SCAPHIS Rituals Of Torture And Death (2017) CD

Australian death metal doesn't always get the flowers it deserves, but Scaphis have never seemed particularly interested in flowers anyway.

Rituals Of Torture And Death is the Melbourne outfit's debut full-length, and it arrives exactly as advertised, no filler, no soft entry points, just the kind of dense, punishing death metal that reminds you why the genre exists. Released in 2017, this is local music worth owning physically, because some records should live on your shelf and occasionally make your housemates uncomfortable when you play them too loud on a Tuesday. Support Australian metal. Buy the CD.

Artist: Scaphis. Title: Rituals Of Torture And Death. Format: CD, full-length album. Year: 2017. Country of origin: Australia.

Fans of: Cannibal Corpse, Mortician, Deeds of Flesh, anyone who thinks death metal should sound genuinely threatening.