burped-death metal? really? Dead and Dripping

Fan of weird death metal,

Two songs are streaming on Bandcamp from this burped-vocals death metal project.

I cannot recommend this music to any metal fan whatsoever because it has rather weak vocals that ruin the rest of the ok-death metal basic musicianship. The vocals really are burped-whispered, and it sounds stupid, to say the least. This style of vocals is done in honor of an old Finnish band called Demilich from the 1990s. The vocals of that old Finnish band are also weak and stupid. I do not like "safe" growling: This is the type of lazy growling that sounds like the vocalist is trying not hurt himself. He's being "safe" and "careful." I like death metal vocals like on Death's Scream Bloody Gore in which you know that vocalist has, indeed, hurt himself and is about to pass out from how much work he has done. In contrast, these burped vocals are soft, weak and lazy, and this vocalist could easily record 10 to 20 songs every single day because he is basically whispering.

On the other hand, Demilich's album has 30 reviewers on Metal Archives (it's probably all the members of Demilich, their siblings, cousins and friends writing the reviews) that like it. Or, rather, that claim that they like it.

You best believe this Dead and Dripping is going to find an audience! It already has found an audience. There are death metal fans who think this vocal style is awesome, apparently. Get ready for Dead and Dripping to start filling up the arenas and stadiums of your city. This band is going to be huge, huge, I tell you.

Dead and Dripping

Nefarious Scintillations

Transcending Obscurity Records

28 November 2025

ABOUT THIS ONE-MAN PROJECT: Dead And Dripping is back with another album of mind-warping, reality-deconstructing music. One-man crew Evan Daniele, who was already playing everything on the albums so far, has gone ahead and even created the artwork for this album that manages to replicate the intricate nature of the music along with some kind of hallucinogenic quality that it induces. The music is often slower, deliberate, as if to create a hypnotic effect aided by use of repetition, and with that the songs can go on for as long as nine minutes without seeming cumbersome as is almost always the case with the brutal death metal subgenre where lengthy songs go. Dead And Dripping is doing something novel in this space which begs to be heard with all its quirks including the Demilich-esque croaks to go with music sounding just as surreal and twisted. It's an album that is painstakingly composed with thought and effort put into every single aspect of it and with all of it done in a refreshingly organic manner. "Nefarious Scintillations" is a tour-de-force for the style and a testament to the dedication and prowess of one-man bands.

Nefarious Scintillations by DEAD AND DRIPPING