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If you have been following this blog for a while now you'll know that I am fully in favour for all the qualities that
Antediluvian are bringing to the death/black metal sound (which has seen itself run into the ground in the last 10 years)—Those aforementioned sound traits are the primitive whirlwind of tones and energy that gets baked into its crumbling atmosphere which bears the feeling that it is suffocating within itself. Feral and crude.
The way the drums are mixed in (and played) is what really sets its sound apart from its ilk—with the floor toms being tuned quite deep and played at a slowed down plod they evoke that same ritualistic or hypnotic quality that bands like
Irkallian Oracle or
Mitochondrion tap into. Not to say that
Antediluvian's soundscape has the consistency of molasses, it very often moves towards the driving chaotic and bestial sound indicative to the style but even then it still retains that prevalent esoteric soundscape. The vocals are some of the best in the genre in my opinion, mixed perfectly and offering an onerous range that should send chills down your fucking spine, especially when those vicious guitars churn through the way they do in their dirge.
The Divine Punishment isn't out until September and as of posting this there is only the one track to sink your teeth into, but hell if you're anything like me, you'll have enough to whet your thirst.
Nuclear War Now! Productions rarely gets anything wrong.
Antediluvian - The Divine Punishment (bandcamp)
