Tuesday, December 20, 2011

EXHUMED: ENTIRE 2011 MARYLAND DEATH FEST SET POSTED ON NPR



California gore grinders EXHUMED's ENTIRE set at the 2011 MARYLAND DEATH FEST (@ SONAR, Baltimore, Maryland) has been posted on NPR.ORG MUSIC.

FROM EXHUMED:
‎NPR Music has posted exclusive audio of Exhumed's entire set from Maryland Deathfest 2011 for your listening pleasure! Head over there now to hear the explosive show, unedited and uncut - prepare to be slaughtered!!

FROM NPR.ORG (MUSIC):
Language Advisory: This is a live concert recording, and may not contain language suitable for all audiences.

Exhumed gleefully puts the "death" in death metal, fixating upon all things necro — the gorier, the better. While the band's early material fits neatly within the confines of goregrind, over the years Exhumed's sound has putrefied into a more classic death-metal approach. Exhumed's filthy guitar sound hearkens straight back to Entombed's early albums, while vocalist Matt Harvey's pipes are more guttural roar than gurgle nowadays. Still, no Exhumed appearance is complete without plenty of vintage cuts, and the band was happy to oblige the Maryland Deathfest maniacs down front with material from back in the day. Exhumed's set was one of the hands-down highlights of the festival, and Sonar's main room was positively crammed during its performance.

The kings of gore have truly been reborn: After a five-year hiatus, Exhumed has been, well, exhumed. The group has been serving up heaping platters of splatter since 1990, and is still out for blood. Its discography features a laundry list of modern classics — Goregasm, Gore Metal, Slaughtercult, Anatomy Is Destiny — and the band has just blasted back from the past with a deliciously disgusting new album, All Guts, No Glory. Exhumed's seemingly endless affinity for split releases (the band has shared wax with Haemorrhage, Gadget, Ingrowing, Impaled, Cephalic Carnage and about a billion more) and love of cover songs (its cover of Madonna's "Material Girl" must be heard to be believed) kept fans satisfied between LPs. But the announcement that Exhumed was due to appear on MDF's hallowed stage couldn't have come soon enough.

EXHUMED, ABORTED WINTER 2012 BRAZILIAN TOUR:
17.02 ˆ Belo Horizonte/MG (Brasil) @ Music Hall
18.02 ˆ São Paulo/SP (Brasil) @ Hangar 110
19.02 ˆ Curitiba/PR (Brasil) @ Hangar Bar
20.02 ˆ Porto Alegre/RS (Brasil) @ Beco

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-