Stabbing - Eon of Obscenity

LP REVIEW

Eon of Obscenity
Stabbing (brutal slamming death metal)
29 Jan. 2026
11 tracks
30 minutes
Century Media Records Ltd.

Fast riffs. Undeniable, unrelenting groove. Stabbing offers a coherent brutal experience with a unique and technical twist.

Eon of Obscenity is a crushing album that brings it all. Nauseating and technical riffs pelt you for what seems an... Eon. The first half of the album is heavy as hell and catchy, setting a precedent for the rest. Vocalist Bridget Lynch punches through the mix with well-executed gutturals and thoughtfully placed bestial flicking "alien bug" noises such as in "Reborn to Kill Once More." I don't know how this sound is possible from a human.

A standout track from the first half of the album is "Masticate the Subdued," which features slamming syncopated grooves mixed with some more old school death metal elements. There are two particularly cool things about this song:

For one, take note of the snare. It's common for the kick drums to follow the guitar a majority of the time. While this does occur in "Masticate the Subdued" and throughout the album, there are also sections of the song where the snare entirely follows the guitar or vice versa, which you don’t see quite as commonly. The snare work is absolutely phenomenal at accentuating riffs and bringing more impact to the splintering fast double kicks.

Secondly (which becomes a theme throughout the album) is the use of pinch harmonics to produce a rhythmically interesting melody. Usually, pinch harmonics are used as sparing rhythmic and harmonic accents, contrasting the brutal riffing. However, in songs like "Masticate the Subdued" or "Symphony of Absurdity," guitarist Marvin Ruiz shows masterful technique by using pinch harmonics in quick succession, producing melody against oppressive riffs. This is not easy to do especially with whatever else he's got going on in the riff!

Small reprieve is given in the form of the depressive and sludging outro in "Reborn to Kill Once More." It’s a real put-your-arms-on-someone's-shoulder-in-the-pit-and-headbang-real-slow moment. The standout slam-fest of a track is followed by "Ruminations," a minute-and-a-half instrumental track — brutal slamming elevator music for your descent into the chaotic hell of second half of Eon of Obscenity.

After this, you're straight back into the action with "Nauseating Composition (featuring Ricky Myers of Suffocation)" and "Their Melted Remains," one of my personal favourites. The minor ascending accents in the main riff are just simply [chef's kiss]. And "Their Melted Remains" is one of those songs you wish you wrote.

It's hard to call Stabbing anything other than "masterful" at this point in the album. Everything comes together seamlessly, with a cherry on top: the lyrics. The lyrics aren't entirely legible from casual listening, as with most extreme metal vocals. But if you get the lyrics and follow along, you realize how much Stabbing (and specifically Bridget in this context) pay attention to details. Everything just works together! It's incredibly coherent.

At the end of the day, nothing gets in the way of how brutal of an experience this album is.

10/10