Style: cavernous death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: four songs that are intent on dragging my ears through the mire and muck
Thoughts: This album is a paradox for me. I usually love albums that have fewer songs. It lets the band focus on making those songs as good as they can possibly be. I also tend to like nasty death metal that has a strong atmospheric bent to it. Both of those things are present here, yet I find Bringer of Drought lacking.
The riffs, while intense don't really go anywhere. They don't grab me... they just sound like a whirlwind of... nothingness. What should be massive riffs end up feeling flat and directionless. The four songs each feel too long for what they are. While the riffs are well constructed, I feel like the album doesn't really warrant the extended run time from the longer songs.
Phobocosm can write good music, and there are points in here that are cool as hell - the massive ending to Tidal Scourge being first and foremost amongst those. But overall the album leaves me... empty? It leaves me like I've listened to nothing, silence gives me an equivalent emotional response. I feel like I'm missing something fundamental with this album, but at the same time I have so much other stuff to listen to that I don't really feel like I'm missing out.
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