This Turkish death metal band features members of Burial Invocation and Decaying Purity and play a dirty form of death metal akin to Incantation, Funerus and Funebrarum. At times things verge into blackened styles with some of the haunting riffs that create atmosphere, then there is the speed that picks up the blood flow and excites a touch further.

One of the highlights is to delightfully titled ‘Inseminated with Demon Seed’, for this there’s a range of aggression, the melodic guitar parts in-between are haunting and capture those blackened moments I touched upon earlier whilst serving up sinister shivers down your spine. The opening ominous instrumental is a touch too long, but then the fire of ‘The Halls of Grim Eternity’ stokes up a response, although it’s later in the album that stirs more senses for me personally once the muddy nature of some of the tracks are allowed to breathe more. The title track being one of those tunes that uphold the general post-apocalyptic nature of the album as does the artwork which was penned by Nick Keller, originally an oil canvas.

It’s quite a cool release and you will have to be totally immersed into this scene and style to get real appreciation for this music and presentation, it’s not trendy at all making the album title a particular genuine workable statement.

(7/10 Paul Maddison)

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