French Death Gore Grind outfit Disgorged Foetus have been around in a few different iterations since 1996 (although they did officially split between 2006 and 2017), with just the one constant in Dams (guitars, bass, vocals). There have been multiple releases over the years, but they never made it to a full album, which has now been resolved with the release of this towards the end of 2023. Dav, who originally joined in 2000 before leaving and then returning in 2018, provides drums and guitar while past guitarist Jo is one on track and past drummer Nono on another.

We get 21 tracks which have clips from various horror films inserted here and there, but while this is not a bad album there is too much similarity between the tracks which is not assisted by some pretty roped production which does not allow enough clarity and division between the instruments. Sure, it is brutal, but it feels far more like a constant buzzsaw than anything dramatic, and while there are some nice changes in tempo it would have been nice to have some lightness here and there to really make the darkness much more so. Still, I confess it is not a metal sub-genre I know a lot about, and I have seen some very favourable reviews so perhaps it is me, so if you want to hear an album which sounds exactly how one would expect given the title, artwork and band name, then here you are. All lyrics are supposedly in English, but they are growled so deeply they are almost impossible to make out (but the band have helpfully provided them on their very informative website).

Rating: 6/10

Links:
http://disgorgedfoetus.free.fr/
http://imphalte.free.fr/