Review by Carl on December 24, 2025.

Another day, another brutal death metal release, another band involving Nikhil Talwalkar. The kid is young enough to be my son, and at 20, he's accomplished a lot more than I seem to have done in a lifetime, it seems.

This is one of those releases where there is absolutely nothing at play that you've never heard before, but despite that, it goes down well enough. Sharing DNA with bands such as Brodequin, Orchidectomy, Devourment, and Baalsebub, this is another act that relies heavily on low-ass gutturals, downtuned swarming riffing, and an overbearing rattling snare drum getting a relentless pummeling for the most part, with, for the style, mandatory slower stomping parts injected here and there as well. High art this ain't, and it doesn't need to be, with the remorseless force emanating from the music making up for any shortcomings in the field of imagination or creativity. Again, you've heard all this way before, but this stuff plows forth in such a brutal fashion that I can't imagine any fan of the bands mentioned above will be turned off by it. Too bad that the production is of this rather sterile and digital kind, which gives the brutality offered a kinda fabricated quality. Good thing that this ditty is over and done with before it truly gets on the nerves, allowing the aggressive force of the music to do the talking during its short runtime.

The thing with releases like this is that the music is pretty one-dimensional and can take on this 'one long song' vibe towards the end, and that is no different here. Good thing that throughout the short duration of the album, the music breathes this atmosphere of unrelenting bludgeoning force, grabbing the listener by the short 'n' curlies without letting go, which keeps the attention firmly focused. I'm not all that wild about the slick, digital production, but what I can appreciate immensely is the brute force encased within the music, something I can imagine any brutal death metal fanatic out there will feel the same way about.

Rating: 8 out of 10