This album is full of good old brutal death metal meeting numerous schizophrenic tempo-changes, plenty of different sanity-questioning vocal styles, and elements of grindcore, deathcore, and others finding their way into the insanity.... Once again Benighted have produced an album of exceptional quality that is not only groovy and brutal to the power of infinity, but have created an album that is interesting and constantly stimulating. In a genre where originality and diversity are still mostly undiscovered relics, Benighted really do deserve their credit when originality and diversity are two of the core elements of their brutal sound.
Asylum Cave may be the band's best output to date, taking all of the good parts from Icon and amplifying them even further, producing an astonishing album of both musicianship and songwriting. The second half of the album may be a little less explorative than the first, but songs like the senseless "Swallow" are still among the best of the album. Songs like "Prey" from the first half however, take Benighted above and beyond anywhere they have been before in terms of groove and exploration.
Asylum Cave is a lunatic of an album, perfectly unbalanced in the head. (metalstorm.net)