…strap in and listen up as Hayduke X (MoshPitNation), VUK (The Metal Wanderlust), ProgCaveOgier (The Metal Wanderlust), Gos (Black Metal Daily, MoshPitNation, Order ov the Black Arts) and Dex (Black Metal Daily) perform a surgically precise track-by-track dissection and give this apocalyptic beast the attention it deserves… for we have entered the age of ENDARKENMENT.
What has been wonderful is, even though it was Cammie’s vocals that drew me in, it’s the entire package that keeps bringing me back, and making this album one of my most listened to this year, on a playlist stuffed full of black metal, death metal, and grindcore.
The best way I can describe it (and this falls short of what it really is) is Napalm Death mixed with Cognizant.
Sometimes you just want meat and potatoes at the dinner table. Sometimes you just want extreme metal that rips in your ears.
It’s as if you had an M4 Sherman tank that could convert into an ‘82 Firebird with the push of a button.
This release is a highly recommended (by me…right now) split between two bands showing different takes on the style.
“If it’s not broken, outfit it with aftermarket parts and just make it perform on a higher level”.
There is no beauty here, nor should there be. There is only a righteous simmering rage leaking out of a tightly lidded container.
Click play to experience this first offering off of Forthcoming Humanity, as always, presented in solidarity with the oppressed of the world.
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