Release Date June 4th, 2026
Format CD/Digital
Genre Death Metal
Origin Sweden
Formed in 2007 by Revolting Rogga together with Billy from Razorback Records, Revolting has built a steady discography rooted in classic Swedish death metal, moving from the early Razorback years through a strong run on FDA Rekotz, followed by releases on Transcending Obscurity and Xtreem Music. Across the years, Revolting has kept their sound firmly anchored in rotten, hook-driven death metal, with Grotesque Tobias on bass and Mutated Martin on drums forming the crushing rhythm section behind Rogga's vocals and guitars. Their recent albums "Born To Be Dead" (2022) and "Night Of The Horrid" (2024) showed the band still sounding sharp and focused.
Rogga Johansson knows the formula, rotten riffs, horror imagery, hooks that stick, and he has applied it with the same unflinching consistency across nearly two decades. "Supernatural Anthems" is the latest installment of that formula, and it runs like a machine that has had the rust scraped off one more time.
Grotesque Tobias and Mutated Martin lock the rhythm section in and stay there. The bass has a presence that most Swedish death metal albums never bother with, and the drumming hits with the kind of patience that keeps the tempos from collapsing into blunt-force noise. Rogga's vocals are as corroded as ever, not flashy, not strained, just the right amount of grime. "Born To Be Dead" (2022) and "Night Of The Horrid" (2024) showed the band still had something to say. "Supernatural Anthems" confirms the streak continues.
Tracks like "Upon The Chopping Block," "Undead Wife, Happy Life," and "A Midnight Massacre" land with the hook-to-brutality ratio Revolting has made their signature. The production does the job as it is Swedish death metal as it should sound, not too clean, not so buried. It looses the riff work that justifies the whole project. The nine-track structure keeps things moving without burning through nothing by the end.
Where "Supernatural Anthems" doesn't fully land is in its ability to separate itself from the band's own back catalog. A few moments across the second half of the record feel less inspired than the opener or the mid-album peak, and some of the song structures circle back to places Revolting has already been. That's not a problem, the quality floor here is high enough that even the filler earns its minutes, but when the bar is the band's own catalogue, the comparison does matter.
This is still Revolting doing what Revolting do. The horror-soaked atmosphere is intact, the songwriting is focused, and the whole thing holds together as a death metal record that respects your time. Just don't come in expecting any curveballs.
|7.5
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