| In their endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage death metal, on October 26th, Memento Mori is proud to present Wombripper‘s highly anticipated second album, Macabre Melodies. Hailing from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and formed in February 2013, Wombripper have ever since leaned towards the Swedish school of death metal with raw, crunchy buzzsaw guitars and straightforward compositions. Highly influenced by Grave, Entombed, and Dismember, their first demo, Morbid Aberrations, was recorded and released in 2014, and the band shared the stage with some of the genre’s milestones such as Necrophobic, Nominon, and Fleshcrawl, and also newer underground acts such as Undergang, Nocturnal Witch, etc. After several lineup changes, the four-track EP Infected Tomb was recorded and self-released by the band in 2017. That same year, Wombripper recorded their debut album, From the Depths of Flesh, which was released in 2018 by different labels, such as Redefining Darkness Records (USA) and Grotesque Sounds (Russia). From the Depths of Flesh gained them lots of positive feedback from the media and old-school death metal fans alike, as the album displayed some top-notch Swedeath, an aural massacre featuring plenty of catchy and morbid melodies, blazing solos, and blasting devastation. Now scaled back to a three-piece, Wombripper put the POWER in power-trio with their crushing second album, Macabre Melodies. Ever aptly titled, Macabre Melodies is both macabre to the max as well as melodic – in a most macabre manner! Wombripper are nothing if not maniacs devoted to pure ’90s death metal, and that vintage aspect rings proud ‘n’ true here, adding to (but never subtracting from) the iron-clad foundation laid down by Dismember back then, keeping the guitars gutsfucking and incredibly tuneful, with hummable tunes you simply won’t be able to get out of your head. But lest anyone linger under the assumption that “melodic” equates to some weakening aspect, fuck right off here: Wombripper are not named that for no reason, and Macabre Melodies encapsulates and then eclipses their no-less-righteous prior recordings, making for the band’s apex to date and all without sacrificing an ounce of crush or credibility. Graced with stark ‘n’ haunting cover art courtesy of MFA XII, Macabre Melodies is the sweet song you’ll hear…before you DIE! Fans of classic Entombed, Fleshcrawl, Entrails, Nirvana 2002, Dismember, Grave, Demonical, Carnage, and God Macabre – Wombripper is your favorite new old-style band! The first macabre melody can be heard with the brand-new track “Possessed by Unknown” here: |
| Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows: |
| Tracklisting for Wombripper’s Macabre Melodies 1. Possessed by Unknown 2. Join Undead 3. Obscurity Depths 4. Shredded Corpse Remains 5. Wicked Breed 6. Macabre Void 7. Devastation into Waste 8. Already Dead 9. Church of Repulsion 10. Fractures |