Baphomet’s Dead Shall Inherit is yet another death metal album that stands as a testimony to the glorious NYDM scene of the early nineties. Playing skull thumping chunky riffs with a rhythmic drive, that almost lends a certain groove to their music over a complex structure, Baphomet manages to capture the grotesque atmosphere of primeval evil in its every single note. Dead Shall Inherit is a very brutal album where the music makes frequent transition between mid paced groovy parts and faster grind breaks like in Valley of the Dead and Torn Soul.

The music in the album essentially moves forward in patterns which repeats at odd intervals while deploring murky depths at frequent grind breaks, where the percussive patterns of the drummer is clearly revealed between his blastbeats and bass hits. The NYDM style becomes evident each time the guitarists employs muted single chord rhythmic riffing while styles of death metal and grindcore are encompassed under the same shadow. Vocals are nothing but deep, low growls like most of the generic death metal vocalists. But thankfully the vocals fall short of the inflated gore distortion keeping the touch of human grace intact. The basslines are pretty neat sounding very metallic instead of getting the distorted sounds.

The crushing tones of the riffs with the complex groove work so well that the absence of solos goes almost unnoticed. But in doing so the band keeps the brutality bar high in the album. However the music playing at a constant tempo does mellow things down at times till the murderous viciousness of the muted riffs and throat slashing growls takeover your psyche.  Best part of the album is that these guys play like possessed soul beyond retribution, as though they really mean it. And this adds a lot to the listening experience unlike the mindless use of meaningless speed and unwanted atonal notes in new age death bands