OK, I must say right away that I should not, by far, be the first choice for reviewing death metal albums, but I ran across this baby in the "used" section of a record store. Knowing about Autopsy's, somewhat, legendary status within death metal underground, I decided to pick it up. Obviously, never having heard Autopsy before, I can't compare it to their other efforts. What I can say about "Acts of the Unspeakable" is that it is a simple and straightforward death metal. The guitars alternate between slow, sludgy, Sabbath-esque riffs, and very fast sections of almost hardcore simplicity. The band also throw their weight around to demonstrate their Grindcore roots on several tracks.

From what I know about the band, Autopsy were one of the pioneers of the whole gore-metal genre, and, although, the CD sleeve is deprived of the lyrics, the song titles, vividly demonstrate that.

Honestly, I didn't think that this album was gonna sustain my interest for more than 10 minutes. Surprisingly, 35 minutes and 18 tracks later, I found myself to be pleasantly disgusted and beat up. I think I am gonna keep this CD.

© 1999 boris