Primary Emotions/Themes: Occult themes, death
Thoughts: I love projects like this. the band is completely anonymous. We only have a vague notion that there are three to four members based on a blurry picture of someone about to get sacrificed... or maybe they are about to murder someone. It's hard to tell and that's part of the appeal.
It's bands like Order of Decay that allow the music to truly stand on its own. There is no hype or expectations. We don't know jack shit about the band or any of the members. All of this is only the music and the artwork.
So what is Order of Decay? From their debut album, they are an atmospheric driven doom/death band. The band focuses on creating a completely crushing atmosphere that never lets the listener rest. Oppressive would be the operative term here.
The music is slow and grinding. The riffs are heavy as a mother fucker. The vocals are deep and semi intelligible. The drums and bass match the guitars riff for riff. I suspect that the members have been active in the scene for quite some time by how well the songs are constructed.
Mortification Rites does a lot of things well, but it never crosses the line to "holy fuck" levels. There are a few riffs here and there that make me take notice, but overall this is an album that I can have on in the background pretty easily.
All that said I don't have very much doom/death in my collection, and I need to fill that selection out a bit. I'm going to be keeping this album for a while, because there are points where I need to listen to something heavy, oppressive, and atmospheric. When that mood strikes Order of Decay is on the short list of bands to pull out.
Written December 1st 2023
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