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Album Review – Vertiginous / Incessant Affliction (2026)

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This up-and-coming Indonesian Brutal Death Metal duo returns from the pits of the underworld with a sickening second serving of mind warping malice.

Having left the Brutal Death Metal scene battered and broken with their 2024 debut album Reek Of Putrefaction On Excruciating Lust, the ruthless East Java, Indonesia-based duo Vertiginous has returned from the pits of the underworld with a sickening second serving of mind warping malice, entitled Incessant Affliction. Mixed and mastered at Endless Gruesome Studio, where the likes of Vile Desolation and Analtopsy have spawned their cruel creations, the new opus by Jossi Bima on vocals and Hendika Dwi Prasetyo on the guitars, bass and drums has a sound that conjures visions of bodies raked by methodical bursts of machine gun fire, the vicious disassembling of the human form, with its entrails and organs adorned in the unnerving artwork of the renowned Timbul Cahyono of Bvllmetalart (Avulsed, Defeated Sanity, Massacre), being therefore perfect for fans of the carnage blasted by Indecent Excision, Embodied Torment, Disgorge and Gorgasm.

The duo wastes no time and kick off their decimating metal feast with the bludgeoning Suffering, Misery and Slaughtering, led by Jossi’s infernal guttural, while Hendika’s demolishing beats will crush your cranial skull in Tortured with Endless Despair, another demonic blast of Indonesian brutality. Mutilated with Anguishes carries a charming name for a Brutal Death Metal attack by the duo, with Hendika slashing his axe nonstop in the name of violence; while Jossi’s guttural gets even deeper in Chaotic in the Weakened Reason, sounding absolutely inhumane and evil. And the decimating Engraved Loathing continues to spread the duo’s passion for the extreme, in special through Hendika’s massive blast beats.

Hendika keeps hammering his drums like a wild beats in Uncertainty in Abstract Destiny, while Jossi vociferates rabidly in the best Death Metal style; and those Indonesian bastards show no mercy for our souls in Crucified in Fate Hesitation, crushing their instruments and growling nonstop in the name of Brutal Death Metal. There’s no time to breathe as we’re smashed like insects once again in Incubated Inquietude, offering an overdose of Cannibal Corpse-inspired riffs for our total delight, with its slower but heavy-as-hell moments adding an extra kick to it. Restrained in Obscurity is not as dynamic as the rest of the album, albeit still gory and violent, and their coup-de-grace comes in the form of Unclear Misery, with Jossi roaring and barking in our faces until the very end.

Featuring ten new tracks delivered with a breathless intensity, each one a fresh wave of dread and terror meticulously crafted and steeped in the very essence of rot, decay and carnage, another injection of adrenaline straight into the chambers of the heart, Incessant Affliction represents a huge step forward in the career of such a talented duo, and if you want to join them in their quest for brutality you can find them on Facebook and on Instagram, and purchase their new opus from Comatose Music’s BandCamp or webstore. With Incessant Affliction, there is no end in sight, no hope for respite from the ravages of horror. Vertiginous are coming, and there is no place you can hide.

Best moments of the album: Mutilated with Anguishes, Uncertainty in Abstract Destiny and Incubated Inquietude.

Worst moments of the album: Restrained in Obscurity.

Released in 2026 Comatose Music

Track listing
1. Suffering, Misery and Slaughtering 3:30
2. Tortured with Endless Despair 2:46
3. Mutilated with Anguishes 2:58
4. Chaotic in the Weakened Reason 2:19
5. Engraved Loathing 3:56
6. Uncertainty in Abstract Destiny 3:33
7. Crucified in Fate Hesitation 2:31
8. Incubated Inquietude 3:03
9. Restrained in Obscurity 3:02
10. Unclear Misery 2:44

Band members
Jossi Bima – vocals
Hendika Dwi Prasetyo – guitars, bass, drums

Album Review – Vile Desolation / Annihilating The Consciousness (2026)

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This ruthless Indonesian trio is unleashing upon humanity their debut album of titanic, shocking power, offering us all Brutal Death Metal at its absolute, horrifying best.

