You all had to see it coming… with the morbid pall on the skyline and the eerie chanting of despondent disciples. As the wheel of the year has turned again to unite Christendom in a moment of silence for the pains of the crucifixion, blasphemers pay respect in their own ways. A serious, appalling and invigorating death metal installation, “Onward to Golgotha” turned traditional streams of melody inside out in order to unleash a churning madness quite impeccably produced to sound like a neptunean battle on the bottom of an ocean, or a dragon trashing in its sleep, such is the bottom end riff barrage and the asymmetric droning commands of Craig Pillard‘s throat. The aspect most evocative of uneasiness and suffering is the control of tempo, from chaotic blastbeats raining as a multi-tailed scourge upon the back of the savior to the prolonged slow sluggish chords heavy and strained as the steps of one who bears his own cross on his back – symbolic of the aimless and hopeless moments each one of us has to face in the dark night of the soul, in order to resurrect once more, into flames and fire. The development of John McEntee to a potent composer was hardly a surprise since he was tutored by Henry Veggian in Revenant and early on accompanied by Paul Ledney and Aragon Amori of the ground-breaking Profanatica; yet, Incantation‘s debut is a hammer of darkness more suited to comparison with Krzysztof Penderecki‘s “Requiem” than anything descended from rock music.
Filed under: Death Metal Album of the Week — Tags: Black Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal, New York Death Metal — Devamitra @ April 2, 2010 17:24 — Comments (3)
Burned to ash, Christ’s abolishment.
Comment by DC — April 3, 2010 @ 22:54
A great album! I listened to this album everyday for nearly 2 months a little while back. It is amazing how well this album has withstood the test of time. A testament to Death Metal’s ability to produce works that express something eternal. A good review as well, careful readers will find some of the deeper philosophy of death metal in it.
Comment by TheWaters — April 4, 2010 @ 06:34
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