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░█▒█ Artist ■ Altars / Heaving Earth █▒█░
░ █▒█ Album ■ Engulfed █▒█ ░
░█░█ Year ■ 2012 █░█░
█░█ Release Date ■ 2014-06-01 █░█
█░█ Genre ■ Death Metal █░█
█ █ Label ■ Nihilistic Holocaust █ █
█░█ Source ■ Tape █░█
█ █ Type ■ Split █ █
█░█ Quality ■ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █░█
█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ I was very interested in getting this split tape, as it █ █
█ █ features one of my favourite Czech bands Heaving Earth, █ █
█ █ whose 2010Æs album ôDiabolic Propheciesö did some serious █ █
█ █ damage to my hearing and after listening session of it I █ █
█ █ had to answer some questions to the police, who wanted to █ █
█ █ know why all my neighbors are found dead (dead but █ █
█ █ dreaming!!!!!!). But OK, Gabriel from Nihilistic Holocaust █ █
█ █ came with helpful hand once more and provided a copy of █ █
█ █ ôEngulfedö. This split features also band called Altars û I █ █
█ █ never heard of them before û with their Promo 2012 songs █ █
█ █ and then Heaving Earth presents completely new material █ █
█ █ from ôRedemption Ablazeö promo. █ █
█ █ So, starting with Altarsà theyÆre Australian and play very █ █
█ █ brutal, almost grinding (not tempo wise though) at times, █ █
█ █ but also very old school death metal. The sound on their █ █
█ █ material is very harsh, filthy as hell and brutal as fuckà █ █
█ █ I really mean that. When I first started to listen to their █ █
█ █ first track û ôHuskö û I was like: ôShit, have they █ █
█ █ recorded that in a dungeon or tomb or what???ö. It did take █ █
█ █ me several minutes to adopt and get used to this raw █ █
█ █ production and I must be honest, I still feel like it lacks █ █
█ █ something. But the music is fine, it is extreme, brutal old █ █
█ █ school death metal. ThereÆs quite a lot of complexity in █ █
█ █ their music, but all is devoured by that brutal and tight █ █
█ █ feeling and gloomy, deep vocals. I donÆt feel crazy about █ █
█ █ Altars music, to be honest, but I like the slow parts of █ █
█ █ their music, from the other hand though this promotional █ █
█ █ material definitely lacks a better production, especially █ █
█ █ the drums. This band definitely managed to create an eerie █ █
█ █ and obscure, almost suffocating atmosphere, so fans of the █ █
█ █ likes of Incantation or Ignivomous, watch them! Currently █ █
█ █ Altars have been signed to Nuclear Winter and expect the █ █
█ █ release of the debut album ôParamnesiaö (LP version will be █ █
█ █ released by Blood Harvest). █ █
█ █ And now Heaving Earth: well, I already mentioned that I █ █
█ █ liked their debut CD, so I was really looking forward to █ █
█ █ hear ôRedemption Ablazeö promo. And man, they did not fail. █ █
█ █ Great, tight, fast and technical death metal, in the vein █ █
█ █ of Morbid Angel, Monstrosity, Immolation, Malevolent █ █
█ █ Creation and few more, mainly American death legends. Both █ █
█ █ songs from ôRedemption Ablazeö rip the guts out and I must █ █
█ █ say that I really like them bothà the riffs, the vocals, █ █
█ █ drumming and the production - everything sounds great and █ █
█ █ right from the first second I felt very pleased with █ █
█ █ Heaving EarthÆs music. This stuff is aggressive, is filled █ █
█ █ with pure energy and if Altars lacked that spark, which █ █
█ █ would ablaze the speakers, this Czech band did that in █ █
█ █ three seconds. And that ending part of ôI am Nothingö just █ █
█ █ shreds totally, what an awesome piece of death metal!!!! █ █
█ █ Cannot wait then for the second album of Heaving Earth, █ █
