Death metal is always appreciated and preferred for metal
heads there is no doubt about it . In the matter of metal music today the
underground is full of newcomers who bring enthusiasm and fresh ideas but you
have to admit that which bands are putting furious,evil,blasphemous music since
late 80’s/early 90’s era their musical style,composition,lyrics structures
everything’s are full of reverence . Nowadays a lots of modern death metal is
shiny, flashy, and in addition, purely cutthroat and fully influenced by late
80’s/early 90’s musical era and borrow the vibe which is really appreciable.
Death metal does not stagnate in a constant form. Some challengers exist, such
as Purtenance , their new album is brilliant addition to the death metal
roster.
Well, Two years since their last studio effort “Awaken From
Slumber” Nokia based Finnish death metal quartet Purtenance unveiled their
third full length album entitled “...to Spread the Flame of Ancients” via
Xtreem Music in the beginning of September,2015. This new album is consist with
total 11 tracks with 46:18 min running time. Basically Purtenance was formed in
1989 as Purtenance Avulsion. Later they have changed their name as Purtenance
in 1991. In before they had released Two full length album entitled “Member Of
Immortal Damnation” in 1992 and “Awaken From Slumber” in 2013. Already they are
experienced and well renowned in underground music because of their astounding,critical
acclaimed,heavy, darkened,old school death metal musical style, hard work,well
skilled performance and flawless efforts. Now I am straight diving into one of
my most anticipated death metal release of this year.
This new albums whole composition,production is extremely
filthy and relentlessly unforgiving . I was interiewed them a few days ago and
now I’m reviewing New Purtenance album,to be honest this is more challenging
for me haha. At first listen “...to Spread the Flame of Ancients” floored me with their dreaded amalgamation
which leads to a hammerin old School
blunt force trauma with heavy,twisted riffs, hyped pedal thrusts.Always I lookin
for this type of harshest slabs of death metal.This whole album enthralled me
with their Unrelenting
,powerful,blasting ,overarching,chromatic, chaotic,rugged, critical acclaimed
death metal sound and dense musical style and this new album rekindle my
affection,obsession for proper old school death metal. This bands each and
every musician exudes tremendous effort in radiant way on this album with
excellent diligence and nailed it. They have injected technical riffs works,
dark and dirge vibes into aural bashing,furious,fast death metal with strangulated
riffs work simultaneously that burns with oppressive fervor. I applaud this new
addition and cite them.
Their heavy,ultra-fast sounds and disparate styles all
combined in one bold, enlightened display of unbound creativity. Despite the
often fast ,furious,cacophonous, heavy and barbarous form of death metal
assaults laced with a lots of segments
of mid-paced,fast tempo too where Purtenance combines intricate,tricky riffs
work,vicious,dirge vibes with cavernous drum thrashes,aforementioned all aspects
enriched this album that is very powerful,strong and excellent all at
the same time along with a good
balance of death metal music, melody
and brutality with strangulated ,filthy,thick,groovy riffs work and those
effective rasps,relentless growls simultaneously.
I personally appreciate their new albums songs framing
style.well, this albums opening track starts with slow,groovy,dense,traditional,old
school death metal music with some grandoise growls and a wall of spectacular
drums with aggression,deliberate cadence . From this new album we get
ultra-fast, oppressive death metal. This album is filled with a slew of twisted
, traversed ,chugging, groovy,intricate, blitzkrieg,menacing ,complex riffs
line ups. As well bass line up is shifting, chaotic,distorted,rumbled and
punchy . Drumming,percussion line up is pummeling,dodgy,punishing,frantic,blast
beating and rabidly insane . There are a
slew of individual breathtaking ,subtle nuance,cadence,morbidly delicious,
ominous riffs,solo and drumming sections which sound briefly something exotic
. In each track intricate,spectacular
riffs,bass lineups matched in fantastic way. This album indulge strong
songwriting and brilliant musicianship . Every instrument is clearly
differentiated & represented excellently in each and every single track
.Tempo changes are excellent and complicated . Vocals deep rasps, gruff growls
, vigorous, crucial, immense , aggressive voice intertwined in a good manner
with their utterly savage,merciless,onslaught,violent, vitriol ,uncanny deeply
rooted old school death metal sound with a lots of dark,dirge accompaniment and embedded perfectly . I
really worship and embrace this new album.
Their latest efforts each song have an energy ,fluency and
dominating power. Stand out tracks are all of em . album artwork is
mystique,atrocious,indelible. overall “...to Spread the Flame of Ancients” whole
album is undeniable,precise,Spectacular,engrossing ,significant, elegant.This
album is epitome of death metal. Purtenance have the misfortune of inheriting a
genre that peaked, attracted infiltrators and imitators. This pure
unadulterated death metal album is one of the best release of this year so
far.From now on I’ll Keep my eyes and ears peeled for more excellent news from
the Purtenance camp in the near future. This whole album is
tight,straightforward with aggressive sound that carries Purtenance’s signature
style and unique composition. I am pleased to say that Purtenance’s latest
addition strides infinitely higher due to it’s strong increase in quality
within literally every characteristic latest album. I am pretty damn sure Purtenance
can continue their stride in the future. Purtenance provide another unblemished
addition to this collection with this complete masterpiece, and thus can be
accredited with the contribution to this intriguing and thriving, if not
overlooked movement within extreme metal music.
My Rating – 4.8/5
Album Review done by - Souvik Basu. Published on 26 th Sep,2015