Rating: 7.5

Country: USA

Release Date: 2001

Record Label: Unique Leader

Track list:
1. Demise of the Trinity
2. Perverse Manifestation
3. Manipulation of Faith
4. Consecrating the Reviled
5. Indulging Dismemberment of a Mutilating Breed
6. Consume the Forsaken
7. Dissecting thee Apostles
8. Denied Existence [MP3]
9. Divine Suffering

Total playing time: 31:42

Band Website: Disgorge

Disgorge- Consume The Forsaken

A.J. Magana - vocals
Diego Sanchez - guitars
Ben Marlin - bass
Ricky Myers - drums

Disgorge seem to be one of those bands which cop an awful lot of flak from the “duhh groovey grindcore rooolz!” crowd. Oh well, that's their fucking loss, isn't it? Personally this rampaging death-machine spewing senseless brutality within a framework of extremely technical structures is the perfect way to relax after the leaden monotony of a days work. Or first thing in the morning, for that matter. In fact, there's really no “Wrong” time to appreciate the insanity that is “Caligorge”.

On 'Consume The Forsaken', everything gets cranked up a notch. The vocals are even more gut-vomited than Matti Way's stellar efforts on the first two discs, drumming is a whirlwind of catastrophic blasting, and the guitar/bass tandem heaves out riff after demented riff without ever stopping for breath. Being the first Caligorge album to clock in at over 25 minutes (in fact, it even makes it past half an hour) it could have been awfully dull, but they stepped up to the challenge. By the time the last couple of songs roll around, the constant aural attack can sometimes begin to feel draining, but that's all part of the fun.

Lyrically, though, is where this album truly excels. Here they fully abandon the senseless gore-guts-corpsefuck topics of old in favour of cold, surgical dissection and desecration of all things holy. There's still a bit of gore here and there, but it's more in the vein of songs like 'She Lay Gutted' - the violation and destruction of angels and christians. Obviously nothing is decipherable, but the booklet makes an excellent read all by itself. While A.J. Magana doesn't quite have the charisma of Matti Way , he compensates by unleashing a torrent of hateful spewing. Too bad he was shortly ejected from the band for reasons which I won't bother to mention here, so hopefully his replacement continues the tradition of utmost violence set down here.

Standout tracks here would have to be "Manipulation Of Faith" and "Dissecting Thee Apostles", both of which carry just that little bit more savagery than the other tracks. But it's all good - it's one of those discs you can spin without ever having to skip a song. If you like, you'll like them all, and vice versa. Not recommended for pussies.

April 1st, 2005