• Pre-order : Malignancy "Intrauterine Cannibalism" LP
RM 31.39
Haunted Hotel/Hell Headbangers
Pre-order by 20th Sept 2025
ETA : Oct 2025
Pressed on Black Vinyl.
Malignancy’s Intrauterine Cannibalism remains a landmark in brutal death metal—not because it redefined the genre’s boundaries with abstract progressions or studio wizardry, but because it mastered the very chaos that so many others merely flirt with. Clocking in at a lean 33 minutes, the album is a surgically precise assault: unrelenting in its speed and intent, yet never losing track of what matters most—the riff.
From the opening seconds, there’s no warm-up, no theatrical overture; just instantaneous carnage. The riffage is impossibly dense and constantly mutating, driven by a blistering, technically advanced drum performance from Roger J. Beaujard (of MORTICIAN fame). There’s an undeniable grind influence beneath the death metal architecture, with blastbeats acting less as filler and more as controlled detonations that highlight the surgical violence of the guitars.
Despite the extremity on display, Intrauterine Cannibalism never descends into technical wankery. The band clearly knows their instruments inside and out, but what stands out is their restraint. Instead of chasing endless speed for its own sake, they pivot constantly between crushing mid-paced breakdowns, gnarly tempo shifts, and fretboard fireworks that actually serve the song. Tracks like “Rotten Seed” and “Post Fetal Depression” are brimming with disorienting riff changes that somehow feel coherent: chaotic, but never aimless.
This is one of those rare records where every second counts. No fluff, no filler—just thirteen meticulously crafted slabs of sonic violence that refuse to outstay their welcome. Nearly three decades on, Intrauterine Cannibalism still stands as one of the most effective and complete statements in brutal death metal: sick, smart, and savagely efficient.
For die hards of: None So Vile, early Devourment, and death metal with brains behind the brutality.
Malignancy’s Intrauterine Cannibalism remains a landmark in brutal death metal—not because it redefined the genre’s boundaries with abstract progressions or studio wizardry, but because it mastered the very chaos that so many others merely flirt with. Clocking in at a lean 33 minutes, the album is a surgically precise assault: unrelenting in its speed and intent, yet never losing track of what matters most—the riff.
From the opening seconds, there’s no warm-up, no theatrical overture; just instantaneous carnage. The riffage is impossibly dense and constantly mutating, driven by a blistering, technically advanced drum performance from Roger J. Beaujard (of MORTICIAN fame). There’s an undeniable grind influence beneath the death metal architecture, with blastbeats acting less as filler and more as controlled detonations that highlight the surgical violence of the guitars.
Despite the extremity on display, Intrauterine Cannibalism never descends into technical wankery. The band clearly knows their instruments inside and out, but what stands out is their restraint. Instead of chasing endless speed for its own sake, they pivot constantly between crushing mid-paced breakdowns, gnarly tempo shifts, and fretboard fireworks that actually serve the song. Tracks like “Rotten Seed” and “Post Fetal Depression” are brimming with disorienting riff changes that somehow feel coherent: chaotic, but never aimless.
This is one of those rare records where every second counts. No fluff, no filler—just thirteen meticulously crafted slabs of sonic violence that refuse to outstay their welcome. Nearly three decades on, Intrauterine Cannibalism still stands as one of the most effective and complete statements in brutal death metal: sick, smart, and savagely efficient.
For die hards of: None So Vile, early Devourment, and death metal with brains behind the brutality.