If you are to skim the booklet to any classic, old school death metal cd, chances are you'll find Brutality's name mentioned somewhere among the thanks list. These guys came out of Tampa, Florida in the 1980's alongside such great bands as Death, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Deicide, Atheist, and several others. Of course, all those bands have their own unique sound which can only be attributed to them, and Brutality were no different. To compare Brutality to any one band is doing a big injustice to their sound because while the band did not manage to achieve the fame and recognition they probably deserved in their lifetime. Yhese guys were really in a league all their own, arguably on the same level musically and artistically as bands like Morbid Angel or Death. Screams of Anguish marked an excellent transition for one of the more unsung acts in the formative Florida death scene. It might have taken seven years since the band's creation to arrive, but it stands far above the demos and EPs that the band had previously produced, eschewing their rugged thrash/grind crossover roots entirely for an onslaught of well written, immaculately produced death metal that integrates both atmosphere and variation into a punishing palette. This is seriously one of the most underrated death metal bands out there.