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artist: Abysmal Winds
title: Doom Prayer
year: 2022
genre: Death Metal
type: Demo
label: Independent
language: English
rel. date: 2022-05-19
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
runtime: 00:19:28
size: 47.78 MB
rip date: 2025-04-03
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/705426621
tracklist:
1. Invocation (intro) 1:31
2. Harvest 2:36
3. Spiritual Decadence 2:36
4. Oblivion 3:15
5. World Cadaver 3:15
6. Drink the Poison 3:13
7. Hollow 3:02
release notes:
Born from Sweden's blackest, flame-scorched pit, Abysmal Winds comes
rushing out like some demonic force.
Boasting seven cuts, a vocalist who burps fire, and a guitar sound that
scalps, Doom Prayer is one of those relentless death metal assaults that
doesn't try to be anything else other than heavy, racing death metal
with a dank, suffocating atmosphere.
'Harvest' is a brutal expression of chilly vocal echoes whereby HCF's
grisly growl acts as a blasting furnace of chilly channelling, while
alongside him the cold rushes of instrumental grimness flurry.
It's relatively standard death metal when one considers the scene
nowadays, but it still makes for a bludgeoning experience as 'Spiritual
Decadence' provides similar flusters of anguish. Of course, there may be
some who find such behemoth rattlings as generic - after all, Abysmal
Winds are more than happy to live up to their name and do nothing but be
abysmal and windy!
'Oblivion' is vaguely slower in its approach but still black, booming
and ice swept. The percussion is deep, barbaric and trouncing, and the
chords grate in a very familiar fashion to the point of smothering.
No surprise then that 'World Cadaver' grinds and gnashes with similar
harrowing torrents, as does 'Drink The Poison' which could be deemed
slightly punkier in its assault. However, everything here remains fast,
cold battering right up until the final moments of closing number
'Hollow'.
All I can say is that if you like guttural, foul yet pacey death metal
then Doom Prayer just quenches your thirst. If, however, you're looking
for deviation, doomy passages, slow and sickly segments, then look
elsewhere because Abysmal Winds are not here to entice with suspense.
Instead, this band of sullen souls just want to batter you senseless.
It's a shame in a way, because for a brief moment during 'Hollow' as a
gloomy bell chimes there's hope that these guys may just slow down, but,
like I said, for the most part this is no frills crushing death metal -
nothing more, nothing less.