Morgue Supplier – Inevitability
Release Date: 13th May 2022
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
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Genre: Grindcore, Death Metal.
FFO: Last of Lucy, Pyrexia, Desolate Shrine, Unfathomable Ruination.
Review By: Andy Spoon
If you are a fan of earthy, meaty death metal that builds a thick atmosphere of dreary and violent death metal that combines huge tonal presence and old school chops, you are probably in good company at a Morgue Supplier show. Disorienting, dissonant, with occasional blackened elements and OSDM production techniques, Morgue Supplier doesn’t disappoint with Inevitability, a deep foray into the intense, abominable, and absolute filthy death metal glory.
Between speed/thrash/death drumming at hyper velocity, wild staccato guitar riffing and chugging, growling, chesty vocals that break into high howls, and overdriven bass guitar, there is a giant mass of sound that listeners of death metal could appreciate from an academic standpoint as well as those who have an eye on death metal history. Morgue Supplier has tried to create something that gives absolute deference to the spirit of death metal music while adding an individual flair in many of the “breakdowns”.
Musically, some of the phrases bounce between slow, atmosphere-building whole notes in minor scale that create an ominous horror landscape vision with a doomy, slow tempo, only to dive straight into speed/thrash/death movements that ebb and flow throughout the whole record. It seems fairly obvious that transitioning between doom and death metal is part of Morgue Supplier’s schtick, and it really works. The overall feeling of the album is consistent, having two main “settings”, slow and scary, and then wild and impossibly-fast. It’s almost like someone smooshed a doom band with a tech-death band for a short period, allowing them to battle back and forth in creating an original and effective overall tone.
The album production of Inevitability is properly-reflective of OSDM, having drums, guitar, and bass competing in the mix together with big reverb. One select tracks, the guitar employs some dissonant atmosphere-creating phrases (My Path to Hell, as an example) that is reminiscent of Korn, interestingly, something unexpected in death-heavy music. It generally just works to create that big, spooky, atmosphere that alternates back to the extreme blast beats and all-out fury. Without a doubt, Inevitability is extremely-well-thought-out from a production and execution standpoint and absolutely holds up on its own merit, not leaning too-heavily into one single element. It makes for a compelling listen, as well as a genre-bending primer into heavy and extreme music for anyone looking to broaden their metal horizons.
I think this is one of those albums that ought to be considered with other first-tier OSDM projects like Gatecreeper, Witch Vomit, and even Endseeker, and adds quite a bit of additional voice to that subgenre with the moody, atmospheric doom-y elements that make this a great album. I’m thrilled to have heard it in 2022, and I certainly think that Morgue Supplier is poised to be one of the better OSDM bands to emerge from COVID with a badass album ready-to-rock in Inevitability. 
(4.5 / 5)
