Review by Sam on May 16, 2026.

This is some good shit that I otherwise would be completely unaware of if not for belonging to the MetalBite family. Coprolith of Canada are doing the cavernous thing and doing it with an unforgiving brutality that raises the hairs on the back of my caveman’s neck. Generally low and slow and oozing with the proper doom influences that make the combination of death and doom metal so potent and appealing. I hear Winter, I hear Incantation, Asphyx, but right from the get-go, I detect a healthy appreciation for "Gateways To Annihilation", but with realistic drum production as opposed to that record’s off-putting drum replacement and triggering.

The introduction is appropriately morbid, and when the full band comes in, I can’t help but think of 'Summoning Redemption', but with a proper snare. Coprolith comes at you with full-blown caveman aesthetics, devastating with low tremolo riffage and equally abyssal vocals over the slow yet keenly sharp drumming. They do alternate a bit between blasting and cavernous sections, and I must say that the opening track, 'Sentenced To The Grave,' is the quintessence of the subterranean style perfected by Incantation some thirty years ago. Title song 'Putrescence' comes ripping forth from the speakers, only for the bottom to drop out as Coprolith drags your puny earthling body across the barren sea floor. I love this form of death metal for its unabashed otherworldliness that speaks to the vast and alien alternate universes created by H.P. Lovecraft.

These dudes aren’t afraid to let it rip with rapid tempos as demonstrated in the opening minutes of 'Birthed By Remorselessness'. Blasts and Slayer beats propel the dismal and downtuned guitars as this track razes all that stands in its path, that is, until about the three-minute mark when the filthily distorted bass rises from the grave, and the damnable dirge of the doom comes to fruition. Coprolith sincerely excel when they play slow, allowing the morbidity to bleed from your stereo.

Putrescence closes with the eerily funereal 'Possessed By Incoherent Violent Suggestions' (this song title truly captures the attitude of this band’s sound), but give it just a minute, and the ultra violence comes thrashing forward. At 3:45, the despondency takes over with macabre church bells tolling over the sonic chasm created by these Canadians. With their debut full-length, Coprolith have unearthed a vast tomb of bleak and dreary cheerlessness that should appeal to fans of formations ranging from ancient Celtic Frost to the more modern mechanisms of Disma. In other words, this is prime death/doom equipped with the stylistic tentacles that are the expectation of old school heads. 

Rating: 9 out of 10 violent suggestions

Review by JD on November 13, 2009.

Canadian old styled Thrash with a touch of Country and Western feel is what is on the menu today. Yeee-haaaa!! Gotta say that this is a odd mix of styles we have here, one of the weirdest I have come across ever. We Canucks (Canadians for you Americans) are a rather strange bunch, but even I thought this could be a very strange musical outing... but I need to keep an open mind as well. Here we go...

This is old school thrash in every sense of the word, and then when you add in the guitar playing style called ‘Chicken Pickin’- you get a pretty good description of what Six Guns Over Tombstone is trying to make. These guys certainly can play pretty fast, intensely loud and just blindly furiously... but the question remains that is it good?? The answer, sadly yet so truthfully, is a resounding NO!!

Setting aside the fact that the whole CD is so tinny sounding that it is hard to listen to for any length of time... song structures and even the lyrics are just not that great. The band do have some minor moments that flashed with a small light of brilliance, but those are so far and too few to even hope to save this from a metal booted stomping where it is thankfully ground into the dirt and away from the world as a whole.

It is so hard to write when an album is so damn bad... but I am obligated to tell the truth if I see it. In my opinion honed by having well over two decades in the Metal world as a performer, writer and part time producer on occasion... this is about as bad as metal can actually get without pointing fingers.

I might just have an over amount of optimism flooding my head, but I really I hope that Six Guns will keep trying to improve on what is a horrible album. Sad as it is to say... this is truly Canadian Metal’s truly worst outing in a very long time... and I have heard all of Canada’s cheesiest metallists like every Thor album. This rates in this category.
　

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 5.5
Atmosphere: 2
Production: 3
Originality: 3
Overall: 3.5

Rating: 3.4 out of 10