Interment - Into the Crypts of Blasphemy

Interment
Into the Crypts of Blasphemy
2010 Pulverised Records
It's been a long road for Sweden's Interment. Originally known as Beyond, and formed in 1988, they were there at the beginning of the Swedish death metal scene. Unfortunately, they were not among the bands snapped up by the bigger underground labels of the early 90s. They faded into obscurity until only recently. The guys in the band, however, have been in other known acts such as Demonical, Regurgitate, Centinex, Dellamorte, and the cult favorite Uncanny. So it's not like they've been sitting in front of their TV sets playing Halo for the past several years. With a split release with Funebrarum and a compilation of their demos out on the market, the time is right for their debut album to hit us over the head. Which it does with a vengeance, like a pro-wrestler armed with a 2x4. Some may well scoff and say that all of this has been done before, but the fact remains that this is not a bunch of newbies in the scene going back and playing some kind of retro-death metal. This is the real thing from guys who have been around for a long time now. The cool thing is that this disc doesn't consist of re-recorded demo material. Other than maybe one song, everything here is brand new. New, and yet it sounds like it's straight out of 1990. Sounds like this are proof to the bands who "made it" the first time around that "progression" is overrated, "growth" is anything but, and the old morbid way is the only way.