By: Richard Maw
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 31/07/2020
Label: Translation Loss Records
“Excerpts
From a Dread Liturgy” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1). A Drowning in Sunlight
2). An Apiarist
3). O Time Thy Pyramids – An Unfinished Nigthmare
4). A Repulsive Act Shrouded in Flesh
5). A Crown of Asphodels
The Review:
However,
I know a band I like when I hear it and I very much like this. Over the course
of five tracks and around forty minutes, Drouth delivery convincing blasts, darkness
and atmosphere. Have a listen to the opener “A Drowning in Sunlight” and see if you agree. For me, this is
straight ahead black metal with a few individualistic ingredients.
The
time changes are solid, the riffs are melodic in places and vicious in others,
vocally the band are almost similar to At The Gates, as opposed to other many black
metal vocalists, while the sound is not pro-toolsed beyond reason and stands as
a coherent capturing of the band's raw sound.
As
the album progresses, it's notably extreme and melodic by turn (like much black
metal, to my ears) and the brutality of “An
Apiarist” stands counterpoint to the cloying darkness of “O Time Thy Pyramids…” and so on.
By
the time the album finishes with the excellent “A Crown of Asphodels”, any listener will have made up their mind
about the band and the record. For me, this is good black metal done well- it
stands apart from much of the genre due to the professional manner of delivery
and utterly committed performances of the band members. If you are looking for
some black metal, this will do it for you.
“Excerpts
From a Dread Liturgy” is available HERE
