REVIEW: Glacial Tomb - "Cognitive Erosion" [EP]

By: Chris Bull


Album Type: EP

Date Released: 11/04/2017

Label: Old Cathedral Cassettes

From the opening drum fill that leads to some face ripping riffage of 'Black Hole, White Teeth' all the way through to the creeping, crescendo  of 'Burial Shroud', it's a tour-de-force of extreme music.

“Cognitive Erosion” CS//DD track listing:

1). Black Hole White Teeth

2). Of Flesh And Worship

3). Entropic Decay

4). Burial Shroud

The Review:

To start with the most random pop culture reference here; do you remember the short lived WCW wrestler Glacier? He was a complete Sub Zero (of Mortal Kombat fame [yep, that's a 2nd pop culture reference]) rip off. He was hyped, full of promise and ultimately failed to deliver. 'Cognitive Erosion' from Denver's Glacial Tomb is the polar opposite (excuse the pun); it's no bark and all bite.

The 4 tracks on this EP are chocked full of scathing, blistering, HM-2 worship and while crusty grind is the meat and potatoes, Glacial Tomb season the tracks with some crushing sludge/doom when the time is right.

From the opening drum fill that leads to some face ripping riffage of 'Black Hole, White Teeth' all the way through to the creeping, crescendo  of 'Burial Shroud', it's a tour-de-force of extreme music. Sure, the guitar sound suffers from an almost digital sound, but this is enough of an appetite whetting to have me hungry for a full length. I'd love to hear these guys let loose on an analogue studio; the results would undoubtedly double the effects of global warming.

“Cognitive Erosion” is available here

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