I'll just start on the second song, since it is quite interesting. For some reason this song reminds me of Amorphis' "Tales From 1000 Lakes", despite sounding nothing like it. Just a curious point.
Avulsed play true death metal. The music is intense, fast when needed, maintains a strong low end, and there is always some sound aurally assaulting you. The guitars continually drive riffs towards you providing a very heavy sound. At times the distinctly higher pitch lead kicks in to provide an upfront melody; it moreso sits on the background music than provide direction though. The rhythm is composed of some of the more original riffs I've heard in death metal. When you actually just sit there and listen you can pick up some of the complexities of the riffs, and the variation in them. Relentless pounding, never letting go of it's grip on the songs, should please those drum fans out there. Also somewhere in this insanity is the bass, but everything is so low as is that it can be difficult to hear at times.
I did say everything was low, that includes the incredibly low vocals. Since more people would probably not believe they are real they do mention "NO FUCKING VOCAL EFFECTS!!" on the back insert. Due to the guttoral vomit sounding vocals (which quite often tend to fade away into the music), the sickness of the lyrics has to be read in the insert. They span from really disgusting to totally fucking cheesy. I'm sorry, but regardless of what context, and how you vocalize it, "Ecstacy For Decayed Chunks" is pathetic, and provides only for humorous content.
Avulsed do sound quite impressive. Listening to them closely you'll begin to pick up on some of their complexities. Listen to them as background music and you'll hear only a conglomeration of low end noise. They don't hold much evidence of trying to keep the timings in order. Thus, a couple of songs will sound very good, but after listening for a while you may find yourself becoming bored.
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