One of the reasons this album in particular sat for so long was I could never figure out what the hell the band name was. It's so hard to read on the cover and on the spine that it's pretty much unrecognizable. I went through one of my old order's and found the band name and sure enough when referenced it turned out to be this album.
Six songs, four of them real. The other two are thirty second interludes between the ten minute songs. Blackened doom metal, long songs, and a filthy production. We're off to a great start here.
Abstractor plays feedback laden blackened doom with a healthy dose of death metal on the side. The album will switch styles on a dime, giving it a pretty chaotic nature. One minute were near funeral doom speeds, then without warning we'll be blasting the next second. Takes a bit to get used to the first few listens but it grows on you over time, especially as the atmosphere of the album begins to work its way into you.
The real strength of Cinerouis Incarnate is it's incredibly oppressive atmosphere. Regardless of the speed, when played at high volume the album is simply suffocating. The combination of black metal style riffing, with death metal type chords and the constant feedback... it wears on you and breaks you down. By far my favorite part of the album.
Abstractor have a pretty sick sound going on here. I probably won't listen to this album again for a while, but now that I know what I have when the mood strikes for an oppressive album I know exactly where to find one.
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