The debut album from Costa Rican death metal force MORTUAL, “Altar of Brutality”, is now available for full streaming.
Set for official release on July 4th, 2025 via Nuclear Winter Records (LP, CD, MC), the album stands as a formidable slab of death metal rooted in ferocity and unwavering conviction.
“Altar of Brutality” captures MORTUAL at their most focused and punishing, delivering tightly constructed compositions that balance precision and chaos without ever sacrificing intensity.
The band’s sound is steeped in tradition, yet executed with a clarity and urgency that feels anything but retro: this is death metal forged with purpose, discipline, and contempt. A debut that sounds less like a first step and more like a statement carved in stone.
Stream “Altar of Brutality” at THIS LOCATION.
Tracklist:
01. Mortuary Rites
02. Necromancy Ritual
03. Divine Monstrosity
04. Dominion of Eternal Blasphemy
05. Fiendish Visions
06. Skeletal Vortex
07. Altar of Brutality
08. Ecstasy of Death
Mixed and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studio.
Spawned in the black rain and pestilent winds of San José, “Altar of Brutality” is a declaration of total spiritual negation: eight impure hymns steeped in decay, fanatic violence and the iconoclastic hunger to desecrate all that is sacred. Carrying forward the cursed legacy of their previous EP “Evil Incarnation”, MORTUAL now reach deeper into the void, channeling a darker, more oppressive sound, dripping with heretical intent and sharpened through years of relentless underground devotion.
This is not a reinvention, but a declaration, a brutal affirmation of death metal’s primal force. With “Altar of Brutality”, MORTUAL summon a vision of spiritual ruin and corporeal decay, wrapped in chains of riffs, blasts and unwavering intensity.
For fans of: Deicide, Mortem, Sadistic Intent, early Monstrosity
Line-up:
Juan Salas – Guitar, Vocals
Justin Sánchez – Guitar, Vocals
Chalo – Drums
MORTUAL
https://mortualofficial.bandcamp.com