From the ever-fertile spawning grounds of East Java, Indonesia comes another monstrous entry into the annals of Brutal Death Metal. Drawing on the extensive experience from its members in an array of bands from the Indonesian scene, Vile Desolation are unleashing upon humanity their debut album of titanic, shocking power, entitled Annihilating The Consciousness. Mixed and mastered at Endless Gruesome Studio, and bedecked in the bleak artwork of Timbul Cahyono of Bvllmetalart, the debut offering by Yudha Dwi Setyawan on vocals, Hendika Dwi Prasetyo on the guitar and bass, and Rama Maulana on drums is Brutal Death Metal at its absolute, horrifying best, positioning the band as apex predators of this most extreme musical landscape.

Rama wastes no time and kicks off the band’s demented feast of violence and gore in Veiled in Obscurity, while Yudha delivers those deep gnarls we all love so much in Brutal Death Metal. Whispers Through the Shadowed Gates carries a very poetic name for an absolutely devastating tune, with Hendika hammering his guitar and bass manically, supported by another bestial performance by Rama on drums, while Labyrinth of Torment starts with one of those dark, cinematic intros before all hell breaks loose to Yudha’s trademark “breeeeeeeeeeeeeees;” and Rama again dictates the pace in the infuriated Shattered Reverie while his bandmates make sure there’s plenty of blood and viscera in their music. And in The Sinister Symphony there’s not a single space left in the air. It’s pedal to the metal in a lecture in brutality by those Indonesian death dealers.

The second half of the album begins with another somber intro, with the bells tolling until we face more of the carnivorous roars by Yudha in Dementia’s Embrace, inviting us all to slam into the pit manically; and in Eyes of Madness we see the trio venture through old school Death Metal lands, sounding heavier and heavier as the music progresses, in special Yudha’s deep guttural. Then another phantasmagorical intro morphs into sheer bestiality in Eternal Lunacy, with Rama sounding like a demonic entity on drums; whereas in Chaos Unleashed the name of the song says it all, as it’s a lecture in Indonesian Brutal Death Metal led by the scorching riffs by Hendika. Their coup-de-grace comes in the form of Sanctified in Ashes, offering more of the trio’s venomous gnarls, visceral riffage and blast beats, ending the album on a demolishing mode.

Kiss goodbye to your sanity, as Vile Desolation are coming armed with their unrelenting debut album, and madness follows in their wake. If you think you have what it takes to face the gore, depravity and horror emanating from Annihilating The Consciousness, you should definitely follow the trio on Facebook and on Instagram, stream their bludgeoning music on any platform like Spotify, and grab a copy of the album from Comatose Music’s BandCamp or webstore. Fans of bands the likes of Suffocation, Anthropophagus Depravity, Beheaded and Molested Divinity will feel at home while listening to Annihilating The Consciousness, but in case you think those bands are way too heavy for you, I feel sorry for your frail soul.

Best moments of the album: Whispers Through the Shadowed Gates, The Sinister Symphony and Chaos Unleashed.

Worst moments of the album: None.

Released in 2026 Comatose Music

Track listing
1. Veiled in Obscurity 3:17
2. Whispers Through the Shadowed Gates 3:03
3. Labyrinth of Torment 2:27
4. Shattered Reverie 3:12
5. The Sinister Symphony 3:01
6. Dementia’s Embrace 3:10
7. Eyes of Madness 3:37
8. Eternal Lunacy 2:42
9. Chaos Unleashed 3:15
10. Sanctified in Ashes 3:01

Band members
Yudha Dwi Setyawan – vocals
Hendika Dwi Prasetyo – guitar, bass
Rama Maulana – drums

Album Review – Anthropophagus Depravity / Demonic Paradise (2024)

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Beneath the burning skies the moment of victory arrives, with the new album by this Indonesian Brutal Death Metal horde being the perfect soundtrack for a demonic paradise.

