On the eve of their new album’s release, Swedish blackened death metal/crust band Crawl have unleashed a fitting official video which is rife with the kind of imagery that they are comfortable with. You can check it out now AT THIS LINK. The album’s been getting some great feedback from the press and fans alike – please be sure to check it out!
| PRESS – – “Crawl could not only be deathened crust-punk revivalists, but flagbearers for the future of the scene” – Distorted Sound (UK) https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-altar-of-disgust-… – “Sonically satisfying to no end and ridiculously headbangable” – Angry Metal Guy (US) https://www.angrymetalguy.com/crawl-altar-of-disgust-review/– “created an absolute monster” – VM-Underground (Netherlands) https://www.vm-underground.com/review/crawl-altar-of-disgust – “heavy, crunchy, headbanging Death Metal with that Swedish kick” – Metal Crypt (Canada) 4/5 https://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=15388 – “just continues a great year for death metal. Thoroughly recommended” – Ave Noctum (UK) 8/10 https://avenoctum.com/2024/05/02/crawl-altar-of-disgust-tran… – “Furiously infectious and exceedingly powerful” – Head-Banger Reviews (US) https://headbangerreviews.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/crawl-alt… – “a neck- breaker of epic proportions” – Nattskog (UK) 8/10 https://nattskog.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/album-review-crawl… – “Crawl are simply better than most that compete in this crowded arena” – Wonderbox Metal (UK) https://wonderboxmetal.com/2024/04/29/crawl-altar-of-disgust… – “delivering ugly, adrenaline-fueled mayhem” – No Clean Singing (US) https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/03/22/an-ncs-premiere-cr… – “Thirty minutes of chainsaw, whether at full speed or during slower, oppressive passages, is not to be refused!” – Acta Infernalis (France) 80/100 https://actainfernalis.com/2024/05/01/review-2191-crawl-alta… – “Old, dusty Swedish death metal that will crush every bone in your body” – Deadly Storm (Czech Republic) http://www.deadlystormzine.com/2024/05/recenzereview-crawl-a… |
CRAWL (Sweden) – Altar of Disgust (Death Metal/Crust)
After whetting everyone’s appetites with their exciting split release with label mates Feral, Swedish death/crust titans Crawl finally unleash their highly awaited new full length after a gap of six years. They’ve not mellowed their sound as most bands would. Instead, they’ve rendered their sound even more devastating while making it more nuanced, perfecting their enviable balance of abrasive riffing and explosive breakdowns. Crawl keep mixing things around to keep things interesting and with bodies piling on top of one another, and what’s more, with the album progressing, they begin to reveal black metal influences ensconced in their sound. It’s good enough to have a Swedish death metal band showing how it’s to be done and savagely sawing everyone’s heads off with their rusted, jagged, crust-laden riffs, but for them to insidiously change the shades to black in the midst of all the mayhem is pure genius. They shape-shift as if to only deliver a final, decisive, finishing move through the speakers. Leaving no stone unturned, Crawl have come up with an album that should serve as an epitome of crust-ridden Swedish death metal in these times.
For fans of – Entrails, Dismember, Feral, Grave, Bloodbath, Lik, Black Breath, Vomitheist
Line up:
Joachim Lyngfelt (ex-Decomposed) – Vocals
Martin Sjögren – Guitars
Ämir Batar (ex-Demonical) – Drums
Ragnar Hedtjärn Ullenius – Bass
Artwork by Sam D Larsson
Merch design by Marcus Bengtsson
Track listing:
1. Undead Crypts
2. Throne Of Molten Bones
3. Knives
4. Curse Of The Morbid
5. Ethereal Depths
6. Where No Light Escapes
7. Enslaved In Filth
8. Vision Of Burning Apparitions
9. Until They Crawl
10. Into Sordid Rifts
11. Buried Lust
Official release date – May 3rd, 2024