Band: Leviathan
Country of Origin: US
Status: Active
Genre: Black metal / Ambient
Type: Full length
Format: Digital (320 Kbps)
Length Approx.: 01:04:00 min.
Release Date: 03-03-2015
Current label: Profound Lore Records
Release label: Profound Lore Records
Release label: Profound Lore Records
Aggressive, rabid and
depressive black metal.
It's been more than three years, since
Leviathan brought to light his controversial album "True Traitor, True
Whore" now with a different view and leaving the past to history, Wrest offers
us his most recent release "Scar Sighted" the fifth in his
discography and contains ten tracks of pure evil and depressive Black metal
filled with guttural screams and high pitch vocals.
Personally, I consider that "Scar
Sighted" it should be the next in line after his album "Massive
Conspiracy Against All Life" released in 2008, why? Very simple the newest
album represent much more what he was doing at that time, however I can
understand to Wrest as an artist, after those events where he was sentenced to
two years probation and the remote possibility to speak about it through his
music in "True Traitor, True Whore" comes alive, good or bad choice,
no one can judge it.
"Scar Sighted" opens with
"-" very original title for an instrumental cut, slightly over the
two minutes mark and it work as preamble of what is coming to you, the hell is
unleashed and "The Smoke of Their Torment" grabs you with some death
metal riff, couple interludes here and there just to make it deeper, growling
vocals, "Dawn Vibration" this is a great track flawless, excellent
work in the drums, the production allows every blast sound magnificent, next we
have "Gardens of Coprolite" which begins with a bass section accompanied
by agonic drumming, suddenly a disharmonic and chaotic assault to ended up with
a catchy guitar riff, "Wicked Fields of Calm" this cut it could be my
favorite in the album, is aggressive, rabid and have a depressive vibe from
start to end, screams are painful, relentless drums, ferocious guitar riff,
meld bass to that undertone melody in the keyboards, "Within Thrall" acoustic
guitars and clear chants welcomes you into a singular nightmare heavy screamed
and growled vocals, the guitar riff are unpredictable, "A Veil is
Lifted" predominantly distorted guitars, droning tunes and atmospheric
passages a cut well balanced, "Scar Sighted" undoubtedly is the most
complex and varied composition incorporating doom elements, atmospheric
attributes, reverb guitar riffs shrieks and howling vocals, merciless blast
beats all blended together to create a memorable cut, "All Tongues
Towards" guitars fuse slowly with marching drums to meet up with speed and
chaos, cavernous growls rapidly drags you to hell, excellent cut of somber
black metal, the closing track is “Aphōnos” offers a dense musical
structure, droning tunes are present here, howling vocals and some odd melodies
make this track intricate and distressing, you will need to listen to it few
times to understand this song.
The production of this album is solid, compact and
clear, it allows you to experience all the elements, doom, dark, ambient,
droning, death and black tinted through "Scar Sighted" the lyrics are
morbid and complex displaying creativity; this is an album that undoubtedly
will come to any end-of-year list.
Stay True... Stay Metal… Stay Brutal…
Track List:
1. -
2. The Smoke of Their Torment
3. Dawn Vibration
4. Gardens of Coprolite
5. Wicked Fields of Calm
6. Within Thrall
7. A Veil is Lifted
8. Scar Sighted
9. All Tongues Towards
10. Aphōnos
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