Review by Sam on May 16, 2026.

This is some good shit that I otherwise would be completely unaware of if not for belonging to the MetalBite family. Coprolith of Canada are doing the cavernous thing and doing it with an unforgiving brutality that raises the hairs on the back of my caveman’s neck. Generally low and slow and oozing with the proper doom influences that make the combination of death and doom metal so potent and appealing. I hear Winter, I hear Incantation, Asphyx, but right from the get-go, I detect a healthy appreciation for "Gateways To Annihilation", but with realistic drum production as opposed to that record’s off-putting drum replacement and triggering.

The introduction is appropriately morbid, and when the full band comes in, I can’t help but think of 'Summoning Redemption', but with a proper snare. Coprolith comes at you with full-blown caveman aesthetics, devastating with low tremolo riffage and equally abyssal vocals over the slow yet keenly sharp drumming. They do alternate a bit between blasting and cavernous sections, and I must say that the opening track, 'Sentenced To The Grave,' is the quintessence of the subterranean style perfected by Incantation some thirty years ago. Title song 'Putrescence' comes ripping forth from the speakers, only for the bottom to drop out as Coprolith drags your puny earthling body across the barren sea floor. I love this form of death metal for its unabashed otherworldliness that speaks to the vast and alien alternate universes created by H.P. Lovecraft.

These dudes aren’t afraid to let it rip with rapid tempos as demonstrated in the opening minutes of 'Birthed By Remorselessness'. Blasts and Slayer beats propel the dismal and downtuned guitars as this track razes all that stands in its path, that is, until about the three-minute mark when the filthily distorted bass rises from the grave, and the damnable dirge of the doom comes to fruition. Coprolith sincerely excel when they play slow, allowing the morbidity to bleed from your stereo.

Putrescence closes with the eerily funereal 'Possessed By Incoherent Violent Suggestions' (this song title truly captures the attitude of this band’s sound), but give it just a minute, and the ultra violence comes thrashing forward. At 3:45, the despondency takes over with macabre church bells tolling over the sonic chasm created by these Canadians. With their debut full-length, Coprolith have unearthed a vast tomb of bleak and dreary cheerlessness that should appeal to fans of formations ranging from ancient Celtic Frost to the more modern mechanisms of Disma. In other words, this is prime death/doom equipped with the stylistic tentacles that are the expectation of old school heads. 

Rating: 9 out of 10 violent suggestions