Father Befouled - Immaculate Pain [REVIEW]


Hailing from Atlanta, Father Befouled have been active since 2006 and have an extensive back catalogue.

Brought to us by Everlasting Spew, this new instalment is a little hard to review.

The three main tracks are outstanding - circa 16.5 minutes of premium death-doom.

These guys are often compared to Incantation, which is fair but certainly no bad thing, and on this release they represent the most enjoyable side of that style and do so extremely well.

Next we have a cover of Morbid Angel's Pain Divine, which is perfectly decent but doesn't fit all that well with the preceding material.

Digital customers then also get a cover of Vulgar Necrolatry by Abhorrence, which probably fits better with core EP but has a very different production to the rest of the package.

Essentially - we would recommend buying the three original tracks on Bandcamp and burning yourself a CD, assuming that you are a fan of consistency at least. On that basis, Immaculate Pain can is one of the year's strongest offerings.

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