out now: Malformity -- U.S. death metal debut album after formation 30 years ago

You hear stories like this all the time from older metal fans. Some band that did some demos back in the day that fans in the local scene liked. Then, something happened. The band ended because of some members did not have time for a band and a full-time job and school, or some family issues, or perhaps some problems of a personal nature that got in the way. The band remains known only to those older fans that still have the demos. Malformity is apparently a band that fits the profile. They supposedly began 30 years ago, but the death metal band now has its debut full-length album as an accomplishment. Metal Archives seems to show that two of the members might have been there at the beginning of the band or in the early days, so it does look like they have some continuity with the old days. In terms of the music, this is heavy, catchy, straightforward old-style death metal, not very far removed from the style of the late 1980s and early 1990s that inspired them as young people. The long hair that they used to have disappeared decades ago, but their love of death is fully intact. It makes one wonder how many grandparents in the state of Georgia, USA have those old casette tapes with the rehearsals and demos. "Kids, gather around because grandma Kelly is about to tell you about that time that she and grandpa Bill went to a Malformity show and ended up in the middle of the mosh pit. The year was 1994, and Malformity was opening for Cannibal Corpse and Unleased in Atlanta ..."

Malformity

Monumental Ruin

Unspeakable Axe Records

19 April 2021

Unspeakable Axe Records says: "It has been a long, torturous road for the veterans of Atlanta death metal band MALFORMITY. Formed initially in 1991, when their own genre was still in its infancy, they created only a handful of demo recordings before calling it quits four years later. A long-overdue reformation happened in 2014, after which the band produced a couple of EPs and honed their craft. At long last, 30 years after their initial formation, MALFORMITY have produced a monstrous debut album, with the suitably forbidding title Monumental Ruin. Literally decades in the making, this beast shows the band at their sharpest and most evolved, mixing American and European death metal styles with a sure hand. Incorporating grind and doom influences where appropriate, Monumental Ruin is every inch the ancient, towering structure depicted on its atmospheric cover art. This is death metal old in spirit as well as in the age of the band that made it, but with a clear, current-day production and youthful vigor and brutality that keeps pace with any act you might name. Unspeakable Axe Records is proud to unveil Monumental Ruin on CD and cassette this April, with a vinyl release set to follow in early summer.'

Monumental Ruin by Malformity