Amputory's debut and so far one and only album by style is on the crossroads of Swedish and Finnish death metal. "Ode to Gore" includes the characteristic features of both, and this is one of the most typical directions that a Finnish death metal band could take.
The song structures, the riffs and the vocal style are all evidently Swedish influenced, while the well known repetitive leading melodies on the side of more diverse themes spicing it all up. Occasionally even some "Finnish gloom" (or happiness for others) shows up by the short involvement of atmospheric effects. The tempo switches are effectively applied and they strongly increasing the album's enjoyability. The role of the mentioned melodic and slightly more diverse parts are more reduced than usual, therefore if the "Swedish buzzsaw" sound would have been picked for the album, nobody could have been able to distinguish "Ode to Gore" from any other old school Swedish death metal release, cause it would completely neutralize the minor presence of Finnish features. These might seem pretty tiny and seemingly completely secondary or even unimportant differences, but these hardly discoverable or identifiable features are able to give character for a death metal album (especially if it's about old school death), and even though for first listening "Ode to Gore" might sound nothing special, since it all sounds very familiar, there are definitely more to discover in this album. For the fans of the Northern death metal scene, it's a potential favorite.
The song structures, the riffs and the vocal style are all evidently Swedish influenced, while the well known repetitive leading melodies on the side of more diverse themes spicing it all up. Occasionally even some "Finnish gloom" (or happiness for others) shows up by the short involvement of atmospheric effects. The tempo switches are effectively applied and they strongly increasing the album's enjoyability. The role of the mentioned melodic and slightly more diverse parts are more reduced than usual, therefore if the "Swedish buzzsaw" sound would have been picked for the album, nobody could have been able to distinguish "Ode to Gore" from any other old school Swedish death metal release, cause it would completely neutralize the minor presence of Finnish features. These might seem pretty tiny and seemingly completely secondary or even unimportant differences, but these hardly discoverable or identifiable features are able to give character for a death metal album (especially if it's about old school death), and even though for first listening "Ode to Gore" might sound nothing special, since it all sounds very familiar, there are definitely more to discover in this album. For the fans of the Northern death metal scene, it's a potential favorite.
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