Since the duo, who are completed by former The Project Hate drummer Thomas Ohlsson, originally chose their name as a tribute to the 1981 cult horror film of the same name, it should come as no surprise that they once again pay tribute to director Lucio Fulci (1927-1996) in one of the album's deadliest salvos, "New York Ripper". Other tracks on this third album, such as "Undead Apocalypse" or "Burial Disturbance," were inspired by other famous horror classics such as "Night Of The Living Dead" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and Hrubovcak has come up with his own stories of horror in his lyrics. Some of them are fictitious, such as "Coffin Colony" about a sick homeless man who lives in underground coffins and becomes infected with rabies after eating sewer rats." Others, such as "Lunatic Butcher," are inspired by real-life events, in this case the escapades and gruesome murders of Paul John Knowles, dubbed the "Casanova Killer." Musically, Johansson jokes about "every band that says their new album is their best, but here it's actually true, eh eh! This album is House By The Cemetary on steroids.

The sound is broad and reverent, the vocals are great and the heavy riffing, interspersed with occasional melody, makes for a varied, fun and GORY listening pleasure!" Rounded off, as with 2024's »The Mortuary Hauntings«, by eerie artwork by Felipe Mora (whose nightmarish visions have been featured on albums by Consumption, Acheron or Wombbath) and mixed by Håkan Stuvemark of Wombbath, Disturbing The Cenotaph is a raw, face-catching, eight-song-packed death metal to the core album that will shake you to the bone!

 

Tracklisting

 

New York Ripper

Coffin Colony

Island of the Dead

Depraved Unspeakable Acts

Massive Cadaver Resurrection

Undead Apocalypse

Phantom Intrusions

Burial Disturbance

Lunatic Butcher