I happened to stumble across this band on mp3.com. Talk about underrated. It is catchy and melodic, though not in the atmospheric sense. The album beings suddenly with the blasting death metal assault of the opening track Wormeaten - there is no intro noises to lead up to the crushing wall of sound like there so often is with death metal albums. The blasting subsides and gives way to more groove oriented melodic riffing, which defines their sound. The next track, Devourer Of The Dead is a catchy song that has an old school dm vibe to it. The album continues on in solidly, with no weak points. Perhaps the highlight of the album is I Feel Good... Eating Human Flesh, which features a very catchy melodic single note lead guitar melody over crushing rhythm guitar. The only possible way that this album may lack is in the lyrics. The lyrics are essentially dumb gore lyrics, with some occasional humor thrown in. But this is not at all uncommon with death metal bands. Overall, Avulsed sound somewhat like old school death metal, with very few blast beat passages and many thrashy riffs. The lead guitar often plays medlodies over the rhythm guitar riffs, making the music even more interesting and original. The music is catchy, yet brutal at all time, which is a great combination in my opinion. If you like brutal death metal with groove and melody, you will most likely dig this CD.
