Germany's Anasarca stands at the nexus of classic European and American death metal, delivering uncompromising slabs of technical, boldface riffage and kinetic rhymes with subtle melodic flourishes. Their journey began in 1995 in Emden, Lower Saxony when Mike Dormann (guitar/vocals) and Heiner Saliger (drums) decided to form a new band after the dissolution of their previous one, Vomiting Corpses. The band appeared on various compilations before unveiling their debut album, Godmachine, in 1998. Two years later, they issued their sophomore long-player, Moribund, an assured effo...