This is the latest in my series of "gosh I haven't listened to that in so long I don't even remember what it sounds like" albums.
Vesicant play an intense style of dissonant black/death metal. There really isn't individual riffs on this album, its more of a collection of one wall of noise transitioning to the next wall of noise. That's not to say that everything blends together... there's plenty of variety and even some points where you could call this musical. Overall though this is one giant mass of extreme metal that takes no prisoners.
I remember liking this album quite a bit when I first got it years ago. I don't know why I never listened to it more frequently. I'm not sure it's quite as good as I remember it, but this does hit a very peculiar spot that not many albums can.
Shadows of Cleansing Iron hits that post apocalyptic atmosphere that is rare to get right. The combination of the wall of noise type riff along with the slower more brooding moments gives the album an "everything is absolutely fucked and were here sitting in the aftermath" vibe way better than almost any other album I can think of off the top of my head.
The band is at their best when they slow things way the fuck down. This is where the heaviness of the riffs goes from suffocating to absolutely crushing. That feeling of something gigantic and horrible about to happen and being hopeless to change your fate... that is what most of Shadows of Cleansing Iron channels. It's hopeless, it's damning, it's oblivion incarnate.
I'm not sure when the next time I'm going to listen to this album is, but I'm sure glad I grabbed it from the bowls of my collection today. This is quite a good album that probably will get better with repeated listens. For now I'm content to be swept away into the realm of nothingness.
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