Brandon Chase, the mind behind Filet-O-Flesh, has carved out a place for himself
in underground death metal with a raw and relentless approach. Hailing from
Chicago, this one-man project made a bloody entrance with last year’s “And The
Earth Shall Inherit The Dead.” Now, Chase returns
with his second full-length, “Inner Piece,” which takes the horror-soaked
themes even further, both in imagery and sound.
“Inner
Piece” is an album soaked in gore-soaked theatrics. The cover art tells you
everything you need to know, and the songs follow through with unfiltered
aggression. Across eleven tracks, Chase blends
the classic influences of American death metal with his own fascination for
splatter horror and grotesque storytelling. The production is raw enough to
maintain grit, and never loses the crushing heaviness that drives the music
forward.
Tracks like “Obsessive Repulsive Disorder” and “Blessed Be The Hands That Flay” hammer with chainsaw riffing and blasting drums, while “Blueprint For Armageddon” and “By The Throat” inject a grinding intensity that nods to both old-school brutality and modern ferocity. His decision to cover “Pet Sematary” (all-time fave track them) gives a morbid twist to the RAMONES’ classic, reimagining it through a death metal lens. The title track “Inner Piece” captures the album’s grisly spirit perfectly, splitting open its sound with thick grooves and violent atmosphere.
Lyrically, Chase keeps close to the world of body horror,
cannibalism, and decay. It reads almost like pages torn from a splatter comic,
fitting the grotesque aesthetic that Filet-O-Flesh thrives
on. This ties neatly into the brutal, cartoonish artwork, giving the album a
complete identity that feels authentic to its underground spirit.
Overall,
“Inner Piece” is a raw, bloody death metal slab that keeps its underground edge
intact while expanding Chase’s vision for Filet-O-Flesh. It’s loud, gory, and brazenly brutal,
exactly the kind of release that fans of underground death metal look for
around Halloween.
Score: 8.0
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