Album Review – Sermon To The Lambs / Sermon To The Lambs (2026)

A new entity from the depths of the Chilean Brutal Death Metal underground has emerged, armed with the soul-shaking savagery of their self-titled debut album.

A new entity from the depths of the Death Metal underground has emerged. Formed in 2023 in Concepción, Chile by guitarist and bassist Mauro M. (The Macabre, Esophagus) and drummer Victor Araneda (Disownment, In Asymmetry, Esophagus), with longtime friend Richard Aguayo (In Asymmetry, Esophagus) joining the duo in 2025 as their official vocalist, Sermon To The Lambs focus on the roots and spirit of the golden era of Brutal Death Metal, unleashing now in 2026 the soul-shaking savagery of their self-titled debut album. Adorned in the stunning artwork of Pär Olofsson (Winds Of Plague, Unleashed, Thy Art Is Murder), the album is set to leave its indelible mark, a suppurating wound, on the global Death Metal scene, being highly recommended for fans of Deeds of Flesh, Liturgy, Brodequin, Cinerary, and Enmity.

The trio comes crushing our skulls like a rabid beast in Crowned King Of The Worms, with the primeval beats by Victor bringing that raw flavor we love in Brutal Death Metal, followed by Sermon To The Lambs, the song that carries the name of the band, an absolutely demented tune with Richard basically vomiting the song’s gory, evil words nonstop. Mauro then shows no mercy for his stringed axe in Spitting In The Church Of The Nazarene, accompanied by the inhumane beats and fills by Victor in another killer display of brutality; whereas Maximum Apostasy, the very first single released by the band, starts in an ominous manner before exploding into their trademark savagery. Needless to say, Richard keeps screaming and delivering those putrid screeches that make Brutal Death Metal so great, and to keep the momentum going we face Saints Are The Centurions Of The Aristotelian Christ, presenting two and a half minutes of absolute chaos and violence by the trio.

In Flagrum Taxillatum the band delivers a more cadenced but heavy-as-hell sonority, in special through Richard’s deep, cadaverous guttural, keeping the album at an insane level of gore and aggression, while Scourging At The Pillar is another short and sweet Brutal Death Metal atomic bomb where Victor demolishes his drums in the name of extreme music. The blasphemous God Spat And The Man Was Done is perfect for an overdose of slamming into the mosh pit while Mauro extracts his most caustic, scorching riffs of the entire album, and of course, Richard’s vocals couldn’t have sounded more infernal, before we face Clergy’s Malevolence, one final slab of absurdity and violence by the trio, with Victor stealing the show with his demented drumming. Last but not least, like twin-headed devils, those two songs are reprised as bonus tracks featuring vocalist Jeff Page of Manifestations, and as his vocals are deeper than Richard’s, those alternate versions end up adding even more meat to the album.

Magnificently unforgiving, the debut by Sermon To The Lambs is an eruption of crawling horrors from a tortured, broken earth, and you can put your damned hands on such a gory, violent album by purchasing it from Comatose Music’s BandCamp or webstore. Don’t forget to also follow such a demented entity form the Chilean metallic scene on Facebook and on Instagram, staying up to date with all things Sermon To The Lambs, and stream their wicked creations on Spotify. Sermon To The Lambs are just starting their reign of absolute chaos and destruction with their debut album, and you better get ready because if you ever you cross their path, there will be blood.

Best moments of the album: Sermon To The Lambs, Maximum Apostasy and God Spat And The Man Was Done.

Worst moments of the album: None.

Released in 2026 Comatose Music

Track listing
1. Crowned King Of The Worms 4:06
2. Sermon To The Lambs 3:22
3. Spitting In The Church Of The Nazarene 2:36
4. Maximum Apostasy 3:37
5. Saints Are The Centurions Of The Aristotelian Christ 2:26
6. Flagrum Taxillatum 3:09
7. Scourging At The Pillar 2:34
8. God Spat And The Man Was Done 3:22
9. Clergy’s Malevolence 4:56

Bonus tracks
10. God Spat And The Man Was Done (alternate version) 3:22
11. Clergy’s Malevolence (alternate version) 4:56

Band members
Richard Aguayo – vocals
Mauro M. – guitars, bass
Victor Araneda – drums

Guest musician
Jeff Page – vocals on “God Spat And The Man Was Done (alternate version)” and “Clergy’s Malevolence (alternate version)”

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