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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 – Symphobia / Hideously Traumatic (2025)

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This Indonesian three-headed beast will crush us like insignificant insects to the sound of their debut album, an imposing invocation of purposeful destruction.

Formed in 2024 in Pare, a town and district in the Kediri regency within the province of East Java, Indonesia, the ruthless, demented Brutal Death Metal three-headed beast Symphobia is ready to unleash hell armed with their debut opus, entitled Hideously Traumatic. Featuring a coalition of members from Demented Heart, Perveration, and Orbital Element, those being Jossi Bima on vocals, Dodik Bhre on the guitar, and Humam Aliy on drums, Symphobia will crush us like insignificant insects to the sound of their new album, an imposing invocation of purposeful destruction with devastating blast beats, a tormenting riff attack and gore-choked vocals, all boosted by the striking mixing and mastering by Tonebetter Soundlab (Vox Mortis, Nattmaran, Murtad) for a scathing, scalding sound and adorned in the eye-impaling artwork of Timbul Cahyono of BvllArt (Massacre, Nocturnus A.D., Witchburner), resulting in a sonic killing machine devoted to the destruction of every living thing.

There are only two words I can say about the opening song Hecatomb, and they’re “HOLY SHIT!”, what a fulminating tune where Jossi gnarls like a demonic pig; and Humam is definitely NOT human behind his drums in Monstrously, blasting our faces rabidly while Dodik slashes his axe in the name of savagery. Heinous is another explosion of vomiting guttural vocals, demented drums and vicious riffs by the trio, showing no peace at all, just violence and hatred, whereas Jossi’s high-pitched screeches couldn’t have sounded more demented in Spurted, or in other words, it’s simply BREEEEEEEEEEEEEE! And Deceased presents an overdose of the most demonic, vile and grotesque form of Brutal Death Metal made in Indonesia, sounding devastating form start to finish.

Jossi’s pig-like guttural will disturb your inner peace in Scattered, accompanied by another infernal performance by Humam on drums; whereas their ruthless Brutal Death Metal attack goes on in full force in Convulsively, where the Cannibal Corpse-inspired riffage by Dodik sounds absolutely awesome. It’s pedal to the metal in the beyond devastating Incessant, a song that could easily be used as the perfect depiction of the most extreme form of heavy music found in Indonesia, followed by Abominable, and a name like that demanded total chaos, violence and gore, which is exactly what the trio has to offer us in this hellish “lullaby”. Last but definitely not least, Humam will pulverize our putrid, frail bodies in Inebriated, while Jossi continues to vomit and bark the song’s unfriendly “words” (or whatever language that is).

Definitely leaving lasting scars upon your mind, Hideously Traumatic is a one listening experience that you are never going to recover from, being therefore highly recommended for fans of Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Immolation, and Kill Everything, just to name a few. Needless to say, you can get in touch with those torchbearers of violence and gore via Facebook or Instagram, stream their music on Spotify, and of course purchase the album from Comatose Music’s BandCamp or webstore, but be warned that their new album is not your average extreme music release; it’s indeed hideously traumatic.

Best moments of the album: Monstrously, Spurted and Incessant.

Worst moments of the album: The fact there isn’t a bassist in the band makes their sound feel a little bit thinner than what it could be.

Released in 2025 Comatose Music

Track listing
1. Hecatomb 2:43
2. Monstrously 2:41
3. Heinous 2:43
4. Spurted 2:52
5. Deceased 2:44
6. Scattered 2:40
7. Convulsively 2:31
8. Incessant 2:25
9. Abominable 2:41
10. Inebriated 3:34

Band members
Jossi Bima – vocals
Dodik Bhre – guitar
Humam Aliy – drums