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The Death Metal band with the sexiest name ever is back. If Vomitory‘s In Death Throes is as good as anything the band has offered in its last two albums, then we can all go home happy and relieved that another OG band still has something to give to the world. Let’s not lie—this project restores our faith in brutality. There’s little to be worried about, right?
Indeed. In Death Throes is more of the furious, methodical, and savage Death Metal Vomitory has mastered at this point. It should be boring, but no. The album has an impressive pace and songwriting that wastes none of your time. Vomitory understands why you’re here, and it’s not for poetry or moshy feelings. You’re here to use this as a way not to kill anyone. The band knows its role and fulfills it without apology.
Vomitory has always had a way of balancing sheer force with melody, and that’s no exception here. This is as fancy as old school Swedish Death Metal can get without losing its edge. The tracks are full of hooks and memorable riffs, but they don’t slow down. The only break you get is between tracks, and even those ends feel so satisfying that you can’t help but say “wow, that was something”—only to be thrown back into the blender a second later. The momentum is relentless, the kind that makes you realize why this band has survived for so long while others faded.
The face my kids make when I tell them to eat their veggies
I guess now I need to complain somehow. The thing about Vomitory is that its style is so uniquely refined that I’m willing to overlook the fact that In Death Throes is more of the same. The band has been making an epic comeback album like three times in a row now. Yet, there’s nothing to be genuinely mad about. Sure, it’s not a huge change from their established formula, but how am I supposed to fault someone who can replicate a Michelin-star dinner over and over again without even flinching? It wouldn’t be fair to demand reinvention from a band that has already perfected its specific craft.
In Death Throes is what violent music should aim to be. We can argue about its creative merits in terms of evolution, but we can’t argue about how focused and intentional every moment of this album feels. There’s no filler, no hesitation, no second-guessing. Just the sound of a band that knows exactly what it is and delivers it with surgical precision. I wouldn’t mind Vomitory disappearing again and coming back out of nowhere like this if the quality of the work stays this high. Some bands earn the right to play it safe when playing it safe sounds this lethal.
Label: Metal Blade Records
Release date: April 10, 2026
Website: https://www.vomitory.net/
Country: Sweden
Score: 4.0/5.0
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