Vomitory - Redemption

Vomitory pretty much owe any kind of popularity they've gained to this album; one of those rare cases of a bands second album being their best.  This impressive morsel was released in '99, but sounds more like '91.  It's just some pretty killer Napalm Death-influenced Death Metal with some added Black Metal atmosphere.  They're also Swedish, but only sound vaguely so, as they don't fit into the Gothenburg or Stockholm mold.  Some might call it "middle of the road", but that's ok, sometimes you want Death Metal that's just straight up without any sub-genre posturing.  Maybe you don't want to hear ridiculously technical blasting like Origin, or obese lumbering like Coffins, sometimes you just wanna hear Death Metal like it used to be...

Isn't this artwork charming in it's amateurishness?  It looks like something Necrolord drew in highschool (love the all blue color scheme).

"I only like their early stuff"