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Album Review – Crème Flesh / For Your Ass Only (2026)

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With the world teetering on the brink of absolute destruction, we all need these Canadian Brutal Death Metal heroes to save us all armed with the bowel-rupturing, cranium crushing brutality found in their new album.

With the world teetering on the brink of absolute destruction, what we need is a hero – or even better, four of them – and with serendipitous good fortune, out of the Great White North come Canadian secret agents of slam, the ruthless Brutal Death Metal ensemble Crème Flesh. Returning after the successful 2023 operation named Casablumpkin, the band formed of Matt Hilden on vocals, Sophokles Theodoru on the guitars, Rory Kennedy on bass, and Allen L. on drums is licensed to blast, brutalize and wield pornographic puns like deadly weapons in their sophomore installment, titled For Your Ass Only. Produced by Geoff Hodsman (Human Compost, Apegod) and adorned by the brilliant artwork by Krag (Paroxsihzem, Nuclearhammer), For Your Ass Only is a must-listen for fans of Devourment, Kraanium, Vulvectomy, and Korpse, presenting a sound that combines intimidating muscle and shocking clarity.

Field of Creams quickly morphs from a weird intro into a demented feast of slamming sounds where Matt’s gurgling guttural matches perfectly with Allen’s ruthless beats and fills; while in No Cunt for Old Men, which by the way uses the same sample as Werewolves in one of their most recent songs (and you’ll have to figure out which one by yourself, sorry), Sophokles delivers sheer madness through his axe in the name of Brutal Death Metal. There’s no time to breathe as they keep pounding our cranial skulls in Lake Flaccid, led by the vomiting roars by Matt, followed by the title-track For Your Ass Only, featuring guest vocalist Jack Christensen of Septic Congestion and Kraanium, a lecture in gore, violence, insanity and brutality. And The Gapes of Wrath sounds a bit uninspired and not as violent nor heavy as the rest of the album, albeit still presenting their trademark sound.

Then back to a more demented and ruthless sonority we face MILF of Magnesia, where Matt’s gruesome vocals walk hand in hand with the vile riffage by Sophokles and the metallic bass jabs by Rory; and Sleepless on Cialis displays a wicked name for a song, perfect for the current state of the world in 2026 when all is going to shit, and the music is just as demented as our current society (in special our so-called “leaders”). Jagged Little Penis presents another poetic name for a slamming feast of Brutal Death Metal, with Allen’s drums sounding like the madness blasted by Slipknot, while Scat’s Cradle invites us all to crush our damned skulls inside the pit while the band keeps pounding their instruments like true maniacs. Finally, we are crushed into tiny pieces to the sound of Whores of Perception, closing the album on a high note to the ape-like screeches by Matt.

In a nutshell, what Crème Flesh have to offer in For Your Ass Only is the epitome of modern-day Brutal Death Metal, an uncompromising, slamming feast not recommended for any type of puritan, but only to those who know how to have a good laugh even in a world of disgust. You can find those Canadian metallers on Facebook and on Instagram, stream their perverted brutality on any platform like Spotify, and of course put your putrid hands on the album by purchasing it from Comatose Music’s BandCamp or webstore. In the end, your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to survive the ten tracks of bowel-rupturing, cranium crushing brutality that is For Your Ass Only. Do you think you have what it takes to complete such a unique mission?

Best moments of the album: No Cunt for Old Men, For Your Ass Only and Whores of Perception.

Worst moments of the album: The Gapes of Wrath.

Released in 2026 Comatose Music

Track listing
1. Field of Creams 2:57
2. No Cunt for Old Men 2:01
3. Lake Flaccid 3:46
4. For Your Ass Only 4:18
5. The Gapes of Wrath 2:31
6. MILF of Magnesia 4:09
7. Sleepless on Cialis 3:09
8. Jagged Little Penis 3:41
9. Scat’s Cradle 3:59
10. Whores of Perception 4:21

Band members
Matt Hilden – vocals
Sophokles Theodoru – guitar
Rory Kennedy – bass
Allen L. – drums

Guest musician
Jack Christensen – vocals on “For Your Ass Only”

Album Review – Paroxsihzem / Abyss of Excruciating Vexes MLP (2016)

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A mini-album of Extreme Metal made in Canada that will suffocate you heartlessly, savagely and diabolically, or everything you always look for when in pursuit of evil music.

