Saprogenic - The Wet Sound Of Flesh On Concrete
2003 Deepsend Records

Track Listing:
1.  Occular Desication 
2.  Foaming Rectal Seepage 
3.  Prolapsed Trachea Fuck Toy 
4.  Gluttonous Consumption 
5.  Dripping Metaphilia 
6.  Cerebral Regurgitation 
7.  Ovulation Redirected 
8.  Inhale The Effluence Of Decay 
9.  Force Fed Excrement 
10. Remnants Of Cephalotripsy 
11. The Wet Sound Of Flesh On Concrete

Line-Up:
Vocals:  Jeremy Swanson
Guitars:  John Skinner
Bass:  Tim Recchia
Drums:  Jerrod MacPherson

Website:  www.saprogenic.com

Shev's Rating:  D
Average Album Rating:  D

Shev's Review:
So you’ve worn out your Gorgasm records and want some new brutal death metal?  Preferably lacking in musicianship, song writing, and overall integrity?  Put that Mortician CD down, friend, we’ve found a new contender to the highly over-rated genre of mindless brutal death…Saprogenic, hailing from Michigan.

For those that prefer the one-dimensional vocals that scrape the bottom of the ubiquitous guttural barrel, Jeremy Swanson has your fix!  Sure, he may show some diversity with a higher scream now and again, but for the most part he just shoves that mic right down the throat and belches out line after line of indistinguishable crapola.  God bless him (brutally, of course).

For those that like a terrible drum sound mixed with hyperfast blast beats that drown out all the chugging strings, Jerrod MacPherson does a phenomenal job.  Regardless of his seemingly impressive display of talent, there’s just way too much brutal beating and not enough filling to make his work even partially distinguishable.  And for those that absolutely love tired, watered down riffs and a chaotic whirlwind of low-end thunder, Tim and John really do a nice job of contributing what they can to make sure the laughable production isn’t wasted on something that people might actually want to hear.

In all honesty, Saprogenic aren’t as bad as I’ve already made them out to be.  There are some serious flaws like the above mentioned, but they do show promise in some area’s.  For instance, they do have a tendency to lean towards some slower material, as well, making things just a hair more interesting.  For a band reveling in brutality, these are surprisingly the best parts of the album.  They also attempt to throw in a few small scraps of thrash, but unfortunately these are quickly drowned out and forgotten with their knack of just flailing their arms all over the place musically.

I’ll probably receive some hate mail for this review, but this is just another soggy brutal dm band which is perfect for any mindless Mortician drone as they don’t waste time with horror movie samples.  Just straight to the point emptiness with absolutely no finish.  They do offer a couple of decent songs, though, namely “Occular Desication” and “Remnants Of Cephalotripsy”, but for the most part they’re completely out of control with their speed.  It’s a shame, really, as they do show a lot of promise as musicians.  We’ll see what their next full length has to offer, but in the meantime there’s only one word that sums “The Wet Sound Of Flesh On Concrete”…PPPBBBBTTTTTTT!
Shev's Rating:  D

Discography (last updated 9.26.05):
Demo CDR - 2001
The Wet Sound Of Flesh On Concrete - 2003