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The Chasm – A Conscious Creation From The Isolated Domain: Phase I (2017)
The most pertinent conjecture in the lead-up to this fully instrumental The Chasm album was how freedom from the vocal straitjacket would affect songwriting. Surely, not having to make provision for vocal spots would, or ought to, give songs more … Continue reading →
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Tagged A conscious creation from the isolated domain Phase I, Daniel Corchado, Metal Of Death, Mexico, The Chasm
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Death Metal Battle Royale Round 2: Demigod’s Slumber of Sullen Eyes vs The Chasm’s Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
The first match of Round 2 pairs the death metal connoisseur’s ultimate album in Slumber of Sullen Eyes from 1992 against The Chasm‘s Deathcult for Eternity from 1998. The following list of criteria are used to evaluate them: 1. … Continue reading →
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Tagged deathcult for eternity the triumph, demigod, finland, Mexico, Slumber of sullen eyes, The Chasm
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Death Metal Battle Royale Round 2: Demigod’s Slumber of Sullen Eyes vs The Chasm’s Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
On we march to Round 2. Slumber of Sullen Eyes continues appreciating with time, and is one of the most exquisitely written death metal albums ever. It runs into a sentimental favorite in The Chasm’s Deathcult for Eternity. Who … Continue reading →
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Tagged Deathcult For Eternity, demigod, finland, Mexico, Slumber of sullen eyes, The Chasm
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Death Metal Battle Royale Round 1: Sentenced’s North From Here vs The Chasm’s Deathcult For Eternity…The Triumph
Impressionistic appraisal: The Chasm’s Deathcult For Eternity…The Triumph (1998) The Chasm raised a new style on the death metal firmament. Sorrowful like a cortege, but not wallowing in self-pity like early 90s Euro-doom, The Chasm‘s melancholy is cosmic yet … Continue reading →
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Leper Messiah – Invocation For Gods…From The Real Abomination (2013)
Leper Messiah contains members from Necroccultus, but this debut is quite different from the feverish, distinctly Finnish vibes heard on Encircling The Mysterious Necrorevelation. There are no pretensions to atmosphere here; Leper Messiah are squarely rooted in the American death/grind camp, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Invocation For Gods...From The Real Abomination, Leper Messiah, Mexico
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In praise of The Chasm
We spurn that which lies under our nose but don’t know its value until it’s gone. It has always seemed a little bemusing to me that The Chasm‘s credentials have been open to debate; not because debate is bad but because the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Daniel Corchado, death metal, Deathcult For Eternity, Metal Of Death, Mexico, The Chasm
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Rituals Of A Blasphemer – Mors Inumbratus Supra Spiritus (2014)
Rituals Of A Blasphemer‘s main achievement on their debut is introducing significant tonal variation that travels the gamut, from pastoral, forest-at-night themed melodies to the sinister, low-frequency hugging characterized by the more primitive segment within black metal. What’s even more impressive is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Black Metal, Mexico, Mors Inumbratus Supra Spiritus, Rituals Of A Blasphemer
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R’lyeh – In The Infernal Moment (2013) Review
In The Infernal Moment is the sound of a band that hasn’t yet divested itself of the heavy metal that it grew up with. Much in the vein of what countrymates The Chasm and Cenotaph were doing in the early … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cenotaph, chasm, Gloomy Reflection of our hidden sorrows, Lovecraft, Mexico, old school death metal, R'Lyeh
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Ominous Crucifix – Spell Of Damnation (2012) Review
What is it that we crave from death metal? An unbiased pummeling of the senses? Perhaps a showcasing of technical abilities? An overtly controversial stance, a warring of ideologies or maybe, fortuitously, a burnishing of mental acuities? Elite death metal … Continue reading →
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