Congregation Pestilence

Remaining fiercely loyal to the gruesome roots of the 1990s death metal underground, the Seattle veterans' eighth studio album is a relentless, suffocating display of murky brutality. The record is packed with incredibly dense, tremolo-picked riffs and terrifyingly guttural vocals, largely avoiding clean modern production in favor of a gritty, oppressive atmosphere. It stands as an unyielding, masterful tribute to the genre's darkest traditional aesthetics.