IMPERIALIST - Cipher
Transcending Obscurity Records
After listening to the first couple of cuts I wanted to take this California band and give em the third degree. OK boys which city in Sweden are you really from? Oddly enough this is the second time in the past few weeks I've heard a band that invokes influences from DISSECTION. Trust me that's rare. Some come close but few nail it. I don't know where Monrovia, California is but it's probably not sunny.
Now I'm not going to drag this deep into the blackened death genre. Sure the riff style is there but something darker lies within this band's overall sound. Amidst the thrash and ripping rhythms is full blown heavy handed atmosphere which carries you along. Dare I say it's got a grim and frosty feel to it? Yeah I will.
On this debut full length by IMPERIALIST the band comes up with ways to keep your interest by handing the listener variety. At times it's straight up melodic blackened death. Other times it's a violent black metal invocation. Is it perfect? No but we'll see what they come with next time. Hopefully they're inject more of themselves into their sound. But hey look at the bright side. At least now you can say black metal from California without bursting into laughter.
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