
EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Ignominy – Visceral
Their patient building of terrifying atmosphere set them apart from contemporaries and make them well worth thirty-five minutes of your time.
Their patient building of terrifying atmosphere set them apart from contemporaries and make them well worth thirty-five minutes of your time.
Layering sludge metal with noise and subtle blackening, 71TonMan join a very select few in creating a soundscape of palpable nihilistic dread.
Lead guitar work adds nasty flourishes to a mesmeric track, while the rhythm section keeps everything moving the way raging waters keep the rapids moving.
This one feels off-kilter, like it’s always about to tip over and crush the listener.
Like a serpent slithering forth from some dark corner, Scar Echoes crawls forth, reptilian and threatening.
Listening to these eight tracks requires a willingness to enter a harsh world, but the payoff is worth it.
The albums that hit you this hard are few and far between, but the Finnish trio give us another worthy entry.
Perhaps we could call this atmospheric OSDM, but the atmosphere is one of blackest horror.