?Excruciating Existence? can be described using just two words: DEATH and METAL. Yeah, Escarnium is a pure and classic death metal combo and their music is deeply rooted in the US sound. Think of Incantation, early Immolation, early Vital Remains, Goreaphobia, Nuclear Death, Acheron, Rottrevore? Each of the songs offers an evil, terrifying and sinister atmosphere and each is an epitome of brutality of this style. The pace is sometimes rather slow, but even when Escarnium fastens, the whole music still sounds somehow apocalyptic and extremely massive, with an heavy wall of sound and vocals, like ghastly invocations. This truly is a killer album, definitely a must to have.