Review by Carl on November 8, 2026.

The fact that Necrogore has been featured on a tribute album to Dismember should tell you just about everything you need to know about how Ectoplasmic Rape Phenomena is going to sound.

That classic HM-2 sound is all over this album, immediately hammering home the point these guys are trying to make: this is classic Swedish death metal worship through and through. It's not just that familiar guitar tone and buzzsaw riffing, either. The majority of the music also moves along at a brisk pace, making these tracks simply fly by. Unsurprisingly, Dismember is the main source of inspiration, but as we all know, you can't mention that particular name without also bringing up their in-cahoots compatriots, Entombed. And yes, that's another infamous gang of Swedes whose early work has inspired Necrogore.

It all sounds really familiar throughout: the scathing chainsaw riffs, the growling vocals, and the drummer plowing his way through it all with double-kick thunder, d-beats, and plenty of thrashing battering, with even copious amounts of blastbeat mayhem thrown into the mix. The listener is kept firmly on their toes by a collection of sharp and energetic tracks, packed into compositions that neatly balance ferocious velocity, pounding mid-tempo passages, and crushing groove to full effect. Luckily, it's all executed as tightly as your fat dad's speedo.

This speed-filled approach continues right up until the second-to-last track, 'Sulphureal Morbid Corpse,' where, halfway through, the band takes its foot off the gas to deliver a brutally pounding slice of doom/death, Swedish style. To paint you a picture, try to imagine what Cathedral's "Forest Of Equilibrium" might have sounded like had they been from Stockholm. Something like that. Yeah, this album rocks, alright. Add to that a crisp and beautifully balanced production that keeps everything loud and clear, and you have yourself a savage slice of death metal goodness.

There is, however, one bummer included here that Necrogore should have steered clear of, in my opinion, and that's the final track, which is a take on the theme from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2." I know Sulphur Aeon did something similar with the theme from "Zombi 2," which was awesome, but that one is iconic as hell, and the "TCM 2" theme really isn't. That Necrogore plows through it with gusto; it shouldn't even need mentioning, but in the end, it's a pretty redundant piece of filler as far as I'm concerned. Good thing it comes at the end, so when I hear it starting up, I can skip straight back to the album opener. So yeah, I'm pretty sure there will be others who think otherwise, but I'm not a fan.

Not counting that last track, this is a genuine rager of an album. It has a heaping amount of aggression on offer, poured into memorable songs and executed in a tight and utterly convincing manner, without any pretentious wankery attached. This release will be of interest first and foremost to those who sing the praises of the old Swedish death metal scene, but I'm convinced that anyone into sharp and well-executed old-school death metal will also find plenty to enjoy here. It's simply that good.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10