review by: Abhishek Chatterjee

This CD is a trap. If you listen to it, you are hooked. There's no way around it. Even if at first listen you think it's not all that great, you are still going to get hooked. Which is exactly what happened to me.

These bloodthirsty Spaniards take a big step forward from where Stabwound Orgasm (review here) left off, bringing us an album filled with heavy riffs and melodic interludes that take nothing away from the overall brutality.

But whereas I really got into Stabwound Orgasm the first time I heard it, it started to wear off really fast, exactly the opposite happened with Yearning for the Grotesque. The exotic melodies are more pronounced this time around. Check out the intro to "Pale Red Blood" and the awesome guitar lines contained within.

Dave's growls sound absolutely great, and some killer chorus lines like on "Daddy Stew" and "Devourer of the Dead" really help Avulsed's cause. There's no dearth of riffs that make you headbang either. Don't believe me? Check out "Cadaver Decapitado" and "Sick Sick Sex" for further proof. I just wish they had chosen a better way to finish the album. "Decrepit Sigh" is wayyy too slow and ends the album on a dragging note. But, it still hasn't stopped from nominating this as my Pick Of The Issue #2. (8.1/10)