{"id":94515,"date":"2019-08-15T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=94515"},"modified":"2019-08-14T05:25:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T10:25:32","slug":"catacomb-ventures-foulest-depths-of-august-catacombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/catacomb-ventures-foulest-depths-of-august-catacombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Catacomb Ventures: Foulest Depths of August Catacombs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Further into the depths we’re descending with six revolting coffin treasures of extreme metal.
\nBring your disinfectants and your HazMat suits.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nex Carnis<\/strong>
\nBlack Eternity<\/em>
\nBlood Harvest \u2013 2019<\/p>\n

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The darker and atmospheric end of death metal is usually associated with a doomier, slower, and in many cases blackened sound that even at its most furious moves at a glacial pace compared to the hyperblasting fare that it serve as an antithesis to. However this group of Iranian hell-seers aren\u2019t afraid to go to some impressive tempos that at times are normally the domain of bands like Heaving Earth<\/strong> (where their previous drummer played) or Decaying Purity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

By comparison their sound has become even more esoteric than on their excellent 2015 debut (covered in a previous feature). A wide variety of riffing styles with some featuring carefully articulated and eerie melodies and others working with broad strokes of ripping tenacity join forces to create intricate networks of interwoven ideas, evolving chained together in these lengthy structures. Much of this can sound oddly abstract and dissonance tinged, moving between sharply contoured chords and sudden hovering chords ringing out over the furious drumming, causing it to at once feel as still as morning mist but as bitingly cruel as a swarm of wasps. Compared to Obscure Visions of Dark<\/em> there\u2019s a wider range of tempos, allowing for a wider range of fills and accents that help enhance the mystifying atmosphere highlighted by experimentation with bizarre floaty textures. These songs are less aggressive but in turn, they bring them even deeper into the realms of the new wave of eldritch avant-prog death metal like Unaussprechlichen Kulten<\/strong><\/a>, Zealotry<\/strong><\/a>, Undersave<\/strong><\/a>, and Auroch<\/strong><\/a>. Production wise they\u2019ve acquired a stronger bottom end that gives the drums and bass guitar a fuller sound that was missing from the debut. While this is a bit of a change in direction it\u2019s an interesting expansion of their ideas and hopefully will carry on to the sophomore.<\/p>\n

Releases on September 27th. Preorders available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cthonic Aura<\/strong>
\nAbyssic Reflections in Slumber<\/em>
\nMe Saco Un Ojo \u2013 2012<\/p>\n