Devourment "Butcher the Weak" CD

It's 6 years later and after much delay and lineup changes, Devourment return with their follow up to 1999's Molesting the Decapitated. Over this course of time MTD has become the album from which most brutal, slamming death metal is compared. Many, myself included, thought, "How the fuck are they gonna do something as good?" Well, fuck, they've actually done it and I might say it's even better.
After many lineup changes over the years, Ruben Rosas and Mike Majewski are still the main men behind this outfit. Ruben has switched over to guitar (and bass for the recording) from vocals and Mike is now the man on the mic.
What we have here is 7 brand new songs, as well as a newly recorded and revamped version of "Babykiller". 8 tracks of utter brutality. The title track starts us off and as soon as it kicks in, you're pummeled with the massive, low end-heavy production. The guitar sound on this thing makes MTD flee for cover.
The next thing that's noticed is how much better and tighter the drumming is. Eric Park (ex-Suture) is behind the kit now and he's very welcome. He's able to keep the Devourment style, with the two hand snare rolls and gravity blasts, but also adds his own element of technicality with cool fills throughout.
As for the vocals, Mike sounds pretty much like a mix of Ruben and original vocalist Wayne Knupp. Overall he's lower than Ruben, like Wayne, but doesn't quite gurgle quite as sickeningly. The vocals were the part of this album I was most afraid to hear because Ruben did such a perfect job on MTD. Well, in my opinion, I still prefer Ruben's vocals, but Mike does an awesome fucking job.
All in all, the production, song quality and overall ferocity of this album make me enjoy it more than the mighty Molesting the Decapitated. Devourment have shown to me that they are still the undisputed champions of brutal, slamming death metal.

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