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SCULPTED HORROR - Festering Death demo
Redefining Darkness Records
Yes a death metal demo oh now the nostalgia is really kicking in. I say that since this really kicks fuckin ass but it's the story behind this release which will really knock you over. SCULPTED HORROR is a one man DM act.
The one man is Tim Rowland who hails from Athens, Georgia. I'll give you a minute to pick yourself off the floor from that revelation. Yes Athens, Georgia the home of hipster sludge stuff for a decade and thankfully is dead. What you have here are four cuts of pure early GRAVE worship. You have the guttural vocals, distorted riffs via the boss pedal and some raging to slow burning cuts. Honestly I like this better than GRAVE's last full length.
https://sculpted-horror.bandcamp.com/album/sculpted-horror-festering-death
HORRORGRAPHY - Season Of Grief
Satanath Records
After I gave this a listen my thoughts were to pass on it. But since this comes from Satanath Records I figured OK lets give it a chance. This label in the past has always produced some straight up genre releases whether they were black or death metal. So they've invested in something off the mark. Alright I'll give it the o'l Mr. Wolf third degree. They'll hate it of course.
Imagine if you will a doom metal version of NIGHTWISH. Oh yeah and they're from Athens, Greece. Alright so to you dedicated readers as well as haters of this blog I'll fuckin admit that I like some NIGHTWISH. Thankfully I don't allow comments by haters but I digress. This band does allow three vocal styles to purge through their variety of tempos.
The first is the operatic vocals sung by a woman who could've been a stand in for Tarja Turunen. Then again that would be Floor Jansen. Be that as it may you've also got two guy singers with one doing harsh death metal type growls while the other one adds these clean Gothic priestly vocals. Musically this is a combination of NIGHTWISH's Century Child and CANDLEMASS's Ancient Dreams.
Stalwarts of both camps will be pissed off but hey while listening to this late at night I think it's cool. I mean like this is new compared to being depressed and stoned as far as doom metal is going. This release will be on my year end best of doom metal releases simply because it's unique. Hell next year they'll be the next big thing. Hopefully it won't be just because they took a THERION cover, "The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah", to new heights.
http://www.satanath.com/
https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat189-horrorgraphy-season-of-grief-2018
https://www.facebook.com/Horrorgraphy-Symphonic-metal-1928696277343209/
