Review by Vanass on May 20, 2020.

If you would describe yourself as a non-conformist and are one of the people who aren't allowed to enter your local church, this may be the ideal release for you.

Raw music must possess certain qualities such as atmosphere or at least memorable riffs in order to entertain our mammal brains in the process of listening. The most positive characteristic feature of this album is certainly the groovy, punky vibe that should evoke a vision of an early Obituary album performed while the band is on cocaine. Honestly, there are not many unique features to be found here; the riffs are fast, when stripped down it becomes obvious that they are certainly no masterpiece of technicality and the raw sound kinda kills anything that could have been something more. Nonetheless, the energy is still here and very captivating for sure.

The greater part concerning the instruments can be summarized simply; raw, fast, and nasty. Yet the aforementioned groovy parts, which seem to have their roots in crust punk, are one of the things that kept me relatively interested in the whole thing while listening. The atmosphere is pretty consistent and does not fluctuate overly, and if you've been paying attention to the things I mentioned before, you can certainly imagine the ravaging of your ears that these guys have prepared for you. If you have to work with a production of such low quality and play distorted instruments this fast, you are necessarily going to create some sort of atmosphere. In the case of this sympathetic record, it is neither melancholic or mysterious, but it is pure f***ing anger and aggression. Should you be capable to read the title of this EP by now you should have realized which entity is meant to be subjected to this sheer unholy fury.

Another interesting thing is that these guys seemingly invested a lot of effort to sound as primitive as possible, going straight back to the roots of extreme metal. If such a thing would have been released thirty years ago, it would have made sense and a path to progression and musical evolution would still have been open. Primarily, this EP has a sound that would fit the earliest acts of the death metal scene; several riffs sound like a rawer and more aggressive version of early Obituary and Malevolent Creation riffs, which is surprisingly pleasant to hear, but nothing new.

Whether you should get this EP or at least check out is a bit complicated. In terms of what they limited themselves to, they got out the most of what they could. The energy, atmosphere and the rhythm are absolutely a thrilling experience, but I ended up feeling guilty for liking this so much. It is morally questionable whether you should actually support musical devolution no matter how much fun it is, although it is hard to imagine that the guys from the band expected this to result in something big. The whole EP simply felt mindless, there was nothing new and for the most part, it was just trying too hard not to be accessible and to keep posers away.

To conclude, unless you are just curious about what kind of sound these guys just produced or need entertainment for the upcoming twelve minutes, I've got to say that there are better ways to spend your time than listening to this album.

Rating: 5 out of 10

Review by Alex on October 16, 2019.

Clenched by an atmosphere of woe and worry, Blooming Carrions parts the gravel and thrusts forth with 3 tracks on their EP, Sisters in Blooming Flesh. Cavernous and dismal, heavily accentuated by distortion and blackened drumming, Blooming Carrions may have found a home in my collection. EvM being a member of death/doom band Fervent fronts the project with support given in the bass area by PkE; thus, mentioned I did get the chance to hear his work in Fervent which fell a bit short of my expectations, however this on the other hand has exceeded greatly. Sisters in Blooming Flesh is a 24-minute EP situated in the guts of cavernous and catastrophic death/black metal. Multiple aneurysms of ill-tempered outbursts, tempo changes and variations meet the consciousness of the listener whose veins could not be more abused by this musical crack. No light dare shine upon this raped meadow.

Sisters in Blooming Flesh carries on without a break it seems, flawlessly achieving an environment of hostility mostly and grief within some sections. Like a tale the songs develop along the way, steadily toggling back and forth between agony and rage. Reminiscent of a battle occurring under water, with two emotions; anger having the upper hand most times; just as the melancholy is about to raise its head for some air above the troubled sea, its pulled to the depths once again by the overpowering vice of loathe. Title track 'Sisters of Blooming Flesh' and 'Enchantment of Slaughtering' repeat the effects this creates; a feeling of turmoil, discomfort and lack of control batters the psyche mercilessly. Grazed by guitars tossed around in winds of melancholy and fury, tremolo picking is met with the gnarly touch of distortion ever menacing in its attempt to submerge whatever sentimental emotion is presented. Drums act in coordination with the dominant emotion at the time, thus having to adjust technique to fit the fluctuation.

The production is ideal for this and I'm glad it does not suffer from repetition; there is more than enough here to extract and with it being only 24 minutes, Sisters in Blooming Flesh shoots by before you could grasp a third of what is occurring below the veil. This unholy matrimony of disaster and despondency needs to be heard and should not be taken for granted given the high stagnation of the genre as it stands. Should EvK put more time into this project, its appeal, potential to expand and develop the music into something even more collateral, profound and detailed would come to fruition. The effort here is outstanding and calls for a full length follow up. Set to be released on cd and vinyl formats, November 28th, 2019 through Iron Bonehead Records, add Sisters in Blooming Flesh to your cave; an uproar of madness awaits.

Rating: 8.2 out of 10