EMBALMING THEATRE is one of these bands that have been active for quite some time and have earned wide recognition and respect for their work. They have several splits with some of the most recognized bands of the scene (Birdflesh and Agathocles for example), released consistent full-length albums, and they have participated in many Goregrind compilations like Obscene Extreme 2004 and The Horror Hive from Razorback Records; all that lets you know that this guys have been extremely active and always improving their work, since it’s not easy for any band in the underground scene to achieve all this.
Exquisite Cadaveric Hormon Cocktails contains twenty tracks divided in “Side Needle” and “Side Glass”, composed of the re-release of their previous works Hormones From The Dead MCD and Split Organ (released as a Split CD with Tortured Incident).
EMBALMING THEATRE’s lyric work is completely based on some of the most shocking, bizarre and REAL events that humanity has ever witnessed.
From a gay cannibal who ate his lover, to a kindergarten child who was dug in the sandbox by their little friends and died suffocated, Exquisite Cadaveric Hormon Cocktails will never stop shocking you on their lyrical aspect.
Both sides contain consistent Goregrind brutality with good guitar riffs, quite decent drums, deep gore vocals and of course really short tracks of pure gore attack (the seal of the genre) that also include intros, something that the gore maniacs are really used to.
The difference between Side Needle and Side Glass is quite notorious since they are 2 different productions, and they have different intentions in the music, I’d say the pieces from their split CD with Tortured Incident carries a better example of what EMBALMING THEATRE is today since it’s even more brutal than Side Needle.
This LP reflects a mature band with a clear perspective and ideas of the music they want to make and the way they want to sound.
Exquisite Cadaveric Hormon Cocktails is a good option for those who like Goregrind straight, no additives.
Give it a try, you will not regret.