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Ascended-Temple of Dark Offerings
Artist : Ascended
Album : Temple of Dark Offerings
Label : Enucleation Records
Year : 2009
Genre : Death Metal Source : CDDA
Encoder : LAME V0 Bitrate : avg. 226kbps
Playtime : 23:30 min Size : 38,05 MB
Tracks:
01 Temple of Dark Offerings 04:22
02 Mesmerizing Stench 06:29
03 Wedlock of Lust 06:42
04 Ascension (Towards Godless Immortality) 05:57
Notes:
This four-track EP comes by way of the apparently
now defunct Enucleation Records (the cassette was
released on Detest Records), and yes, itÆs from
2009. The cover, which brings to mind the artwork
for Morbid AngelÆs Domination, depicts an adorned
and rather slimy-looking entrance to a temple, what
one can only assume to be the Temple of Dark
Offerings. It marks my first listening experience
with Ascended, a Finnish band thatÆs been around
since 2006. They do a fairly stand-up job of evoking
old school death metal mayhem, and the EP isnÆt
without its more doomy splashes.
Opener ôTemple of Dark Offeringsö starts things off
with positively (I guess negatively would be more
appropriate) evil-sounding riffs and a leaden growl
from Tommi Sookari, and the whole thing is soaked in
groove. ôMesmerizing Stenchö continues much in the
same fashion with a morbidly slow tempo and vibe,
although at one point toward the five-minute mark a
spot reminiscent of a stoned Slayer comes into play.
Three-fourths of the way into the album, ôWedlock of
Lustö keeps the moss-covered groove rolling ever so
slowly. The subtle use of melody adds a slightly
lighter note to the heaviness that is on display
here, but in no way does it detract from it. Closer
ôAscension (Towards Godless Immortality)ö gets the
head banging initially and the ritualistic blood
flowing later on.
The simultaneously nice and boring thing about
Temple of Dark Offerings is its consistency. The
listener knows essentially what to expect from the
next track based on the previous one, so in this way
Ascended is good at sticking to a theme and style.
On the same token, they donÆt stray much from their
death/doom formula so the songs have a tendency to
stick together like sweaty thighs. Regardless, there
is still much that is good about AscendedÆs offering
and it would be worthwhile for fans of sludgy, heavy
death metal to check out.
http://www.teethofthedivine.com/reviews/ascended-
temple-of-dark-offerings/
Hail to All!
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