Finalmente o segundo album de Stabat Mater, mais proximo de Fleshpress e a deixar um pouco para o lado aquele sentido mais funerário do album de 2009, no entanto existem aqui umas curiosas semelhanças com aquilo que Process of Guilt já fez em algum material principalmente no som das guitarras... não é sonoridade obvia como se entende, até porque aqui o som é mais primitivo, no entanto a mistura entre o Death-Doom com aquele lado mais autista lamacento e arrastado de uns Corrupted tem sempre o seu encanto doentio...ainda mais com a voz do Mikko Aspa a assombrar a coisa!
Isto só vai sair em Março do próximo ano em edição fisica..no entanto este projeto de nome impronunciável vindo do Chile é capaz de ser uma das coisas mais interessantes que ouvi nos ultimos anos dentro do BM mais fiel à tradição nórdica no que à mistura do ambiente mais primitivo diz respeito...algo proximo a talvez se as demos de Emperor fossem feitas hoje em dia e influenciadas por Urkaos (ou outra qualquer entidade saida da Ancient Records), sem quaisquer tipo de aditivos a envenenar o som.
Este é o segundo registo de um dos pilares mais consistentes do Valdivian Black Circle e um album que tanto tem de viciante como de obsessivo.
"Several years having passed since the conception of their monumental debut album, PHRENELITH have been slowly conjuring up new material, which has culminated in the creation and recording of a new full-length that will soon be unleashed upon the world. Titled Chimaera, PHRENELITH’s second album comprises seven songs of bludgeoning death metal, with lyrics heavily inspired by the darker terms of Greek mythology and shows a horrid-yet-familiar visage. While delving into new and uncharted musical territory, incorporating new refining elements, PHRENELITH’s attack is accompanied by the downtuned darkness and death-rattling emissions that the band is known for. Truly, it is not hyperbole to suggest that Chimaera eclipses the expansive horror of Desolate Endscape.
Fully befitting this accomplishment, Chimaera is completed with cover artwork by the late/great Timo Ketola, while mixing & mastering were handled by Greg Wilkinson, who’s worked with Autopsy, Vastum, Necrot, Ossuarium, Undergang, and Fetid among many others (recording took place in Denmark’s Studio Ballade). As another cursed year draws to a close, PHRENELITH looms ominously over all!"
"BLOOD HARVEST RECORDS is proud to present PHENOCRYST's striking debut EP, Explosions, on CD, 12" vinyl, and cassette tape formats.
Hailing from Portugal, PHENOCRYST was formed in early 2020 by D.S. (Archaic Tomb, Summon) and P. Tosher (Extreme Unction, Scum Liquor, ex-A Tree of Sign), with N. (Summon, Sepulcros, Concilium) and V.M. (Systemik Violence, Necrobode) joining later on, during the recording of their debut EP. The band is based in the outskirts of Lisbon, and the origin of such conjuration is a rigorous consequence of a vibrant underground activity in the city.
D.S. and P. Tosher wanted to create the foundation of a death metal act crossing other influences like doom and some psychedelic vibes, to illustrate soundscapes of disastrous, catastrophic, and annihilating volcanic and natural events. There are not many artists actually singing about this specific topic, if any, and therefore, the lyrical content is also something to explore. As such, the moniker PHENOCRYST is fitting.
Aptly titled Explosions, PHENOCRYST now reveal their debut recording. Totaling five tracks (one instrumental) over 23 minutes, Explosions unsettles with preternatural ease, reeking of death stench and obscure delirium. PHENOCRYST are proudly and purely death metal, but are emboldened in their liberation to explore within this rich language: Only Death is Realer.
Indeed, Explosions is an explosive event, and one which marks PHENOCRYST's forthcoming debut album, which is currently being prepared. Take the first step into their burnt lands..."
