Finland is not the usual place where brutal slam death metal is released from.  Yet here we are with the debut album from Putrid Defecation.  The band has slung together some splits and ep’s over the last several years however Tales from the Toilet is their debut album.  The band lists this as a full-length album and that is a bit of a stretch, in my opinion, as this is seven songs in just under 19 minutes.  With an air for the tongue and cheek (you know what cheek I am referring to as well, with these song titles) it’s good to see a band have some fun with their song titles.

“Introduction to Constipation” opens as a slam fest with vocals as well and at under 90 seconds the band wastes no time as this is slam after slam with putrid vomiting-styled vocals.

“Airborne Backdoor Evacuation” is next and Joona’s vocals are complete filth, sounding like a snorting pig in many instances.  Peter Halin and Petteri Sillanpää have followed the slam scene, as their guitar riffs are structured in ways borrowing from Devourment and a lot of Russian slam bands.  They know how to craft a brutal riff and stick with it.  Not creating anything with gazillions of arpeggios etc..this is pure knuckle-dragging caveman-style slam.  Johnny Grinds adds the bass depth and Alpo Laitinen can craft a simple drum beat, that erupts into monstrous blast beats quite well.  This song has a plethora of blasting, as well as brutal slams, not far removed from Disfigurement’s killer 2011 debut – Privilege of the Sickest Pleasure.

“Whirlwind of Excrement” features a brief show clip that erupts into a killer blast beat.  The brutal vocals over the blast are done well and the mid-paced crushing heaviness at the 45-second mark (remember folks, no time to burn here with this short album) is powerful.  The isolated guitar riff soon comes in and offers up a killer slam and the drums are played well.  Nice drum rolls and fills as the down-tuned guitars piledrive you into the ground.  It gets more lethal with the stop-and-start slam riffing.  This moment will feature heads flying off all over the place.

The title track is the longest song at close to four minutes, with a brief intro then right into the blast.  The jumpy slam riff is reminiscent of Internal Bleeding to an extent.  More knuckle-dragging brutality ensues with the slams and mid-paced heaviness.

Tales from the Toilet will not win points for originality, however Putrid Defecation crafts brutal slam death metal quite well, I must say.  The band has fun song titles, lyrics, and album cover, yet the music is serious hard-hitting slam.  The production is crisp and clean and if you want some very heavy fun-filled slam give these fellas a try!

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