RITUAL MASS (Pennsylvania, USA) - It Ever Turns (sealed CD copy) (2022) Released by Memento Mori issued in a standard jewel case w/clear tray.  **LAST COPY IN STOCK**
 A CD that compiles all the material spawned by this US band so far, all of which was previously never available on CD format: "Ritual Mass" demo (2017), "Abhorred In The Eyes Of God" EP (2019) and "Descent/Sepulcher" single (2021). 
If you've ever picked up the early Master tapes where they've mixed in the non-triggered drum takes and imagined what those thrashing, punkish Axegrinder-esque chunks might sound like reborn by way of a more perfectionism-bound group (i.e. Tomb Mold) then ratcheted up to ridiculous body-in-the-trunk heaviness (i.e. Coffins) you'll understand why RITUAL MASS are an instant thumbs up from our perspective. 
They're not a Death/Crust band, but they could hang with 'em, they're not a "caveman" thug merch-meme Death Metal band (but they could hang with 'em), and it seems the angle these guys are aiming for is a solid enough mix of simple grooving and easy-going pure Death Metal. 
"It Ever Turns" is a superb slab of primal, pustulent Death Metal. No tech, no progression, no normal blast beats, no real "solos", no progression, no goofy merch: just utter devastation, tonal rape, crushing filth, ignorant stomp, and overwhelming intensity.
 It's Death Metal done with a dangerous zeal that's blanching to behold.  --  Memento Mori – [MEMENTO-CXXII]