.  The songs chug by at a medium pace, but are packed to the brim with riffs and thunderous bass. 

There really is not more to say.  If you like your death metal filthy and disgusting, this album is absolutely perfect.  2019 was an amazing year for death metal, and Coffin Rot's debut is up there with the best of them all.  Perfect on a playlist with Tomb Mold, Ossuarium and Blood Incantation.