Cleveland death metal legends-in-waiting 200 Stab Wounds have returned with 'Manual Manic Procedures', a superlative sophomore effort that follows 2021’s 'Slave to the Scalpel', their tour de force debut. The new album is a brutal slab of old school death metal with a contemporary edge. Not for the faint-hearted, 'Manual Manic Procedures' may well be the album that puts classic gore-themed ferocity back into the metal community’s collective consciousness.
'Slave to the Scalpel' saw 200 Stab Wounds insinuate themselves into the minds of extreme metal fans, leading to praise from Pitchfork for their “unpretentious brilliance, pitch-black sense of humor” and an “aesthetic [that’s] built around a chugging, groovy riff that stomps down a path of destruction.” 'Manual Manic Procedures' sees the band upping the ante both musically and lyrically.
The songs on 'Manual Manic Procedures' are not safe for work – perhaps unsafe most anywhere. But that’s its dark charm in a world where even heavy music can play it too safely. 200 Stab Wounds have crafted 'Manual Manic Procedures' for themselves and like-minded brethren: thrill-seekers, carnage cravers, horror fans, and aficionados of the most extreme metal. Above all, 200SW created a future death metal classic.
CD jewel case version
Tracklisting
1. Hands of Eternity
2. Gross Abuse
3. Manual Manic Procedures
4. Release the Stench
5. Led to the Chamber / Liquified
6. Flesh from Within
7. Defiled Gestation
8. Ride the Flatline
9. Parricide
