Today, Blood Harvest Records announces October 31st as the international release date for Stenched‘s debut demo, Gorging on Mephitic Rot, on 12″ vinyl format.
Gestated in 2023, Stenched emanate from the sewers of the city of Monterrey, in northern Mexico. There, Adrián – the band’s only member, who’s also in Impending Rot and Excretory – released their first demo, Gorging on Mephitic Rot first digitally and then on CD.
The atmosphere of death and decay can be smelled from the first seconds of this recording. The muddy sound, the barbaric riffs, the gross art, and the primitive lyrics are a tribute to everything that surrounds the underground circuit where the death metal genre began in the ’90s. Stenched is about death, putridity, and gore: simple as that.
Now seeing release on vinyl and including two exclusive bonus tracks, Gorging on Mephitic Rot totals 24 minutes of filthy and heavy-as-fuck DEATH METAL! Caveman vocals and skull-crushing drums will remind maniacs of the first (and best) recordings of such bands as Demilich, Rottrevore, and early Undergang. FOLLOW THE STENCH.
In the meantime, stream the original four tracks of the demo HERE at Blood Harvest‘s Bandcamp. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover artwork, courtesy of Rusted Winds, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Stenched’s Gorging on Mephitic Rot
SIDE MEPHITIC
A1. Black Adipocere
A2. Putridity Mass Excretion
A3. Maggot Grave Infestation
SIDE ROT
B1. Rentombment
B2. Chunks Of Pustulant Rot *
B3. A Skull Covered In Putrid Slime *
* Vinyl version exclusive bonus track
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