This band is pretty impressive they come on strong feeling like "Show No Mercy " era Slayer, but ride a more atmospheric black metal throb. There is an eerie coldness, and while other sub-genres like crust and hardcore have an influence I feel like the darkness prevails making these guys more of a black metal band. The title track that follows the otherwise air-tight opener is not as solid in its focus or arrangement and basks in the buzz almost like every other black metal band. The exception is that you can hear the bass line rumbling under it all.
"Formosus' throbs with darker energy than the more pounding song before it, which proves that metallic aggression alone is only one tool on the road to fully immersing into the sonic darkness. When it does break down into more of dark hard core pounding it is more effective due to the shift in dynamics they employ. I can not single one member of this band out for excelling at their instrument as the emphasis here is functioning as a singular unit of sound. When the more typical elements of black metal come into play like the tremolo-picked guitar it works better as it has been contrasted with something else.
The last song carries more of an atmospheric shimmer until the tempo shifts to a more frantic pace underneath it. The vocals are more obligatory here and are an incoherent scream for the bulk of the album, which is the album's weak spot and the only point of contention for this band. For this reason I am rounding it down to a 9, which still puts them head and shoulders above your average black metal bands these days.This drops March 15th on Eternal Death.
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