Formed from the dark alliance between Finland
and the United States, Proscription emerged
as a formidable force in blackened death metal. The band features seasoned
musicians whose backgrounds span acts like Maveth,
Lantern, and other underground entities of
the extreme metal spectrum. Their debut album “Conduit” was released in 2020 to
strong underground reception but faced the obstacles of a pandemic-stricken
world. Now fully forged and sharpened, Proscription
returns with “Desolate Divine,” a work conceived with a stronger vision
and performed by a fully established line-up.
“Desolate Divine” is an uncompromising journey
into an abyss of relentless force and apocalyptic grandeur. From the first
moments of “Gleam Of The Morningstar,” the album charges forward with searing
riffs, crushing low-end, and an oppressive yet hypnotic atmosphere. The guitars
move between swirling tremolo assaults and bone-splintering rhythmic strikes,
each part flowing into the next with a sense of inevitability. The drumming
maintains a merciless momentum, shifting between high-speed blasting and weighty,
ceremonial passages that allow the music to breathe ominously.
Vocals are
delivered with a commanding venom, mixing cavernous growls with rasping cries,
reinforcing the sense of spiritual desecration that permeates the album. Tracks
like “Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan” and the title track “Desolate Divine”
summon an almost ritualistic power, while “The Great Deceiver” and “Not But
Dust” close the work with a sense of finality—like the collapse of a world into
silence and shadow.
The
production captures the band’s ferocity without sacrificing the suffocating
density that gives the music its oppressive character. Every layer feels
purposeful, from the deep, engulfing bass to the serpentine leads that twist
through the chaos. The result is an album that carries the rawness of
underground death metal and the grandeur of occult blackened extremity.
Score: 8.0
No comments:
Post a Comment