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Paroxsihzem - Abyss of Excruciating Vexes [cover art]If you don’t know what suffocating Black/Death Metal is even being very fond of extreme music, I highly recommend you take a listen at Abyss of Excruciating Vexes, the new release by Canadian metallers Paroxsihzem. For instance, the name chosen by this talented horde formed in 2007 in Toronto, Ontario derives from the word “paroxysm”, which means “a sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity”, an honest and precise epitome of what their music represents and all the emotions that will arise when it starts penetrating your mind.

Although Abyss of Excruciating Vexes is a mini-album containing only four brand new compositions and a cover song, you will be able to witness the band moving towards a new and exciting direction in its 25 minutes of the fastest, most violent and most vicious material they have ever done. Featuring a visceral and disturbing artwork by the band’s own lead singer Krag, Abyss of Excruciating Vexes has all the elements we crave in Extreme Metal and more, turning this quick and incendiary album into a must-have item for the collection of any admirer and connoisseur of the darkened heavy music crafted in the underworld.

The dissonant beginning in Dillanties Torture warns the listener of the massacre that’s about to come, a gruesome Black and Death Metal onslaught led by the deep and sick growls by Krag where drummer Abyss seems to be under some kind of evil spell, blasting his furious nonstop beats and fills. In other words, this tune presents a demonic sonority forged in the pits of hell that will please all fans of traditional Black Metal. Then in Bellicose Psychosis you will face bestiality in the form of music, where Impugnor shows how he masters the art of creating wicked riffs, consequently building a dark atmosphere for Krag to fire his vociferations. I would say this is a fusion of pure Black Metal instrumental with pure Death Metal vocals, and the result couldn’t sound more impactful.

Paroxsihzem - photoImpugnor and Abyss are on their satanic mode in BZ Experiment, a song inspired by the Edgewood Arsenal human experiments conducted from 1948 to 1975 by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, which musically speaking is presented by the band as a feast of blast beats and aggressive riffs and solos, with absolutely no signs of modernity or alternative elements, just plain old school devastation “made in Canada”. Then in the excellent Isolation the band needs less than five seconds to break your spinal cord with their brutal assault of Black Metal, with highlights to the awesome job done by Krag who goes from the deepest guttural a la Chris Barnes to vicious screams closer to what George “Corpsegrinder” Fischer does. Put differently, a powerful “tribute” to ancient and contemporary Cannibal Corpse in what’s the most insane tune of the MLP (and obviously the best).

Lastly, Paroxsihzem have a special gift for us entitled D.C.M., also known as “Dead Cunt Maniac”, a top-notch cover version for a classic song by French Black/Death metal act Arkhon Infaustus, but adding their own touch to the sounding. The song’s growls and riffs get to a truly Stygian level, with its ending leaving you completely disoriented so obscure it is. And you can listen to the entire MLP on the official Hellthrasher Productions’ YouTube channel, if you have an uncontrollable inner desire to experience that disorientation yourself.

All the brutality and doom ignited by Paroxsihzem can be enjoyed by visiting their Facebook page, while Abyss of Excruciating Vexes (which by the way serves as a bridge to the band’s next full-length album) is on sale at the Hellthrasher Productions’ BandCamp page or webshop, released exclusively on 12” vinyl and limited to only 250 copies. This is  high-end Canadian Extreme Metal that will suffocate you heartlessly, savagely and diabolically, or everything you always look for when in pursuit of evil music.

Best moments of the album: Isolation.

Worst moments of the album: None.

Released in 2016 Hellthrasher Productions

Track listing
1. Dillanties Torture 7:06
2. Bellicose Psychosis 3:37
3. BZ Experiment 4:52
4. Isolation 4:00
5. D.C.M. (Arkhon Infaustus cover) 4:57

Band members
Krag – vocals
Impugnor – guitars, bass, backing vocals
Abyss – drums