heavy-metal-darkness: Voidhämmer |Noxious Emissions |Caligari Records

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Voidhämmer |Noxious Emissions |Caligari Records

Release Date January 9^th, 2026
Format Cassette
Genre Death Metal, Grindcore
Country USA

Born from the filth of the Los Angeles underground, Voidhämmer is a power-trio featuring members of Swampbeast and Crematory Stench. They aren't interested in being your friend or making something pretty. This crew specializes in a vile, chaotic blend of crust, death metal, and grindcore designed to sound like the end of the world. By tapping into raw, buzzing entropy, they’ve managed to create a debut that sounds like it was dragged out of a shallow grave.

This demo, "Noxious Emissions", is a nasty piece of work. From the second "Rotting In Excrement" starts, it’s clear these guys aren't messing around with any clean production or technical wankery. It’s got that thick, disgusting tone you’d expect from fans of Coffins or Incantation. The guitars have a disgusting buzz to them, and the vocals sound like someone choking on their own bile. It’s ugly, mean, and exactly what death metal should be when it's stripped down to the bone.

The drumming on "Cadaveric Bloat" and "Phospherized" keeps things ugly and fast, hitting those grindcore speeds before dropping back into a miserable, mid-tempo crawl. There is a real sense of filth here, it’s the kind of music that makes you want to take a shower as soon as the tape stops spinning. They’ve captured a primal horror that’s missing from a lot of modern, over-produced garbage. "Coffin Leakage" closes the demo out with enough disgusting energy to leave you wanting more, even if the world is ending.

If you worship at the altar of Disrupt or want your metal to sound like a literal cosmic hellscape, this is for you. It’s a quick, sharp shock of total inhumanity. The production is swampy and gross, which is perfect for a Caligari Records release. It’s a solid debut that shows Voidhämmer has the right idea when it comes to making noise that is genuinely terrifying and sick. Grab a beer, crank this loud, and watch the world burn.

Score: 7.5