There’s a plethora of acts with this name but of the ones I know this Indonesian act is by far the ugliest and guttural I have heard so far. As part of the triple slithering assault I had with Abhomine and Profanator this release is about as perverted as any you’ll hear as the third album explores sonic depravity like you’ve never heard it before. With the body of the album comprising of toxic deathly murderousness there are soundbites of something more menacing, ambient and even ritualistic as the album opens with eeriness and a sinister sequence before the detonation in speed on “Mors Gloria Est” There is nothing subtle about this album, it levels its aggression purely at your mental stability by wielding demonic destructiveness amidst a torrent of vocal styles each possessing a maniacal and tortured tone as the song twists through it riffing contortions.
“Inferno Dwellers” has a superb build-up; the steady escalation of drum fill and cloying density is creepy and ghoulish before the song picks up speed with lethal intent as the riff break appears. At times the speed is bedlam, where it threatens to plunge into a crevasse of amorphous pandemonium but they always keep it on the margins outside of pure noise. As I suggested earlier there are sections of this album where a more ambient ethos is produced and serve to slice the album into sections as the first intimidating piece is “Formulae I: Malediction Bells” where grisly demonic vocals sit astride the backing atmospherics and noise that leads into the cataclysmic “Grandeur Dawn”. The outpouring in velocity, again, is terrorizing as the song harnesses a very cool guitar hook that materialises from nowhere like an apparition.
With feedback harking back to a 80s style “Vicious Ecstasy” is monstrous from start to finish and a favourite for me on the album due to its inhuman brutality where the blasting speed is insane. Following it is the equally devastating “Arcane Dance” which executes a cleaner vocal style on the shouting side where the breakneck blistering tempo is utterly demented. “Ominous Chants” follows the religious gushing and piano infestation of “Formulae II: Ironheart Rapture”. The opening riff is brilliant, possessing an old thrash feel due to its piercing nature as the drums pack weight and opacity into the track before it explodes. The ridiculous snare speed crashes in unceremoniously as the song is littered with riff changes that keep the impetus of the song teetering on the brink of uncontrollability.
As the album approaches its close the monstrous momentum shows no easing up, as “Perdition Spells” proves with its hacking riff changes and crust punk over toning where the tormented vocal grisliness brandishes that torturous style so effectively, leaving only the third part of “Formulae” to end this hideously engaging album.
(9/10 Martin Harris)
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