Wormed

The Profile

Wormed is a Spanish technical/brutal death metal band noted for extreme technicality and dense, atmospheric compositions; Planisphaerium received strong praise in contemporary reviews.

Formed in 1998 in Spain. Known publicly as a technical/brutal death metal group. Planisphaerium (reviewed here) is cited as their first full-length (excluding a demo). The band is noted in public sources for complex rhythms and extreme technical playing; lyrical/thematic focus includes science-fiction elements (publicly documented).

The available review (Tepes, 2006) praises Wormed's Planisphaerium as an exceptionally extreme and technically advanced brutal death metal album. The reviewer compares them to Cryptopsy and Disgorge and highlights the complex rhythms, virtuosic bass, inventive drumming, and production. The overall take is that Wormed pushed the genre forward with a debut that combines technique and atmosphere.