Pervertum Obscurum - Within the Maelsorm of Fire (2008)

   Pervertum Obscurum is a one man project that was made to recall the old school sound of death metal. That was committed by the suspected influences of the classics of the Swedish scene, and bands like Deicide, Morbid Angel and Malevolent Creation.
 The first was represented in the dirty, dull sound and in the simple, primitive themes, while the strongly blasphemous concept and the vocal performance are referring to the American bands. But the album is not only about a primitive hammering rampage, similar to Northern bands, some simple, but catchy leading melodies are completing the unfriendly composition. The vocal is often switching to a higher cawing style like if there was a second backing vocal. That serves as a more insane approach, and also has a diverse effect. Basically the music desperately needs these tiny features that are not supposed to have so high impoartance, but without them, the album would sound quite monotonous. That might be not a problem for the fans of the mentioned influences, and "Within the Maelstorm of Fire" is a great old school death metal nostalgia album, but without the small changes it would be too similar to some of those bands. Still, it was a promising debut and it's recommended for the fans of the genre.