Every once in a while, there comes a band that comes out with an album
so horrible that you almost don't want to put a review togehter for it.
Corprophemia's self-titled debut is one of those albums. Everything
about it screams the word horrendous to the point that you almost want to
run a rustey nail onto the CD surface.
I cannot say where to begin with this absolute tragedy(no pun
intended), but I'll give it a shot. From the very first note, it becomes clear
that Corprophemia did not have a plan going into the studio to record
this album. None of the three songs on the album do anything to
distingush itself from one another: no memorable riffs, vocals that almost
sound like they're saying the same thing in a different order, and
drumming that has that recycled sound. However, that's only the beginning; it
gets even worse. The vocals are barely audible and have a habit of
being unintelligible while the drums have that makeshift sound in which
metal cans are being used and seemingly no cymbals are involved. Adding
to the problems is the bad overall production values that amplify the
problems and the final reslut is a rather boring death metal album that
you will soon want to forget.
Reviewing this album was not an easy task. Then again, neither was
sitting through this album trying to find something good to write about
it. I guess the only good thing, if you want to call it a good thing, is
that Corprophemia's self-titled debut is only seven minutes long.
Sadly, those are seven minutes I will never have back. If Corprophemia
wants to be taken seriously, a good first step would be to invest some
money in music lessons because this mess won't cut it with even the most
basic death metal fan.
