Here is something unique, as I can truly say
that I never have had too many chances to hear bands from Turkey. Sure, I like
Burial Invocation a lot, I also am familiar with Deggial, whose tape I have
somewhere in my collection, I also remember Cenotaph, but that would be pretty
much all what comes to my mind at the moment. So, Engulfed is one of the rare
occasions to hear something from this big country. And I must say that I
definitely like what I hear on “Through the Eternal Damnation”. The impression
is even bigger if I say that I just didn’t expect anything extraordinary. Sure,
Hellthrasher Productions is known for the quality of their releases, but not
everything they touch must necessarily be golden. In this case I can say that
Bart and his label managed to pick up one of the most promising underground
death metal bands at the moment and if they’ll get the full length album ready
it can be as killer as the Ectovoid or Abysme LPs.
“Through the Eternal Damnation” contains four
tracks only and that – plus the fact the whole stuff is about 25 minutes short
– is the only fault of this material. I would definitely like to hear some
music from those Turkish bastards, but at least I can that this MCD is a killer
appetiser before the main course, which I hope Engulfed will deliver in 2013.
But OK, let’s take a closer look at what this band has to offer...
Engulfed walks the path of the old styled death
metal, of the American legends such as Incantation and Goreaphobia, and from
the recent bands they may remind you Dead Congregation, Grave Miasma, Anatomia,
Funebrarum and other such hordes. Ha, it must sound nice, right? Yeah it does
(!!!), if nice for you is something as obscure, raw, violent, punishing and
smelling like rot?! What may distinguish Engulfed from most of those bands is
the fact that while the whole atmosphere of their music, its specific riffing,
sound, heaviness are all clearly rooted in Incantation and other such bands
then all four tracks are more focused on the faster playing rather than ultra
slow and massively heavy riffing. Basically every song from “Through the
Eternal Damnation” has some ultra fast parts, which will crush you down and
turn into a pile of blood and meat. From the other hand if you will listen to
“Supreme Lord of Blasphemy” then you may realize that Engulfed do not make your
life easy and contributes as many different parts into their music as it is
possible; in this case the song starts with a mid paced, relatively memorable
tune, then it speeds up like crazy and the finish is just a classic
apocalyptic, doomy slow tune in the vein of Incantation. But it works perfectly
for me. I mean Engulfed really picked up excellent riffs, glued them together
into four killer tracks and most of all, the production of “Through the Eternal
Damnation” is just perfect. It is powerful, it is heavy and filled with the
energy, which can break the walls if you play it loud enough. And also I must
say that Serkan’s vocals are awesome.
Fuck, I cannot wait to hear some more stuff
from this very promising band now!
Standout track: “Supreme Lord of Blasphemy”
Final rate: 90/100
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