A very harrowing experience, but one nonetheless. The slow, drony build of Void Cohesion does a great job of winding you up while you sit there wondering what’s to come, then BOOM! Apoptosis jumps out at you like a demon out of a dark tunnel as Ignis Fatuus unleashes one of the most demonic shrieks you’ll ever hear as you descend into an abyss of filthy, chunky riffs, blasting drums and echoey, freakish growls and shrieks only a unique kind of throat can produce.Īs I described the latest Black Cilice album a while back, very similarly, listening to this album is an experience, not just a listen. This is a soul-shattering opus of some of the nastiest, filthiest and most nightmarish Death Metal your ears and body will ever have to endure. The best way I can describe hearing this album for the first time is the audio version of being dragged into hell during a bad trip and having to face the hallucinogenic terrors that surround you until it’s over. Their first two albums, Relentless Execution of Ceremonial Excrescence & Unholy Congregation of Hypocritical Ambivalence were good enough examples of the horrors this band is capable of, but this album drives the point home without fucking question.īlight Upon Martyred Sentience is the band’s third effort and going in, I knew I was in for something terrifying and was totally expecting to be zoned in the entire way through, but sweet merciless fuck, was I not ready for this. Much like Portal, these guys are known for playing a ghastly, abyssal, trance-inducing and atmospheric style of Death Metal that’s sure to make you shit your pants upon first listen, especially if listened to with either headphones or a quality sound system.
Hailing from Australia and featuring members of Portal, Impetuous Ritual are three albums into their existence and already a highly praised act within the Extreme Metal scene and with very good reason. This was one of those bands and this album is a prime fucking example of why. In my previous review I mentioned bands that can create some of the most fucked up and scariest sounds a human can make with instruments.