Tenacity above all. When Cruciamentum released Rotten Flesh Crucifix in 2008, death metal as a whole was beginning a massive shift away from the uncontested dominance of then “modern” bands like Spawn of Possession, Nile, Behemoth, Krisiun, Deeds of Flesh, Vital Remains, Disgorge, and Hate Eternal. It had been a functionally American genre in terms of its major representation since the end of the old school era in the early ’90s, with the majority of the classic European (typically Nordic) styles having been shoved into the background or in cases like “melodic death metal”, having functionally lost most of their … Continue reading Review: Cruciamentum – Obsidian Refractions