ALTARAGE - The Approaching Roar
Season of Mist
ALTARAGE are a blackened death metal act from Spain who I've known for some time now. The four piece started out not long ago. Their debut full length release, Nihl, came out in 2016 on Doomentia Records (are they still around?). A year later they came out with their second full length, Endinghent, on Season of Mist. So here we have their third one and second for the label. Since I've been following this band for years now I'm not going to say they've progressed within their chosen style. To me they're just on a good roll.
Calling this one The Approaching Roar is as appropriate as it gets. Now for those of you who don't know, ALTARAGE are one of many newer acts out there who are influenced by PORTAL and have taken the genre to noisy and destructive heights. That's kind of an oxymoron since the sound here in deeply cavernous, churning sounds from the bowels of the earth and with inhuman vocals. Also this blows away their last album.
As always the four members of this band are masked anonymously. Their influences have been stepped slightly away from in order to emphasize their own identity. Amongst the onslaught of bludgeoning riffs with duel drum punishment, ALTARAGE allows more space for an unnerving atmosphere to envelop you. This is a release that draws you in to the hostility. In the end I love this shit.
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