Coffin Mulch – Spectral Intercession (2023)

January 12, 2024

Excellent songwriting from one of the stronger names in the current British underground. Perhaps Spectral Intercession does not live up entirely to the sheer excellence of Septic Funeral but this is still a solid follow-up and a solid debut to boot. The HM2 buzzsaw sound in 2023 is no doubt polarising and is indeed a bold choice, because Coffin Mulch are NOT just another one of those derivative copycat bands. The songwriting is nuanced and original and I do genuinely fear that a lot of folk are gonna go “HM2 clone/worship LOL” and look no further. Fortunately, from what I can tell, that isn’t happening too much. But yeah, looking forward to see where these guys go from here.