We overwhelmed those insignificant creatures... we unleashed our legions from the portals without a thought…
[a pity that I could not add the whole ○⁶³⁷⅘,〕٪ ♠︎"‰ ○⁶³⁷⅘~ - thing...]
This said…
The usurpers of mankind, those who dwell behind, within, beyond the portal, have returned with another soundtrack of Lovecraftian aural terror. This time sweetly called Nry’lwn(rh) (yeah, what’s in a name), this four-headed combo – when it come to their alienated / human names, I will create a different alinea below – this newest effort is an intense and intensive six-tracker in the vein of the former exertions. Once again released via Centipede Abyss (Ar’lyxkq‘wr and Centipede Abyss have a very nigh affinity), this specific recording has been released in an edition of only thirty-four copies (no reprints will happen). Like before, the artwork, courtesy of Ar’lyxkq‘wr, follows that of the [[releases, offering enchanting eye-candy, eh, I mean, another dark-greened space-specimen, a vile cosmic entity, as unearthly as the sonic side of Nry’lwn(rh).
As promised: drummer Jsïjiådsj aka That Which Creates The Portal aka Jared M. (think: Vertebrae Fetish Totem, Ange De La Mort, Ishimura, Mouth Of Cedar, Zvylpwkua and Cave, amongst tens of others), vocalist / keyboardist Vhuwxg•⁹'kqx aka That Which Feeds In The Portal aka John R. (Lyuaoien, Apothecary), six-stringer Æýn'xjr'xz aka That Which Preserves The Portal aka Pan M. (Zvylpwkua, Ambulacrum, Ukakuja, Act Of Entropy, Mouth Of Cedar), and new bass player IV Y'ræe'Nyt aka That Which Emits From The Portal aka Anthony W. (of Dwelling Below fame, a.o.).
Those trusted with the previous Ar’lyxkq‘wr efforts might know what to expect; those who do not (yet), be warned, for this act does not offer a lullaby for the faint-hearted. This recording is an expression of sonic de-creation, rabid aural horror, and anti-structural dissonances. It is like ‘/Psych-Tech Death Metal 2.0/’ or ‘[Avantgarde Extreme Metal]²’, consisting of intolerant blasts, barb-wired textures, abyssal drone-rape and schizoid nervo-grind morbidity (listen and you’ll understand). Seriously, the discordance amalgam of very diverse, genre-trespassing drum patterns, shrieking and intoxicating six-strings (at least as diverse in execution, with dense ‘melodies’ [can you imagine] versus ear-drum impaling leads), rumbling basses, guttural throat-molestation and qualmish noises is hard to digest, unless one succeeds to untangle the pristine creative excellence behind this seemingly impervious chaos.
The rough-edged, no-nonsense production fortifies the asphyxiating atmosphere, for the sound ingeniously balances in between deliberately well-considered pollution and a subtly perfected scale of lovely-arrogant cleverness. The result therefor is, once again, solid and inspiring, despite the auricular mania that defines these ‘songs’. Note: the word ‘song’ was carefully yet bravely chosen (I like to take risks), so do not blame me for using this description once you’ve experienced the whole adventure.
Recommended if you get aroused by the likes of Encenethrakh (yet less ‘grinding’), Tetragrammacide, Impetuous Ritual or, evidently, Act Of Entropy and Zvylpwkua (amongst many other outsider combos)…
https://centipedeabyss.bandcamp.com/album/nrylwn-rh
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