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BURIAL INVOCATION - Abiogenesis
Dark Descent Records
Normally I like everything this label puts out but here is one which was a tough sale. BURIAL INVOCATION are from Turkey and play death metal which worships at the altar of latter period DEATH. The slight differences here is that the vocals are more brutal sounding and the production is rough. But otherwise it's homage that's spot on if not absolutely incredible.
So call me names all you want but when it comes to the band DEATH I like the first two albums a lot and that's about it. Sure their other releases were good but over the years I just stopped listening to em. BURIAL INVOCATION have embraced that early style of brutal yet technically proficient old school death metal.
Guitarist / vocalist Cihan Akun’s lead work would make Chuck Schuldiner proud. Along with lighting up this release with the fiery of leads that rage from fluid to electric shocks the guy knows a good rhythmic riff which pummels. The rest of the band just keeps up.
Like I've made clear I'm not a big fan but damm if this is not some of the best tech death I've heard since the 90's. I say that because all of that ADD crap gives me a headache. But one thing I've gotta ask is how can you put this out let alone be this type of band in a country which has a religious controlled government that wants to kill you for producing this music?
http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/abiogenesis
https://www.facebook.com/burialinvocation
ATARAXY - Where All Hope Fades
Dark Descent Records
Some years ago, 2012 to be exact, this Spanish band came out with their full length debut Revelations of the Ethereal. It was a great release by the way of old school death doom influenced by ASPHYX and BOLT THROWER. Their singer even had that caustic tarnished throat-ed Van Drunen vocal style to top it off. This four piece act managed to pack in enough intensity paired with plenty of doom ambiance as well as melody.
I was surprised Revelations of the Ethereal wasn't on anyone's end of year best of lists. And if you never read about ATARAXY before then you're not alone. Most people in the mainstream metal media (as well as the so-called independents) never heard Revelations of the Ethereal when it originally came out. Go check for yourselves and you'll find out that practically no one gave this band a shot back then as far as a review. Keep that thought in mind when you read a review elsewhere about this release.
Getting back to the business at hand, here we have ATARAXY's long over due follow up, Where All Hope Fades, which is out on Dark Descent Records. Now if there's a label with some recognition for putting out incredible extreme metal that gets noticed then Dark Descent is it. This band's sophomore release doesn't start where they left off six years ago. In fact this one is just better. The band has decided not to switch tempo, aka: from straight up old school death metal in one song while moving onto a more somber doom style with atmosphere on another. On here they incorporate everything in all six cuts.
ATARAXY's strength on Where All Hope Fades is melody surrounded by an abundance of crushing doom sequences, synth enhancing atmosphere, tortured vocalizations and of course old school death metal run throughs. Now before you say you've heard it all before the fact is you haven't. The production on Where All Hope Fades is much cleaner sounding then what you would expect. It gives this release an air of elegance to the death, doom and impending gloom. A perfect album to play many times during the March ov Death.
http://www.darkdescentrecords.com/
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-all-hope-fades
https://www.facebook.com/ATARAXY-281047751876/
