Rising like a foul gas from the reeking swamps of Virginia, the
writhing, gore-soaked newborn known as HUMAN CORPSE ABUSE has delivered
its first crushing volley in the form of Xenoviscerum, a 12-song album
that both seamlessly and disgustingly merges the heaviest elements of
goregrind, powerviolence, death metal, d-beat, and punk. Written and
recorded in the basement studio of guitarist/bassist/vocalist Shelby
Lermo (Vastum, Ulthar), Xenoviscerum receives an infusion of pummeling
brutality in the form of drum performances by Adam Jarvis (Pig
Destroyer, Misery Index, Lock Up), captured at Developing Nations Studio
in Baltimore by master engineer Kevin Bernsten. Weaving between themes
of horrific, mutated creatures, mind-altering occultism, and
Cronenbergian body horror as it careens from blasting, screeching grind
to thunderous stomp to twisted guitar bombing and back, the album
culminates in the pit-annihilating, mid-tempo march of “We Are All In
Hell”, which features guest vocals from Nails frontman Todd Jones.
Mastering comes via Greg Wilkinson at the legendary Earhammer Studios in
Oakland, CA, a fitting final flourish to one of the year’s ugliest and
most unique debuts.