AN NCS PREMIERE: TERROR — “PÉOS THANÁTOU”

(written by Islander)

It’s always a challenge to write about the releases of Sentient Ruin Laboratories, not because the music leaves us feeling meh (far from it!), but because it’s tough to match, much less exceed, the way Sentient Ruin describes its records. Today’s example is a forthcoming debut EP named Hymni Belli Occultum, depicted by the label in these words:

Brazilian one-man bestial black/death commando Terror emerges with its first act of ritual terrorism, an eighteen minute EP of gruesome extreme metal warfare weaponized from the cult of Archgoat, Holocausto, Tormentador, Sarcofago, Bestial Warlust and Conqueror.

Across these five edicts of third world barbarism the totality of our new world dystopia is glorified and instigated down to its most antihuman and savage traits, with the cult of all crime syndicates, gangs, slums, warfare, violence, militarism and corruption thrown into an abyss of occultism and esotericism to embody the true lineaments of the modern world antichrist.

See what I mean?

But even in the face of such a challenge, we must persevere, and the occasion for vomiting up our own verbiage is Track #5 from this new EP — “Péos Thanátou“.

To begin with the “nuts and bolts,” i.e., Terror‘s chosen sonic weaponry: They consist of maniacally roiling and maliciously mutilating riffage tuned to toxic tones, coupled with brutalizing percussive attacks and foul utterances from a viscera-choked throat.

But the fretwork also slows and coldly clangs (still corrosive in its tone and heartless in its mood) while the drums administer jackhammer beats, and it brutally slashes like blood-crusted blades. Eerily quivering and warbling sounds lend an occult, ethereal presence, in contrast to the brute-force bestiality through which they swirl.

The music also gnashes and pounds, convulses in searing bursts as the snare chops like an ax on bone, and, with a horrid scream, devolves into a void-like ambience. Yes indeed, the song is barbarian and dystopian, malignant and esoteric.

We’ll also include a stream of the first song released from the EP, “Bélica Sinfonia Armagedônica“. Once again, Terror packs the song with a multitude of blood-congealing, mind-broiling, and bone-snapping experiences, traversing sensations of primitive brutishness, chaotic violence, explosive terror, and freezing oppressiveness.

Most shocking of all are unexpected bursts that sound like a conjunction of detonating bombs and demented shrieks. (Don’t worry, even though you now know those are coming, you still won’t be ready for them.)

Hymni Belli Occultum will be released by Sentient Ruin on CD, MC, and digital formats on December 6th. To order, visit the locations linked below.

► https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/hymni-belli-occultum​
► http://sentientruin.com/releases/terror-hymni-belli-occultum

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