2024 WolfKult Religion (Cassette)
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This is slower death metal with a real doom-like feel, but also primitive, but not without heavy-ass riffs! Once we get past the doom of the opening of the first track, we're greeted with a chunk-filled beating, which morphs into blasts at the right spot. These guys can clearly write a song. In fact, they have some seriously memorable riffage. The vocals shine as well, being sung from a deep, cavernous throat with reverb and puke drenched all over them. They're ugly, grand, obscure, and well-sung all at the same time. The EP continues this trajectory the entire way through, and I didn't lose interest with it like I do some modern releases in this doomed-up style. It just proves that Incantation was so far ahead of their time when they started this style of death metal, and I can hear their influence on this band as well as so many others. Make no mistake, this band isn't a copy. There's also a clear influence from the Swedish camp here, but not how you would normally think (meaning the guitar sound). The ultra-sick downtuned guitars, heavy-as-fuck guitar sound and cavern-uttered vocals help make it different and unique, as well as when they hit an up tempo and get heads banging. Conjuration is evil as fuck, and I really want to see what they do in the future.