AEONS ABYSS - "IMPENITENT" LP

Aeons Abyss - “Impenitent” LP

Death... the bombastic way. There’s a lot of ultra melody woven between the weighty riffs, unpredictable rhythm, and (melo)dramatic atmospheres. That’s your crash course in what is meant here by Bombastic Death; done well by bands that usually don’t hail from the major cities and the epicentres of metaldom, with excellent examples coming from the 90’s in more wooded and rural areas of the United States like Missouri and Virginia, as well as more recently from Australia in the Blue Mountains and strange parts of South Australia. Don’t forget the creeping (and creepy) influence from Mediterranean black metals (especially on the B side of this record). “Impenitent” tends to move along at varying but steady paces, and it never crawls too slowly or blasts too quickly, lest you become distracted by anything other than exactly what Aeons Abyss intend. The vocals performance is in perfect league with the stylish riffs and overall dry production so that they get to really shine over everything. Of course, when I say shine, I mean shine in the way that a glimpse of moonlight seeps through a crack into a musty mausoleum at certain hours of certain evenings. Highly recommended for fans of Chuck Keller (Order From Chaos, Ares Kingdom, Vulpecula), Mortuary Drape, Sacriphyx, Innsmouth or if you just want to get an idea of what the hell everything I just mentioned means, and perhaps start you down a foul path bejewelled with gems.