One can say ARSEBREED is a Netherlander all-star death metal band as it includes members of several famous death metal like DISAVOWED, PYAEMIA and MANGLED. Formed by two guitarists Daniel Broek of DISAVOWED and Marco Pranger in 2001 under the name of BLOODCUM, they disbanded in 2002 after the demo "Arsestabbers" due to internal issues. Two years later the two decided to reform the band with members from the aforementioned bands, and this new lineup named themselves ARSEBREED.

This is really a shit name that sounds like they are a joke band. Yet the music does the talking: they are playing totally technical brutal death metal in DEEDS OF FLESH, DEICIDE vein, despite album and song titles remind you of CANNIBAL CORPSE. Neurotic Records released their debut "Munching the Rotten" which includes the six songs from "Arsestabbers" and five new songs in late 2005. Perhaps they did not have enough chances to stretch their limbs in their original bands, every member played with their best in this album. Complex songs and tempo, crazy chromatic fretworks, magnificent bass playing and dual vocalists attack maintain the whole album at a steady high standard. If you are into this kind of technical death metal will undoubtedly embrace it with joy; for some people the whole album just sounds repetitive. Fortunately songs in the later half is at high quality, especially the last two "Vomit Heaps Of Flesh" and "Chopped In Excrements" which are quite different from the rest in structure and atmosphere. It is remarkable that both songs are newly written. This album truly suffers from nothing innovative, yet if the next album follows the blueprints of these two songs and enhances the power of dual vocals will surely be a killer even still nothing really original. Singer Robbe K., also from DISAVOWED, handled the mixing and mastering job of this album. Every note of every song can be heard clearly in the crisp recording which suits their kind of technical music perfectly. The most astonishing is that the vocals are recorded in the attic of their house!

Nothing groundbreaking at all, but the band doesn't care as they just want to go retro and play the music they love. Remember to put the CD into your computer to watch the "making of" video which you could see how effortlessly the band completed the recording of this album!

Sample: "Stabbed in the Arse"