Endless Asphyxiating Gloom
2014 Unspeakable Axe
I think Sabbatory sound like what you'd have gotten if Morgoth had recorded a couple of Hellhammer/Celtic Frost covers for their first two eps... while ramped up on cocaine. This is very much prevalent on the opening track, "Being, Thy Eternal Perplexor," which has that fast Morgoth-y type feel, along with a total Hellhammer "Aggressor" type chorus part in the middle.
Shit... works for me. I'm also hearing more use of a China cymbal in one song than I think I've heard in everything I listened to last year. Or at the very least, its use is much more pronounced by Sabbatory. I'm actually writing this while listening to the album, and ... check it out... total "Circle of the Tyrants" riff on "Corrosive Decay." I won't say that Sabbatory are derivative, but they really need to keep that kind of thing to a minimum even if I do enjoy it. If they toss in "Cherry Orchards" next though, I'm out. At times, they do get a little technical with the playing, but we're talking about mid-period Death here, not Origin. The production is a little on the dry side, but it works. Nothing really blocks anything else out. It's not like someone sounds like they're playing in a room two doors down and to the left. As debuts go, this is a good one. I just hope they don't decide to go and "progress" or "evolve" on their next album. A little change is good, but keep it old school death metal and nothing but, please!
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