Corpsessed - Ridiculous Name, Brilliant Debut

Yep, Corpsessed.  As in obsessed with dead bodies one would assume?  In the history of poor choices for the name of your DM band it ranks quite high in a top ten of names that surely not everybody in the group consented to?

Thankfully these Finnish bringers of darkness more than make up for this bizarre name choice by delivering an excellent slab of DM on their debut album "Abysmal Thresholds".  From the off it's clear that Incantation are an influence (who fucking isn't influenced by them?) but album opener (proper) "Of Desolation" has stabs of symphonic synths that bring to mind a meeting of the aforementioned Incantation and Emperor too.

The rule is book is not torn up and re-written on "Abysmal Thresholds" but the established format and recognisable structure of what Corpsessed do is done very well.  Dripping with riffs, seeping with atmosphere and dragged along by vocals that dredge all the filth, murkiness and grime out of every lyric, Corpsessed present an unrelenting opus for the listeners pleasure.  Given this is only their debut it is positively frightening how much potential is here for future releases!  My first real death metal "find" of 2014.





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