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Artist......: Horrid Mass
Album.......: Formless Dread
Year........: 2023
Genre.......: Death Metal
Type........: Demo
Label.......: Independent
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 959kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 5 tracks
Playtime....: 00:17:26
Size........: 121.8 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-27
S.Date......: 2023-09-01
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/y8t920q5f8ihb
01. Insurmountable 1:33
02. Violent Ascent 4:28
03. Dissociative Spell 3:59
04. Pitiful Death 3:15
05. Entropic Haze 4:12
This is the first demo of Milwaukee based Death Metal
three piece Horrid Mass, and it is an excellent start to
their career. There seems to be a trend of modern Death
Metal bands drawing a lot of influence from War Metal
and Horrid Mass fits into that niche perfectly. This
makes a lot of sense when you consider that the
bassist/vocalist, Nick Lewis is a former member of Pigs
Blood, one of the most brutal Black/Death acts going
today.
For a demo this thing sounds absolutely phenomenal. It
sounds like a three piece playing, with the heavy,
rumbling bass really audible underneath the guitar.
While not melodic the riffs are very consonant and
audible, and the tone sounds like a swarm of angry bees,
which is always a good thing in my book. The vocals are
fairly standard for modern Death Metal, but well mixed
and executed, it sounds like a portal to hell roaring
through the music. But for me the standout is the
drumming, which is absolutely blistering. A lot of great
cymbal work, and some of the best blasts I've heard in a
long time. There are even more punk sounding beats,
which sound great in such a heavy Death Metal band like
this.
Hopefully this is the first of many releases from this
project. An absolutely killer first demo.