EKPYROSIS
"Asphyxiating Devotion"
23/01/2017
Memento Mori
Italy´s Ekpyrosis debut
full-length “Asphyxiating Devotion” is
finally here! I was longing for this since I listened to their 2015 EP “Witness His Death”. The band continues
with its evolution, offering a solid and powerful work from beginning to end. The opening song “Profound Death” is a pure sample of what you´ll experience through
the whole album, straightforward old school death metal, fast and morbid guitar
riffs, mixed with twisted mid-tempo and even a few slow and obscure doom parts, with good death growls. I would like to mention the passion and ferocity with
which the members of the band execute each note in every song, and a special
mention for the work of Ilaria Casiraghi
on drums, brutal, and I really mean …brutal!!!
As I mentioned before the sound and style of this Italian band is rooted
in old school death metal, and the raw production helps you feel that this
album could have been unearthed from an early 90s grave.
Picking a favorite track from the album is not easy, because all the
songs maintain a high level of intensity throughout the whole album, though the
aforementioned track “Profound Death”,
”God Grotesque” with the obscure bass
and drum intro, to then turn into a brutal and diabolical song, and the new
version of “Morticians Of God” (which
was my fave track from “Witness His
Death”) are exellent, just to name a few.
The cool cover artwork has been drawn by Cesar Valladares, as for the new logo.
This debut full-lenght is a very recommendable and enjoyable album. Once again, I´ll be waiting for their new opus,
in the meantime I´ll keep listening to "Asphyxiating Devotion". BTW, if you want
to know more about the band please go to the interview section and check the
cool interview we did some time ago!
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