DEVOURING STAR - The Arteries of Heresy
Dark Descent Records
When one thinks of Finnish black metal the typical names drawn come from the unholy trinity of ARCHGOAT, HORNA and BEHEXEN. Nothing wrong with that since they're some of my favorites from that great nation. But it seems people tend to leave out that country's black metal godfathers BEHERIT. Although known for pure moments of chaos and barbaric hatred, Nuclear Holocausto and company did bring about some decent beastly and atmospheric style to their early sound.
Fast forward over twenty five years later and we have the sophomore release by DEVOURING STAR, primarily a one man act (from the info I have on em) and yet delivers a massive soundscape. Straight up black metal this is not. This release falls into a blackened framework built by death metal and doom. The dissonance painted riffs of a atonal cadence move along with the cries of decaying death vocals. Bursts of speed jump out of nowhere like claws. The rhythms keep things moving ever so easily like a march to the graveyard.
With only five semi long cuts there's no room for waste on here which is a damm good choice. One of which I find some similar acts ruining by adding filler intros, outros and ambient instrumentals in-between. Sound-wise this is a consistent sledgehammer attack with varied styles of pounding the listener into the abyss.
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