Vomitory – ‘In Death Throes’

Death Metal

Metal Blade Records

Release Date – April 10th, 2026

Review By Snudge Smith

Swedish death metal legend Vomitory were formed in 1989 and, up to their split in 2013, released some of the genre’s most crushingly brutal albums, such as ‘Revelation Nausea’, ‘Primal Massacre’, ‘Blood Rapture’ and ‘Terrorise, Brutalise, Sodomise’. After splitting in 2013, two of the members went on to form Cut Up.

straightforward,In 2017 they were persuaded to reform for one gig to honour a deceased friend. After that show they announced that they were reforming however the pandemic ballsed up the reformation for a while. In April 2023 they announced their first album in 12 years, the awesome ‘All Heads Are Gonna Roll’. Now here they are three years later with another storming slab of straight forward, classic Swedish death metal.

Take a breath because opener ‘Rapture In Rupture’ puts the boot in from the off. There’s no intro to soften you up; it goes straight for the throat with a crushing riff, a power bomb rhythm and a ‘fuck you’ vocal that tells you about yourself. ‘For Gore And Country’ continues the brutality before it settles into a mountainous chugging riff and a solid groove, which then slips into a rabid chaotic middle. The instruments are not played so much as ritually abused before that wonderful chugging riff comes back. ‘Forever Scorned’ is white hot and so brutal that I honestly don’t know how they keep up this pace, although they do take a breather halfway through before the superb lead break. ‘Wrath Unbound’ starts with a melodic line and is relatively restrained compared to the others. It’s proper heavy and brings some melodic death metal before the creepy intro of the title track softens you up for the coming of the Armageddon led by the venomous razor-sharp guitars of Urban Gustafsson and Peter Ostlund. It’s back to the immediate bludgeon on ‘Cataclysmic Fleshfront’ – with a title like that, it ain’t gonna be a lullaby! ‘Two And A Half Men’ goes like the clappers on a superb riff and groove that’s bound to get a pit going, and again, how the fuck they keep up the pace and remain so precise is beyond me. Erik Rundqvist’s bass introduces ‘Erased In Red’, and it’s soon followed by those blood-soaked guitars to offer a spidery riff before drummer Tobias Gustaffson rattles out a time change, and away they go again – heads down, see you at the end! There’s barely time to take a breath, and they’re off on ‘The Zombie War General’ with another muscular riff that sorts the men from the boys. Final cut ‘Oblivion Protocol’ has some searing leads to open over some brutal power chords before they kick into gear and career headlong into another vicious death metal banger.

Crikey, this is good. Full of aggression, energy and brutality. Ten songs coming in at 38 minutes with 250 riffs. Only one song is over four minutes, so it doesn’t outstay its welcome and leaves you wanting more. I’ve now lost count how many times I have played this. If you have never really listened to any death metal before, I urge you to give this a go, then explore Vomitory’s back catalogue because, for me, they are the top of the tree. This is true death metal – uncompromising, direct and brutal.

Track List –

Rapture In Rupture

For Gore And Country

Forever Scorned

Wrath Unbound

In Death Throes

Cataclysmic Fleshfront

Two And A Half Men

Erased In Red

The Zombie War General

Oblivion Protocol