IMPIETY — Advent of... (review)

IMPIETY — Advent of... album cover EP · 2011 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Vehemency
Now that Impiety’s deal with Agonia Records is over - I suppose - after the release of last month’s Worshippers of the Seventh Tyranny, this Singaporean war machine has signed to Pulverised Records, and already offers a three-song extended play entitled Advent of... that shows the band’s return to the more common bestial black/death war metal after the experimental one-song album from the beginning of this year.

So if you are even vaguely familiar with Impiety’s back catalogue and in spite of the recent lineup changes, you know what to expect from this EP: pure murder executed with unbridled battering by the drummer Atum and a lot of violent power chord riffage by Guh Lu and Eskathon, all three being new members since last year, and only Shyaithan remaining as an original member of the group.

Tempo is kept at high which is fitting for an EP release where it’s not ultimately necessary to slow down at all. Despite the rapidity, the songs span from 6 to 8 minutes, so there’s a lot of riffs to digest. ”Blood Ritual Defamation” does nod a little towards the recent full-length with its occasional midpaced ritualistic stance with a flanger effect on the guitars. Another similarity to the full-length is the production that is very dry and perhaps lacking a little punch of bass, but it’s very enjoyable in its own way.

If a mixture of the style of Terroreign and the production of Worshippers... sounds good to you, then do yourself a favor and get hold of this EP. It’s really nothing out of the ordinary but I find it enough ass kicking to deserve multiple listens now and in the future. A whole full-length in this style could be too much of the same, but in EP format things work very well.
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