{"product_id":"8715392260223","title":"PUNGENT STENCH – BEEN CAUGHT BUTTERING (2CD) - CD •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 8715392260223 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: NAPALM \u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: June 26, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePungent Stench’s 1991 underground Death Metal classic album remastered!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Been Caught Buttering” achieves greatness not by expanding upon or pushing forward the Death Metal genre, but by distilling it. Here is death metal embodied: buzzsaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguitars threaten to slice through limb, drums are hit with the precision and care of a killer clubbing his victim, the bass throbs underneath like the pulse of some monstrous beast,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esolos rip through the din without warning, depraved tales are recited in a maniacal bark, and everything is sloshed in terrible, fetid grime. As far as ruthless, muck-encrusted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeath, its only rival is “Mental Funeral” by Autopsy. This is elemental, admirable for its purity of vision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs definitive as this sophomore album is, it’s also unique, both in Pungent Stench’s discography and in Death Metal as a whole. Nothing is quite like it, which is hinted at before\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou even hear it. Joel-Peter Witkin returns as cover artist, with the piece “The Kiss”, a photograph of a cadaver head split down the middle and the two halves laid side by side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas if caught in an amorous embrace. Witkin’s work is suitably repulsive, but with enough artistry to elevate it above the legions of goregrind covers created.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusically, there’s an undercurrent of Rock. Unlike Death ‘N’ Roll bands (such as Pungent Stench became on their subsequent album) who make rock music with Death Metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003etrappings, “Been Caught Buttering” bends and contorts rock to fit within its twisted framework. Just as the cover takes a familiar and innocent image and perverts it into something\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edreadful, the band employ well-worn tropes to devious ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pungent Stench discography is very diverse in its quality. There are other high points, but none to match this, not that one could reasonably expect a band to attain this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003equality once, let alone multiple times. When asked what this death metal thing is about, our answer is simply to play “Been Caught Buttering”. If you worship at the altars of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eungodly splatter, if you regularly have sonic sewage oozing from your headphones and your buttering has as of yet gone undetected, it’s high time you get yourself caught.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"disc-no\"\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShrunken and Mummified Bitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHappy Re-birthday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGames of Humiliation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS.M.A.S.H.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrainpan Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd Only Hunger Remains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSputter Supper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSick Bizarre Defaced Creation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSplatterday Night Fever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ballad of Mangled Homeboys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDaddy Cruel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"disc-no\"\u003eDisc 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtreme Deformity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHypnos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDead Body Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuspended Animation\/For God Your Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMucous Secretion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBonesawer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Let Me Rot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Vault\/Rip You Without Care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Small Lunch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMolecular Disembowelment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePungent Stench\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParadise City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"NAPALM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44291753410659,"sku":"8715392260223","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/Image_1a281468-ae0a-4523-a088-8a7da1b16d95.jpg?v=1782451368","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/8715392260223","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}