Oakland black/death harbingers finally unveil their destructive debut recorded and mixed at Earhammer in Oakland CA by Greg Wilkinson and mastered by Justin Divver.
Horrendously savage opener “Writhing in Cellophane Cage” is a mass assault on all senses and feels like it was forged deep into in the most tormented circles of hell whilst “Autoasphyxia” combines fury with a touch of slow ominous menace.
The halfway point of the album sees my favourite track of the debut “The Reverence of Swine” which is equally disgustingly bleak and unforgivingly brutal. “Death Sown in Polluted Soil” reigns down sheer ferocity before the final track “Blight” manifests the utmost sonically devastating drums on the album so far.
The Oakland death-bringers have drawn influence from extreme metal titans like Dead Congregation, Deathspell Omega, Lucifyre, Demoncy, and Pseudogod to assemble a mortal weapon of mass extermination. Very much like Ike Greca’s creature depicted on the album’s cover, the malicious tendencies of piercing black metal screams entwined with cavernous roaring very much demand the listeners’ adoration, worship and also demonstrate what makes blackened death metal so great.
Dearth have unleashed something so violently destructive it’s deplorable yet exquisite.
To Crown All Befoulment will be released June 19th via Sentient Ruin Laboratories.
