Review from Live 4 Metal.

Pyorrhoea: The Eleventh: Thou Shalt Be My Slave

Review by: James Young (6/2008)

Good grief, this is a noisy bastard. Yet another quality extreme metal act from Poland on Metal Mind, Pyorrhoea, who include two members from Hate, combine the intensity of Behemoth with the grinding sensibilities of Napalm Death and create a tight slab of brutality. The most prominent feature is the drumming of Amon, which absolutely obliterates everything in its path. Put the intense electrifying guitars of Lukas and A.D. Gore over it, and you have some extremely tight and competent metal, which revels in taking your face off. The intense guitars have a tendency to grind, such as in the intro to 'Your Master - Your God', and the vocals are of the intense grunted variety, but there are occasionally some screams such as in 'Liberation'. This is all wrapped up with an excellent production, which manages to make the whole experience sound decapitatingly extreme - you can even hear the bass in 'Miserable Existence', which is a rarity in such extreme bands as this. The songs vary from two to three minutes in length, and never get boring, thanks to the insane speed and energy of the playing. Of the few guitar solos which are present, such as in 'Hidden Under Sanctity', there is a grandiose feeling, but rather than resembling the more epic sounds of Nile, it brings a more claustrophobic feeling to the sound. What makes this band slightly different is their willingness to occasionally use a rhythmical, almost marching-style to their music. 'Rules Of Slavery' is such an example, starting with a pounding drum beat which gradually evolves into extremely fast double bass drumming and blasting. 'Bad Monk' also uses such a technique, marching at first, and building into an excellent climax. It's rare these days to stumble across a grinding death album which stimulates the senses as this one. Hopefully it won't pass by unnoticed amidst the countless other extreme metal acts. Just don't listen to it if you have a hangover.