CoC : Deathwitch - Violence Blasphemy Sodomy : Review

Deathwitch - _Violence Blasphemy Sodomy_
(Earache / Wicked World, 2003)
by: Jackie Smit (6 out of 10)

Note to journalists: Deathwitch don't give a fuck what we think. This is, quote unquote, the slogan emblazoned across the front cover of _Violence Blasphemy Sodomy_; a collection of expletive-laden, pedomorphic anthems featuring such choice numbers as "Blood Sucking Fuck", "Coffin Fornicator" and my personal favorite, "Fuck Off & Die". While musically this record is definitely not the worst thing I have ever heard in my life (well-performed, albeit fairly unimaginative old-school death metal), it is the poorly delivered and infantile ramblings of frontman Terror that grate. "I don't give a fuck / Fuck you fucking leaches / I hate you / I hate everything", read the opening lines to "Total Morbid", one of the record's more lyrically thoughtful and intelligent moments. But as the subject matter gradually degenerates to even more base-level dross, musically the album manages to churn out a number of engaging moments, in particular the mid-tempo onslaught of "Violence Blasphemy". Still, this style of death metal has been done and done well countless times before -- a prime recent example being Destroyer 666's excellent _Terror Abraxas_ EP -- and ultimately there is nothing to recommend Deathwitch over such infinitely more deserving acts.

(article published 26/11/2003)

ALBUMS
1/9/2002	V Eldefors	7	Deathwitch - Deathfuck Rituals
12/10/1999	P Schwarz	3	Deathwitch - Monumental Mutilations
12/8/1997	S Hoeltzel	6	Deathwitch - Dawn of Armageddon
2/1/1997	D Schinzel	8	Deathwitch - Triumphant Devastation