Pungent Stench – Been Caught Buttering (1991)

July 30, 2024

I enjoy Pungent Stench but don’t come back to visit them all that often. Been Caught Buttering, which is the band’s sophomore album, walks a tightrope between concise, clear music and production, and on the other side, wallowing in a pit of disgusting gore. There is also the matter of the band’s purile sense of humour, which compliments proceedings nicely, of course. Pungent Stench play with the discipline and tightness of a death metal band, but bathe in the rancid vats of the dirty, dripping goregrind sound (at least in its classic incarnation), and the result is a sleazy and sinister album of (de)compositions likely to perforate your eardrums. Lovely!