Death metal it seems has not been something that many new bands get right. With all the new death metal bands out there these days it can be difficult to find ones that actually care about the quality of their music instead of just making a lot of noise (although there are certainly other metal genres that this applies to as well). The Cleansing, fortunately, is a band that cares. Most of the time. Death metal aficionados will certainly recognize some members of this band from other acts, most notably Usipian. They have been influenced by the modern death metal greats such as Behemoth and Kataklysm, and they know what it means to make a listenable death metal record. While it may not have the most original sound out there, Feeding The Inevitable does make for a damn fun listen.

The first track, The Promethean Promise, definitely bears a resemblance to Behemoth's recent work in terms of the riffing structure. The stop-and-go guitar riffs are big yet light on their feet, with the vocals being the low roar of Toke Eld that matches them quite well. The drumming of Morten Løwe Sørensen is also quite fast and strong, albeit not the most interesting I've heard. Third Eye Staring picks right up where the first song ended, with fast, palm-muted riffs and non-stop blasting drums, though the song slows down with more mid-paced riffs towards the middle, but there is also some nice guitar soloing going on after this to get some more energy going. After the third track I'm starting to sense a bit of a problem with the riffs seeming to sound quite similar to each other. Not that they're bad necessarily, but I need something more than repetition to really enjoy a song. Fortunately Hour Of Decadence finally catches my attention up with some solid mid-paced riffing and good soloing to shake things up. Processed For Contamination is a slower, stomping song that is dark and heavy, with dissonant, wailing guitar in the background. It's a longer song and can be a bit tough to get through. It actually might fit better on an Insomnium album, though the quality just isn't there. Two Days uses big riffs and the strong vocals to create a solid death metal track. Has it been done before? Sure. But that doesn't make it any less of an enjoyable listening experience.

Overall I had a good time listening to this album. I think only problem with it is that the songs themselves, while keeping a relatively consistent sound going, simply lack much depth in the second half of the album. But as I said before, I don't think that The Cleansing meant for this to be a groundbreaking album, rather it is meant to be decent, down-to-Earth death metal. In that respect it succeeds relatively well, though it's going to take a lot more work and creativity than this to really impress me.