Mortuary Spawn - Spawned From the Mortuary (2021)^{Release ID: 40503}

Dirty, squalid, crushing, rotten and ugly death metal here from the county of Yorkshire in the UK.  This is a celebration of old school death metal and as such brings nothing new to the table, which is fine as 15 minutes of 90's death metal is a welcome blast for any tea and biscuit break in my book.  Hailed in one article I read as being one of the "young upstarts of British death metal" it is clear that Mortuary Spawn have a healthy respect for the founding fathers of the genre and there is plenty here for the avid fan to sink their teeth into. 

Showing a keen ear for pacing and a deftness in being able to vary between sonic as well as all out riffing assaults along the way, this self-titled debut release shows a repertoire of ability that bodes well for future releases from the five piece.  Successfully generating atmosphere throughout the EP the band almost create a false visage of death/doom but possess a much more potent vibrancy to their riffs to ever stay low enough to not warrant tags beyond conventional death metal.  A solid if not remarkable debut offering but I sense there is a lot better to come here folks.