Via Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Extremely Rotten
Out 27 March, 2026
Words by: Liam Hedges
Returning with their third full-length album are the UK’s infected brutality-dealers Cryptworm. Infectious Pathological Waste serves as the perfect follow-up to the 2022 debut album Spewing Mephitic Putridity and 2023 release Oozing Radioactive Vomition.
This album review really started a few weeks ago for me with the release of the first single; Drowning in Purulent Excrementia. The gory album cover immediately caught my attention on Bandcamp and is honestly one of the coolest artworks I’ve recently come across. The morbid brutality of the art is a perfect example of the brand of death metal crafted by Cryptworm. Listening to that track back then, I was sold, and made note for when the whole release would arrive. I then leapt at the chance to review this album.
From track one, Gallons of Molten Hominal Goo, Cryptworm have their hooks in you, and will not let up until the last note of this 35-minute release. Blasting drums with a pingy snare, gore-ridden slammy riffs and low vomitous gurgles are balanced by groovy sections complete with skank beats to create an interesting and dynamic approach to brutal death. The effect is of some of the grooviest and catchiest death metal without letting up one bloodied scrap of brutality.
The title track, Infectious Pathological Waste, encompasses this dynamic, moving from grooves, to grindy brutality, to bouncy boppy passages. Track five, Embedded with Parasitic Larvae, must be mentioned for not only the title but for even more of these catchy hooks created by the guitars and the filth-ridden rumbling vocals.
Noted on Metal Archives as from Bristol, Cryptworm is made up of Tibor Hanyi covering guitars and vocals, Joss Farrington on the bass and Jamie Wintle on drums. The mix of this release has a vast, cavernous feel, and focuses mostly on guitar and drums. Vocals are placed amidst the soundscape so that they almost ooze through the other layers, while still being forward and powerful.
What really captures me in this release is not just the unrelenting brutality of each track, but the genuine fun of the record. You find these fun, bouncy riffs that catch you off guard across this record, which when matched with song names such as Gastrointestinal Seepage, creates this tongue-in-cheek feel for the whole release. Thematically the whole release works well and continues the repulsive journey of titles from the previous releases. For me this release is the epitome of modern brutal death metal; well-crafted fun and exciting death metal while delivering all the violence, gore and brutality us fans are craving.
Off for now to wash myself of this molten hominal goo,
Metal Cult 666
