Fleshgrind - The Seeds of Abysmal Torment (2000)

   Since the old school sound of death metal passed away, only a few old bands didn't stop playing in that style. The rare newbies started so rough as possible. To impress their decimated audience, they didn't slip lower than brutal death . Fleshgrind was a perfect example of the further development of death metal after the mid '90s.
   It's only one thing that the modern sound of death had to be brutal. It's also sympathized with technical ambitions and -like in the case of Fleshgrind - with grindcore. Both of these influences were involved to increase the intensity, cause it seemed like even brutal death cannot be enough brutal. Even there was no such competition than before, there was a pressure on the genre that was forced to take a back seat, to show up with something extraordinary. Fleshgrind sometimes used the assistance of sudden theme changes, but they didn't go too far with them. They preferred to experiment with the most exaggerated features and merged from the toolbar of goregrind for occasional speed ups and inhuman vocal style. On the side of the gory and sadistic lyrical topics, the influence influence of Cannibal Corpse is quite evident. This raw and heavy style was exaggerated all-round and enough to impress the fans of musical extremtites. "The Seeds of Abysmal Torment" was probably the most enjoyable album of the band.