IMPALED – DEATH AFTER LIFE [VINYL 12”]

“Death After Life” stands as one of IMPALED’s most ambitious and concept-driven creations—a grotesque, medically charged plunge into surgical horror, dark satire, and the ethics-free frontier of experimental science. Blending brutal death metal with a vivid narrative, the album unravels a storyline of resurrection attempts, biological corruption, and the fragile boundary between life, death, and the twisted machinery in between.
Its world of morgues, labs, and bio-apocalyptic decay forms a seamless backdrop for the band’s razor-sharp riffing, multifaceted vocal attacks, and signature surgical precision.

It became a touchstone for fans of Carcass-inspired death metal and influenced numerous newer bands who adopted similar blends of technicality, narrative continuity, and medical horror concepts. Today, it remains a cult classic—an essential document in the evolution of gore-infused death metal, recognized for pushing the genre’s thematic and aesthetic boundaries.

300x crystal clear with transparent red splatter 12″ in a black poly-lined innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g carton (coated paper), simple jacket, full-color printed on 350g carton, coated paper (semi-gloss), all assembled in a plastic overbag.