Album Review: Lust of Decay – Entombed In Sewage

Disgusting, relentless and uncompromising.

Lust of Decay’s Entombed in Sewage is a full-scale descent into the most grotesque and unfiltered corridors of brutal death metal. Known for their commitment to unapologetically vile themes and relentless instrumentation, the band uses this record to solidify their place among the genre’s most uncompromising practitioners. The album delivers thirty-three minutes of suffocating brutality, technical precision and an evident devotion to the aesthetic extremity that defines the brutal death metal underground.

The opening track, “Parasitic Exsanguination,” wastes no time establishing the album’s identity. A barrage of blast beats, guttural vocals and frenetic riffs launches the listener straight into a blood-soaked soundscape. The rhythm guitar work stays thick and low, creating a kind of sonic pressure chamber. What stands out is the interplay between the deep, swamp-like vocals and the razor-tight drumming — a combination that gives the track both heaviness and momentum.

“Hallucinations of the Decrepit” takes a slightly different approach, leaning into a more sinister groove before erupting into rapid-fire passages. There’s an almost hallucinatory quality to the guitar layering; the riffs twist in odd shapes, evoking decay, confusion and the grotesque surrealism hinted at in the title. It’s one of the album’s more atmospheric pieces, proving that Lust of Decay can balance brutality with an unsettling aura.

With “Nourishing the Swine,” the band locks into one of their most rhythmically infectious riffs. Beneath the grotesque imagery lies a strong sense of structure — the kind of track that feels chaotic on the surface but reveals disciplined musicianship the deeper you listen. It’s punishing, relentless and memorable, and it shows that even within extremity, hook-based writing can thrive.

“Fetal Contamination Process” dives back into maximum aggression, offering some of the record’s fastest and most unhinged moments. It’s an exhausting track by design, meant to feel overwhelming and claustrophobic. In contrast, the darkly humorous and intentionally offensive “Rusty Razor Rimjob” leans into the shock-value tradition of brutal death metal; however, beneath the boundary-pushing title lies a tightly constructed song with crisp guitar transitions and precision drumming.

“Order 66” introduces a sharper, more staccato riff style — almost mechanical in its execution — and becomes one of the record’s more adrenaline-fueled pieces. “Desiccate the Epithelium” follows with a thick, oppressive sense of atmosphere. Its mid-tempo sections are some of the heaviest on the album, rooted in dense, suffocating riffwork that feels like being crushed under collapsing stone.

The closing title track, “Entombed in Sewage,” is the album’s longest and most complete statement. Expansive by the band’s standards, it layers grinding riffs, groove-laden breakdowns, and monstrous vocal lines into a finale that feels both punishing and strangely triumphant. It captures everything Lust of Decay does best — speed, filth, technicality and absolute commitment to extremity — and shapes it into one of their strongest individual songs.

Ultimately, Entombed in Sewage is exactly what brutal death metal fans hope for: an album that never softens its punches, never compromises its ugliness and revels in its own sonic depravity. Lust of Decay delivers a record that is disgusting, relentless and executed with master-level precision.