Cinerary -  Rituals of Desecration
Released: 2003
Cost: $15

Reviews

The closest band to Mortician that doesn’t use a drum machine, Cinerary spew forth accelerated blastbeats, waves of bludgeoning riffage, and completely — and I mean completely — unintelligible vocal growls. Ex-Disgorge frontman Matti Way swallows the mic like a cross between Mortician’s Will Rahmer and Internal Bleeding’s Wallace Milton with a generous dollop of old Gonkulator for that drain-emptying gurgle. Denser than the speediest Cannibal Corpse, Rituals Of Desecration is six cuts (seven if you count the hidden track with the humorous falsetto) of extreme underground death metal that covers such lyrical topics as…well, let’s just say that Cinerary’s parents probably don’t discuss their content at social functions. “Undying” starts out with a whispered intro that is immediately reminiscent of Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes’ intro to Ministry’s “Jesus Built My Hotrod”; after that, the song bleeds into the other five tunes, swirling together in a garbled mass of deathvomit. It’s the type of death metal that my friends imitate on the fly to make fun of my musical tastes, and after the CD is over, all I remember are the songs’ abrupt, Mortician-like endings…oh, and the Jack Nicholson diatribe from The Shining that prefaces the title track. Though it’s not necessarily my cup of tea, Cinerary should be strongly recommended to those sicker death fans who already have all the 2003 deathfests marked on their calendars alongside new album release dates for Gorelord and Wurdulak. -Digital Metal