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Moist, pungent, succulent death/doom from West Coast luminaries and an OG Acephalix / Vastum reunion of sorts.  Despite the pedigree, Decrepisy manage to sound entirely unlike those aforementioned bands. Warbling, warped guitar leads stream disquieting contrails above the field of battle. Said field thunders with lumbering riffs in a meaty, elastic tone. OK, fine, maybe there's a bit of an Acephalix vibe to some of this.  But the bendy bashing and charnel chopping evoke more of a martial air the aforementioned band espouses. Daniel Butler dropping vomitous, syncopated vocals like precision-guided munitions certainly ups that ante. Fill out the sound with big, gut-bubbling bass ala Jeff Walker having an inpropagation and you'll get the general idea.  Then you've got Charles Koryn over here slapping skins. He's been playing live for a couple of no-name bands ( Morbid Angel and Incantation ), and the pedigree butchery is obvious. The incredible, unhinged lead guitars r...