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Band
Funerus
Title
Return to Sludge
Type
LP/EP
Company
Ibex Moon
YOR
2011
Style
Death
8/19/2012 3:16:23 PM - Review by: Greg Watson
Funerus is a band comprised of former members of deathgrind titans Incantation and Mortician. Return to Sludge is the newest release by the band and offers a heavy aural assault of the senses. Sludge is packed with bone crushing riffs, blast beats and a bit of doom for good measure. The vocals are guttural and gore laden. This is no bones, old school death metal at its best. Stand out tracks are Reduced to Sludge, Leatherface and Time of Death. This is easily their best album to date and is a must have for all death metal fans. Pick it up.
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  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    4 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: FUNERUS
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Festering Earth
2003
Ibex Moon
Troy Cole5/20/2004
-
Return to Sludge
2011
Ibex Moon
Greg Watson8/19/2012
4

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