Release
Date: 10 October 2025
Format: CD
Country: International
Plague Curse is an international blackened death
metal collaboration uniting musicians from bands such as Drowstorm, Vahrzaw,
Vintertodt, Burden
Of Ymir, and Calling Of Phasmic Presence.
Their union is about channeling a shared vision into sheer sonic punishment.
“Verminous Contempt,” their debut full-length, emerges under the banner of Adirondack Black Mass, presenting ten tracks of
unrelenting force delivered by unrelenting force. With Nick
Rossi on vocals, Joe Caswell on
guitar, George Van Doorn on bass, and Neil Schneider on drums, the lineup brings
together experience from multiple corners of the extreme metal underground.
“Verminous
Contempt” wastes no time in asserting its brutality. The album charges forward
with a relentless pace where speed and heaviness constantly collide. The
production is crisp, sharp enough to retain the raw intensity expected from
blackened death metal. Riffs dominate each track with a mixture of savagery and
dark melody, managing to remain memorable even under the constant barrage of
blasting drums.
Vocally, Rossi delivers an impressive range, moving between deep guttural roars, rasping screams, and unhinged retches. This variety adds an extra layer of violence to the music, ensuring that no passage becomes monotonous. Caswell’s guitar work balances aggression and chaos, shifting from dizzying tremolo runs to churning, breakdown-heavy passages. Van Doorn’s bass underpins everything with thick low-end presence, while Schneider’s drumming drives the album forward at near breakneck velocity, only pausing occasionally to slam into crushing, slower sections.
The songs are
concise, rarely exceeding five minutes, which keeps the pace fierce and the
energy high. Tracks like “In The Shadow Of Hate” and “Callous Abomination”
epitomize the band’s mix of speed and heaviness, while shorter bursts such as
“Oderint Dum Metuant” serve as savage finales that feel like final blows after
an extended beating. Even as the album progresses deeper into its runtime, the
intensity does not falter, and the precision of the musicianship remains locked
in.
“Verminous
Contempt” balances through chaos and control. The band never lets up on
intensity, and the songwriting maintains enough structure to prevent the music
from spiraling into formless noise. Each track is like part of a bigger
assault, and by the time the album ends, it has delivered exactly what it
promises. A furious descent into corrupted soundscapes.
Score: 8.0
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