Iäh, CADAVER, Necrosis... Back in the good old days my mate Psycho gave me a tape with Carnage and CADAVER on it (could this really have been as long ago as 1991?), one of those bands, CADAVER, was on Earache's then-sublabel Necrosis.

Some magazine or other called this "Easy Listening Death Metal," which, strange as it sounds, might be quite a good description. The whole thing was reminiscent of Entombed (whose influences were quite present in their music: Repulsion, Slayer, Autopsy), but CADAVER were straighter and rocked with full
force.

Now it's 2004 AD, and some band breakups, name and lineup changes, and some rather odd web-performances (customers could buy alibis for murder off their website *groan* Was that supposed to be funny?) later, the sound hasn't changed too much. Early nineties Death Metal, with the flavor of early Swedish Death Metal bands and late eighties Grind/Death sound, in the vein of Earache signings like Repulsion, rules the day.

Right away, the record charges straight on with only a minimum of breaks and show-off speed changes. This straightness is well-supported by a brilliant drummer who manages to make the songs his own. In the guitar-department we are exposed to full-on amps, with some melodic passages that liven things up. The vocals don't just grunt around in a neanderthal's caves, but are rather reminiscent of a zombie's rattling breath, which complements the music quite well.

On the whole the record is pretty entertaining, and yes, also quite "Easy Listening," so that fans of the aforementioned sounds should find the material worth their money. If only the band could refrain from such silly internet-pranks and maybe come up with less intelligence-insulting song-titles, they might even be taken seriously. As such only 7.5 points.