Faster than a speeding bullet, deeper than my poetry and with more shred, juns and breakdowns than you can shake a stick at, Pierced from Within is an absolutely essential component of death metal canon.
Fast, intricately technical, immaculately heavy, and well produced, Pierced From Within is an extreme metal landmark, highly recommended for genre newbies and hardcore fans alike.
This is by far some of the best guitar riffs I’ve ever heard in BDM. The riffs and drums on this thing combined with some of the most horrific vocals and lyrics makes for such a brutal album that really rips the whole way through. Diaper officially soggy
Damn this is some good ass Death Metal
This album is genuinely some of the best Brutal Death Metal I have ever heard
The brutality on this record is ridiculous
This album genuinely one-of-a-kind
The mix of Brutal Death Metal and Technical Death Metal on this album is some of the best I've heard
It's only rivaled by bands like Dying Fetus, who released their first album just over a year after this one
Nonetheless, this album is brutal
The songwriting is heavy as fuck
And the vocals ... read more
With my only other brutal death metal experience being None So Vile, I think I let myself down thinking this was gonna be just as good. I’m not mad, just disappointed.
amazing punchy production, amazing technical/complex sound, amazing vocals, amazing drums, amazing bass emphasis, amazing riffs (ESPECIALLY the riffs), amazing everything, really. this unforgiving album keeps my head moving the entirety of its 45 minute runtime
| 1 | Pierced From Within 4:26 | 89 |
| 2 | Thrones of Blood 5:14 | 90 |
| 3 | Depths of Depravity 5:33 | 88 |
| 4 | Suspended in Tribulation 6:30 | 86 |
| 5 | Torn Into Enthrallment 5:26 | 86 |
| 6 | The Invoking 4:36 | 83 |
| 7 | Synthetically Revived 3:53 | 84 |
| 8 | Brood of Hatred 4:35 | 87 |
| 9 | Breeding the Spawn 5:09 | 86 |