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Brutal Death Metal: .357 Homicide - Homicidal Amusement Through Supreme Exsanguination (2022)

 

74 / 100
.357 Homicide’s second album delivers exactly what brutal death metal promises—fast, relentless, and punishing, despite noisy a bit.
Extreme metal like brutal death metal isn’t really my cup of tea, and that’s why I haven’t explored the Indonesian scene much. Still, “name your price” releases or freebies on Bandcamp always catch my attention. That’s also how I found the British band .357 Homicide by their second album released in 2022.

As I mentioned Indonesia earlier, the band surprisingly features Indonesian brutal vocalist Jossi Bima (Invigorate), alongside Jon Burr from a local act, and Larry Wang from Taiwan (Coprocephalic). Their vocals focus on deep gutturals, though they’re not always easy to recognize. The artwork is also tied to Indonesia, handled by Sidjimbe Art—proof that Indonesian metallers are deeply devoted to death metal and really dominate the local scene. Just to note, the band doesn’t have a bassist, which might not matter much if you can’t recognize or don’t care about bass lines. As for me—lol, same.

The band uses some audio samples too, especially on “Isolated Resort Of Deleterious Tendencies,” “Courtesan Killings,” “Locomotive Derangement,” and “Barbaric Speleology” as the openers. The drums sound like metal barrels with marching band–style snare patterns, which I actually enjoy. Meanwhile, the guitars come across noisy and sometimes overlap with the cymbals—at least on my cheap earphones—so the drums really stand out in the mix. Overall though, the album is a fast-paced rollercoaster, even if it stretches to 42 minutes, which honestly surprised me.

As expected from brutal death or grindcore, it’s a relentless blasting amusement, serving exactly what some metalheads call “therapy for the ears.” There aren’t really standout tracks for me, but fans of brutal death/slam should definitely give this one a shot.

[The review also posted on Metal Archives.]
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