Following on from the pulverizing attack of their 2021 debut album Apocalypto, Yogyakarta, Indonesia’s own Brutal Death Metal brigade Athropophagus Depravity has returned with a new collection of terror inducing hymns of horror, entitled Demonic Paradise. Mixed and mastered by Indra Cahya at Texas Soundlab, with a sick artwork by Bvllmetalart and layout by Yoga Beges, the sophomore album by vocalist Pandu Herlambang, guitarist Eko Aryo Widodo, bassist Yohanes Widiasmoro and drummer Sahrul Ramadhan showcases a band that has taken the chilling atmosphere and bludgeoning violence of their debut effort and elevated all that to new levels of intricate performance and accomplished brutality, being therefore perfect for fans of Devangelic, Immolation, Cryptopsy and Incantation, or in other words, a tour de force of Brutal Death Metal, and an absolute master class in sonic savagery.

The opening track The Obscure Realm is utterly sick and brutal from the very first second, with Sarhul showing no mercy for our necks and bodies, slamming his drums like a demented creature while Pandu roars and barks manically in a beyond visceral start to the album, whereas Dogma Weakened Souls is another hurricane of Brutal Death Metal by the quartet with Eko extracting some classic Cannibal Corpse riffs from his guitar. Sahrul takes the lead with his unstoppable blast beats in Malicious Catastrophe, generating a thunderous atmosphere perfect for Pandu to keep firing his deep guttural roars, while Obliterate the Sanctified sounds even heavier and more infernal, with Eko’s riffs being supported in great fashion by Yohanes’ low-tuned, rumbling bass, feeling extremely brutal and vile. Then get ready to slam into the pit like there’s no tomorrow to the sound of Preaching Above Depravity, where the band’s intense sounds fill every single space in the air in the name of Death Metal.

The title-track Demonic Paradise brings forward more of the quartet’s hellish and vile Death Metal, with Sahrul once again stealing the spotlight with a beyond ruthless performance behind his drums, and things get really dark and devilish in When the Darkthrone Reigns, a phantasmagorical interlude that could have been slightly shorter, setting the stage for the band to kill in Pseudo Salvation, an inhumane creation by Anthropophagus Depravity where the deep, visceral vociferations by Pandy will haunt your damned soul for all eternity, resulting in one of the most infernal of all songs; followed by …of Condemnation, offering our putrid ears two and a half minutes of pure Brutal Death Metal instrumental insanity while also showcasing lots of technical and intricate moments, with Eko slashing his axe nonstop for our vulgar delectation. Finally, the band hammers our cranial skulls one last time in Delusions of the Unholy, with the savage roars by Pandu walking hand in hand with the scorching riffs, rumbling bass and demented beats by his bandmates.

Beneath the burning skies the moment of victory arrives, and just before all hell breaks loose you can grab a copy of the new album by Anthropophagus Depravity by clicking HERE (CD and merch) or HERE (digital), and don’t forget to also give those talented Indonesian guys a shout on Facebook and on Instagram, to subscribe to their YouTube channel, to stream more of their music on Spotify, and also click HERE for all things Anthropophagus Depravity, letting their devilish music penetrate deep inside your soul, turning you into a fallen angel in their brutal and visceral demonic paradise.

Best moments of the album: The Obscure Realm, Obliterate the Sanctified and Pseudo Salvation.

Worst moments of the album: When the Darkthrone Reigns.

Released in 2024 Comatose Music

Track listing
1. The Obscure Realm 2:54
2. Dogma Weakened Souls 3:33
3. Malicious Catastrophe 2:59
4. Obliterate the Sanctified 3:10
5. Preaching Above Depravity 3:54
6. Demonic Paradise 3:16
7. When the Darkthrone Reigns 3:00
8. Pseudo Salvation 3:11
9. …of Condemnation 2:23
10. Delusions of the Unholy 3:16

Band members
Pandu Herlambang – vocals
Eko Aryo Widodo – guitar
Yohanes Widiasmoro – bass
Sahrul Ramadhan – drums