Gruesome Streaming Self-Titled Track

Channeling inspiration from one of death metal's most revered, founding American acts - the almighty Death - into its own mangled interpretations, Gruesome's impending "Savage Land" debut is a delightfully horrid slab of late-'80s/early-'90s Florida-styled death metal created in homage to the late Chuck Schuldiner's early masterworks.

Uniting members of Exhumed, Possessed, Malevolent Creation, Derketa and more, with "Savage Land," the collective is humbly determined to keep the sound and spirit of Death alive as sincerely and authentically as possible.

As a precursor to Savage Land's official release next month via Relapse Records, today Noisey offers up namesake track "Gruesome" for communal enjoyment.

Elaborates guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey, "Okay, full confession: I always wanted to be in a band that had an eponymous song, like Iron Maiden or Angel Witch. It's the kind of thing you really need to do on your first album, though. With 'Gruesome,' I felt like it was the right thing to do. It's almost like a mission statement, and since, 'sounds exactly like '87-'91 Death' doesn't really roll off the tongue, I figured 'Gruesome' would work.

"It was one of the last songs we wrote for the album and it's definitely one of my favorites. The lyrics are kind of a Cliff's Notes on Scream Bloody Gore, from the burning bodies of 'Infernal Death' in the first verse to the zombie army of SBG's title track in the last one. Anyway, I think it's one of the better tunes we came up with and I hope you agree."