The absolute brutality of the guitar tone and the grinding drums combines aggressive features that you can only expect from these Finns. The towering lead guitar on the album title track ‘Succumb To Rot’ displays the massiveness of the sound production. Due to the sheer brutality of drums and the guitars the quintet offers gigantic riffs and plenty of double bass kicks. While the growls add a feral sense to the music Corpsessed brings some unadulterated brutality to the composition. The drums on the following track ‘Relentless Entropy’ act as machine-gun. The snare drum attack is followed by enormous riffs. The solo section is being played accurately with the drums focusing on double bass and blast beats as the persistent riffs keep on pounding heavily. Expanding to new arenas, this time Corpsessed shows obvious changes in delivery.

Even though the stylistic approach feels different Corpsessed shows great abilities to make each song stand on its own and the way in which these riffs swell with the rumbling drums is truly amazing! ‘Succumb To Rot’ is a succinct musical work where the riffing reflects a strong sense of inspiration from bands like Morbid Angel. The chugging guitars and the grinding drums combine the sheer brutality of classic death metal. On other songs, the guitars raise the degree of heaviness to tackle the style of U.S. death metal and on the ominous growls the band brings forth some of its best material. The guitars possess a sense of catchiness even when the pacing expands to mid-tempo the guitars create a sense of atmosphere that is only mastered by these Finns!

The eight songs, in general, are explosive and give the album an impulsive value. The drums on ‘Death-Stench Effluvium’ are played at a relentless speed. The guitars vary from stomping grooves to high-speed tempos, knowing when to unleash a heavy barrage of incendiary riffs. ‘Spiritual Malevolence’ builds on obscure and heavy riffing and there are plenty of excellent drum fills.  The muffled roar of the vocals and the layering of the rhythm provide gloomy textures. The riffs on the album shapeshift which makes the songs so varied in styles and tone. There is an ongoing interaction between the tremolo-picked riffs and the lead guitars with a subtle sense of the Scandinavian melodies.

There are moments when the drums display patterns to Pete Sandoval‘s (ex-Morbid Angel, Terrorizer) style of drumming. ‘Calling Void’ is frantically driven by a turbocharge of blast beats. They are so finely arrayed with the solos being well-crafted that the song is rife with brutal drum attacks. The trademarks of deep growling and the sledgehammer riffs prove how Corpsessed managed to ascend stupendously. Though the only change the fans will notice is that there aren’t any longer songs, with a total run time of thirty-six minutes only. ‘Sublime Indignation’ is one of the best tracks on the album that highlights a swift transition of the drums. Moreover, the guitars are infectiously swaggering with blazing melodies. ‘Succumb To Rot’ hints at the Swedish death metal since the guitar lines sometimes remind me of Dismember. Although not all the songs are stuffed with blast beats, the drums have a firm presence.

‘Profane Phlegm’ is a mid-tempo track that begins with slow drum beats and double bass. The high range of the snarls and the vicious growling make it more sinister. The only difference between the previous releases like ‘Impetus of Death’ is that Corpsessed found the ideal level of aggression with more brutal song structures. Ending on a high the final track ‘Pneuma Akathartos’ brings the perfect balance of the slow pacing drums, fuzzy bass guitar and the slow progression of the gloomy riffs that build up to a fast blasting section. The hyper and the impulsive drum beats fit perfectly with the pacing of the tempo, but midway through the song, the guitars create a dark atmosphere that paints ominous shades of gloom.

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