Sanatorium
Internal Womb Cannibalism (2001)
Album

Reviewed: 4/24/2003

Death metal is meant to be ugly, right? And brutal, right? Sanatorium's 2nd album is surely ugly, as they turned into a goredeath hounds with this release. There's something that makes me think of really dirty things, y'know?! But brutal? Hmmm... Not enough. I blame the lack of brutality over poorish production job. The drums sound kind of light, especially lame, powerless snare. They also sound like a drum machine beating at times. But it's not a machine, since there's some annoying dragging in the playing. The drums are easily the wormy thing here. They are also mixed too much on the front. The production could be more airy, because this sounds tight in the wrong way. Lower end (bass, guitars) is somewhat unclear and cymbals are too sharp and middle ground kind of lacks in richness. Gui...

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