█ █ which I hope those guys will do very soon. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ --- █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Classifying Altars as a meat and potatoes death metal band █ █
█ █ is like classifying Portal as a boring fucking death metal █ █
█ █ band. I call bullshit on myself fellas. In fact, there is a █ █
█ █ connection there, both bands do not only hail from the same █ █
█ █ side of the world, but both share some sonic aesthetics. █ █
█ █ What we are talking about is the same curled up and twisty █ █
█ █ thing. Some may call it Lovecraftian and others opt for the █ █
█ █ word oppressive. Whatever term or adjective you use to █ █
█ █ describe what a band like Altars does is irrelevant. The █ █
█ █ effect of their music is always the same, disorientation █ █
█ █ and the uneasy feeling of having been possessed by one █ █
█ █ hundred demons. The exorcism has been performed by a █ █
█ █ dimwit, therefore you are scarred for life. As AltarsÆ half █ █
█ █ starts with ôHuskö, it is obvious that there is nothing █ █
█ █ straightforward here. Yeah, it is all fast, it is all █ █
█ █ convoluted but is also fluent, dexterous, intelligent and █ █
█ █ well-laid out. There is also the complexity, the forward █ █
█ █ thinking structures, the intricate drum patterns and the █ █
█ █ guitars which pummel, recede and stay in the foreground █ █
█ █ most times and in the background at others, but they are █ █
█ █ always menacing. Man, how wrong was I! █ █
█ █ Their second song is called ôDescentö and is less rapid. █ █
█ █ ItÆs a solid an disturbing slab of sludge death metal, if █ █
█ █ you know what I mean. The guitars suppurate with crunch and █ █
█ █ the deep growls of Cale Schmidt hover omnipresent. The █ █
█ █ drumming is insane, in its own supernatural plane. First █ █
█ █ time listeners of metal who are introduced to the genre via █ █
█ █ Altars may be tricked into thinking that all death metal is █ █
█ █ this sophisticated. It is not, but Altars definitely think █ █
█ █ of it on its own terms. █ █
█ █ Heaving Earth have a difficult job ahead of them. They need █ █
█ █ to at least leave up to the same enervating levels of █ █
█ █ extremity of Altars. A few riffs into their half it is █ █
█ █ obvious that Heaving Earth are definitely up to the task. █ █
█ █ Their style of death metal is if not as unorthodox at least █ █
█ █ as forward thinking. Can you say Morbid Angel? Sure, you █ █
█ █ can you son of a bitch. Their songs seem assembled by █ █
█ █ adding oblique riff after oblique riff, but somehow through █ █
█ █ it all, their songs come as much more straight forward. ôI █ █
█ █ am Nothingö for instance, serves coiling riffs that are █ █
█ █ sectioned into passages. The drum work is puzzling and the █ █
█ █ vocals deeper than a black hole, but also a bit mundane. █ █
█ █ The skill level of the band is impressive, drummer Jirka █ █
█ █ Zajic is a monster, he drums hard and relentlessly, but █ █
█ █ also with gusto and detail. █ █
█ █ I am always puzzled by the musicianship of extreme metal █ █
█ █ bands these days. But is one thing to have the technique █ █
█ █ and is a very different thing to make something good out of █ █
█ █ your chops. Heaving Earth have talent in spades and these █ █
█ █ two cuts show that in spades. Their cuts are exhilarating, █ █
█ █ good showing of their technical and creative efficiencies. █ █
█ █ Now, letÆs just hope that both bands can make full-lengths █ █
█ █ that live up to the levels of intensity that are in display █ █
█ █ here. █ █
█ █ █ █
█░█ █░█
█ █ 1. Altars - Husk 3:32 █ █
█ █ 2. Altars - Descent (Paramnesia, Part I) 4:26 █ █
█ █ 3. Heaving Earth - I am Nothing 5:37 █ █
█ █ 4. Heaving Earth - Into the Depths of Abomination 5:46 █ █
█ █ 19:21 █ █
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