Pathological Brazilian Goregrind

Continuing with Extreme-Metal's monthly section for music, here is July's feature:
　ＬＹＭＰＨＡＴＩＣ　ＰＨＬＥＧＭ (Pathologic Goregrind from Curitiba [Paraná], Brazil)
Formed in １９９６  


Lymphatic Phlegm's style of goregrind was originally rooted in noisy Carcass worship like many Brazilian goregrind artists, but quickly diverged into stranger and stranger directions, and at this point in Lymphatic Phlegm's career, this is certainly the strangest yet. 'Pathogenesis Infest Phlegmsepsia' delves headlong into the band's strange style of goregrind without even the slightest glance back. Lymphatic Phlegm's style is defined by several elements, each of which are exploited to their fullest on this release. The riffing, while always unusual, heavily influenced by older styles of metal as well as traditional goregrind, is even more hypermelodic and bizarre than usual, with these pathological microsongs packed to the brim with guitarwork that seems to go every direction but forward. There are almost no riffs which go in a conventional goregrind direction, instead preferring to erupt into flurries of melodic yet vaguely sickening notes which don't tend to enjoy moving in typical tremolo patterns. Heavy influences from '70s and '80s styles of metal are present, with somewhat more traditional goregrind riffs suddenly switching in strange retro directions but still maintaining melodic coherency.