BLACK BLEEDING from Belgium, forged in the late ’90s aren’t surely formed to make friends or to make your neighbors happy. They’re here to deliver a musical beating with a broken bottle, and after a decade long wait since “A Bright Future” (2014), their fourth full-length, “Blutwurst,” is exactly the kind of stomach churning filth the fanatics needed. BLACK BLEEDING has always been playing an unstable mix of Death and Black Metal, but this time, the formula feels even more unpredictable and explosive. The descriptor “Black Death’n’Roll” is too polite, as this is more like Death Grind’n’Roll played by three maniacs who genuinely don’t give a flying hell what you think. The sound is thick, brutal, fanatic and melodic in passages where it demands. This immediately began with the ‘Black Bleeding Live Matters’ which drops like a grenade, setting the immediate tone. Their rapid fire song arrangement surely blurs the lines between a Black Metal tremolo storm and Death Grind’s sheer, crushing speed. There’s no buildup, just ignition. The title track, ‘Blutwurst’, is a perfect distillation of their sound. Though in meaning, “Blutwurst” is something that is made from pork rind, blood barley and spices. The bloody sausage flavor is meaty and mild, its color is dark red. And composition wise, it’s meaty, mild in flavor only if you consider a mild flavor to be one that leaves you with severe internal bleeding. It swings between relentless grinding tempo and those surprisingly head bouncing melodies that keep the whole thing from devolving into pure noise. ‘666th Degree Burn’ and ‘Iron Sun’ confirm the band’s new power trio format works like a charm. And their cohesion surely is something that elevated the record to some height. Alexandre Pomes guitar work is truly abominable freak territory. Riffs sharp enough to draw blood, blending sheer heavy rhythm, grinding chops with flashes of twisted, Rock’n’Roll tinged melody. Michel Lathuraz, as Balmuzette on drums, is a machine of pure mayhem, as he slams away on the drum kit with a style that always makes me wonder if they bolt the kit to the floor to keep it from disintegrating. The sheer rhythm variance and hammering heaviness of his playing is breathtaking. The further numbers ‘7.62×39’, ‘Hallelujawohl’, ‘Three Old Pigs’ and ending with ‘Meat-Pie In The Sky’ tells more on this music, which is filled with enough rhythm variance and melody blended with sheer heaviness to keep the listener in the mood to kick some rotten heads in the head. Josh the Deathtructor, bass and vocals, provide the necessary low end growl and guttural roar, anchoring the chaos with intensity. The raw production ensures every hit, every rasp and every screaming amplifier tube is present, giving it that essential, underground stench. It can be said, that after long gaps and several line-up changes, these fanatic Belgians found its path again in a raw power trio format. They remain mercilessly aggressive, still as wild as ever, but now with a stronger Grinding Death’n’Roll to make your parents and neighbors more disappointed. To find out more on the band and label, visit www.facebook.com/beerbleeding or www.facebook.com/rttc.eu