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░ ██ ██ Artist: Feretrum ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: From Far Beyond █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-11-13 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Memento Mori ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Remastered ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ After two mediocre demo tapes, Feretrum returned █
█ to the studio to record their sole full-length █
█ album. The result was "From Far Beyond" - a █
█ cassette-only release available exclusively in █
█ Spain and limited to a ridiculous number of █
█ copies. It was nearly impossible to find already █
█ in 1992, and who knows how many copies still exist █
█ today. I was fortunate enough to acquire a dub █
█ from an original cassette a few years back, and █
█ what came out of my speakers that day was not at █
█ all what I was expecting. █
█ The previous demos may as well be forgotten █
█ because this does not even sound like the same █
█ band. Uninspired filler riffs have been all but █
█ replaced by sinful melodies of epic proportions, █
█ and what once was a wimpy, thrash-like guitar tone █
█ is now tuned low enough to excavate the fucking █
█ tar pits. Everything has just been taken to █
█ extremes here and the sheer ferocity of the █
█ presentation is astounding. █
█ From the moment the first riff of 'Carnal █
█ Destruction' seeps into your ears, it becomes █
█ perfectly clear that Feretrum are through █
█ pussyfooting and have firmly secured their seat in █
█ the pits of hell. It was time to wipe the slate █
█ clean and start fresh, and the outcome is a █
█ collection of occult death metal that is the █
█ embodiment of pure evil. 'Euthanasy' is the only █
█ song here that has been re-recorded from the █
█ demos, but the new version is so massive that it █
█ makes the old one sound like speed metal. █
█ Influences of early Entombed and Morbid Angel are █
█ prevalent in the music, particularly on the tracks █
█ 'Internal Decomposition' and 'Chaotic Homily' █
█ where aggressive tremolo riffs and fast thrash █
█ beats lead the way to damnation. Songs like █
█ 'Usurpation of Souls' and the title track █
█ introduce doom-like elements to the musical canvas █
█ with a slower tempo and tasteful use of gloomy █
█ synth effects and acoustic guitars. █
█ The production is raw and has its share of █
█ blemishes to the common ear, but die-hard █
█ underground maniacs will eat this up with █
█ intoxicating pleasure. The rhythm guitars are █
█ layered so thick that on several occasions they █
█ drown out the kick drum lurking beneath. Together █
█ with the cavernous bass, they swallow everything █
█ in their path like a plague upon the Vatican. █
█ Vocals are more akin to black metal in their █
█ execution - demented reptilian howls with a █
█ pleasant amount of reverb that will make your skin █
█ crawl. The wall of noise created on this recording █
█ may be difficult to digest for people accustomed █
█ to a studio quality sound, but the stripped down █
█ production of this album suits the music █
█ beautifully. █
█ It's sad knowing that Feretrum would later abandon █
█ death metal altogether and pursue grindcore before █
█ their ultimate break-up in the mid 1990's. Perhaps █
█ someday this forgotten gem will be re-released and █
█ get the proper recognition it deserves. █
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░ 1. Carnal Destruction 4:46 ░
░ 2. From Far Beyond 4:06 ░
░ 3. Internal Decomposition 5:22 ░
░ 4. Usurpation of Souls 3:32 ░
░ 5. Visceral Anatomies 5:26 ░
░ 6. Chaotic Homily 5:26 ░
░ 7. Euthanasy 3:05 ░
░ 8. Vitae Fobia 3:44 ░
░ 35:27 ░
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