Its been over 20 years in the making, but New Zealand death metal machines Sinistrous Diabolus have finally unleashed their full length debut upon the hapless ears of humankind. Formed with ties to infamous occult acts Witchrist and Diocletian, Sinistrous Diabolus pay homage to a soundscape invoked in 1993 that pushed forth with the idealism of absolute soul crushing blasphemy. Total Doom // Desecration is 40-minutes of ritualized misery spanning across scathing constructs that push an atmosphere wrought with trepidation, and utter decay. Within, Sinistrous Diabolus reinvent older tracks, shaping them into a form that become a mesmerizing void, drawing all into its monolithic gaze.
Defined by the abhorrence of divine doctrine, Total Doom // Desecration maintains an aura of intense dispair that negate luminescent drones, and bury them in filth. Personified by torturous harmonies that dwell in the recesses of the mind, stagnating within putrid noise screeching amidst torrential waves of endless torment. Barbaric by design, this is an album that is enveloped by creeping movements that bore themselves into the chasms of your most desperate pleas, inexorably building towards a swirling downfall littered with apprehensive dread. Perverse passages give way to further doom that punishes throughout, offset by somber lachrymose undertones that hold no reverence for comfort.
An oppressive overtone is majestically displayed within the sprawling asphyxiating weight that each movement holds above a consistant ruination. Sepulchral grows and indecipherable guttural lows are laid across a scathing onslaught of soul rupturing riffs, primitive percussions, and climbing bass lines to reinforce the album’s overt harshness. At its most appealing, Total Doom//Desecration breaks from the noise filled intervals to emit lucid periods of disparaging instrumentals that drag you down into the spanning mouth of the beast, exposing a godforsaken void that swallows you whole. Casting a malevolent gaze betwixt peaking madness and crushing envelopment, always remaining just out of sight, lurking, waiting, watching.
Ultimately, Total Doom//Desecration is well worth the wait. After 20 years of silent pondering, expectations ran very high, but Sinistrous Diabolus is a band hell bent on perfection, and perfection is what we received. Still, the debut has arrived and will bore its way into the cold, dark crevices of your mind, take control, and make you beg for more. Check out the stream below.
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