Band:	Kraanium
Album:	Post Mortal Coital Fixation
Style:	Brutal death metal
Release date:	May 22, 2012
A review by:	Doc G.

01. Post Mortal Fixation
02. Stillborn Necrotic Fuck Feast
03. Bursting Rectal Sores
04. Compulsive Mutilation Disorder
05. Slurping The Vaginal Pus
06. Crack Whore Pounding
07. Coprophagial Asphyxiation
08. Slammed Kranial Remains
09. Sculptures Of Perverse Suffering
10. Baptized In Boiling Sewage
11. Orgy Of Cannibalistic Fornication
12. Entrails Full Of Vermin [Abominable Putridity cover]

Both death metal and grind are difficult genres for a lot of people to really get into. Fair enough, sometimes it comes down to acquired taste, other times it might just not be someones cup of tea. Then you come across bands like Kraanium, who play a form of brutal death metal with more than a few grind touches here and there, it comes as no surprise why so many people are averse to this form of music.

...Not out of any repulsion because of the violent album artwork and brutal song titles, but mostly because of the sheer boredom Post Mortal Coital Fixation exudes. Start off with a decently brutal riff, then repeat and repeat and repeat. This album is so mind-numbingly samey, the songs feel as if they're pushing Opeth levels of song length. It only feels that way, though. The songs, in actuality, usually clock in at around 3 minutes. To put this in perspective, there's generally only about 35 seconds worth of material per song...That's including the 8 seconds of obligatory horror movie sound bites. In fact, it really brings in the mind the band Mortician; horror movie sound bites, violent imagery, and song writing so forgettable that rarely amounts to anything more than aimless noise. Fair enough, it might not be as bad as Mortician, but the only distinctly enjoyable aspect about Kraanium is the same factor they share with Mortician; the feeling of brutal ferocity. Unfortunately, the entertainment factor of that feeling really doesn't last long if the song writing is thoroughly uncreative at the best of times.

Perhaps this brutally generic death/grind album would have been more appropriate as an EP. It's mildly amusing in short doses, as a lot of these gore-obsessed type bands can be. As a whole, though, Post Mortal Coital Fixation is just another bland album.