Monument of Misanthropy continues the massacre.
Inspired this time by serial killer Edmund Kemper, known under the pseudonym Co-ed Killer, the Austrian band made up of George “Misanthrope” Wilfinger (vocals), Julius Kössler (guitar), Joe Gatsch (guitar) and Raphael Hendlmayer (bass), accompanied by Eugene Ryabchenko (Fleshgod Apocalypse) on drums, unveil their third album, Vile Postmortem Irrumatio, on Transcending Obscurity Records.
We start with a disturbing sample called First Time It Makes You Sick To Your Stomach, recounting an interrogation, then it’s with How to Make a Killer that the band delivers the first blows of an uncompromising rhythm. Complexity and brutality come together under the banner of thick, Old School Death Metal covered in furious ranting, before the guitars become more piercing with The Atascasdero Years, a heady but unhealthy track. Laughter and violence combine very naturally before giving way to Hits One And Two where the technicality of the leads meets an overpowering base, creating a contrast with the central moshpart, then it’s with a new sample that the question is put directly to Ed: Why Did You Keep Their Heads. His chilling answer plunges us back into anguish, and then Manipulating The Experts in turn bludgeons us mercilessly, all the while maintaining the fury worked out by the guitarists’ bloody harmonics. The band continues with the heaviness of Vile Postmortem Irrumatio, the eponymous composition whose sordid name is matched only by its oppressive ambience, then The Devil’s Slide returns to a relatively more conventional chaotic violence, while giving the vocal parts an interesting freedom. Oh, I Suppose You’re Gonna Want Sit Up And Talk All Night Now brings us back with the killer via a final sample, then dissonance takes over on A Nice Beheading For MoM, before being joined by pure violence, only to mingle with it at times. Pueblo Paranoia follows with a more mysterious touch that doesn’t prevent it from unleashing its raw power, then the album closes with Your Treachery Will Die with You, a cover of the well-known Dying Fetus composition that perfectly fits the story while respecting violence.
Monument of Misanthropy doesn’t just offer unbridled, uncompromising violence, for the band anchors itself in a genuine concept to create and order its tracks. Can we thank Ed Kemper for inspiring the rage of Vile Postmortem Irrumatio? Most likely.
90/100