VILE RITES: Senescence Vinyl LP (Black)

San Francisco has never been content to do death metal the straightforward way, and Vile Rites aren't about to start now.

Senescence is the debut full-length from these Bay Area heavyweights, landing at the intersection of psych death, technical death metal, and experimental brutality in a way that feels genuinely unhinged in the best sense. This is the kind of record that rewards attention, the kind where you catch something new on the fourth listen and have to sit with it. Vile Rites pull from the same DNA as Portal, Artificial Brain, and Timeghoul without sounding like a tribute act, building something with its own warped internal logic. The title itself tells you what you're in for: senescence is the process of cellular deterioration, the slow collapse of living systems. The music follows suit. Essential for anyone who thinks death metal stopped being interesting after the 90s and needs to be proven wrong on black vinyl.

Format: Vinyl LP, black. Genre: Psych Death, Technical Death Metal, Experimental. Origin: United States, San Francisco, California.

Fans of: Portal, Artificial Brain, Timeghoul, Convulse, Morbus Chron.