The Exorcist Review: A Depressive Black Metal band from the United Kingdom. Formed in 2020. June 6th, 2023, the band independently released their debut EP album The Exorcist, and promoted through GlobMetal Promotion.
Introduction:
Eternal Funeral, The Exorcist: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Exorcist, The
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Eternal Funeral and their album, The Exorcist.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features cold and distorted tremolo pickings with dark and haunting melodies, incorporating synths and sound effects also heightens the overall listening experience, further immersing the audience in the macabre and mystical atmosphere of the song. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves piercing and high-pitched screams. The Third Sin—The Percussions: delves into the vast world of chaotic drumming and blast beats.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: The recording and atmosphere sounds like it was recorded on Pendle Hill itself
The listener immediately presses the play button and is greeted with the first track, The Exorcist. The piece starts with a brief spoken word sample of whispers, followed by a blend of synths, rich and raw instruments, and fierce vocals.
The musical piece entitled Witches Sabbath follows suit, where the listener’s ears are welcome to a depressive, raw, and unsettling composition that effectively showcases the essence of devilry through various instrumental and vocal techniques.
At the same time, the production is raw and dark and sounds like it was recorded on Pendle Hill itself. I thoroughly enjoyed The Exorcist and the three songs and the lyrical themes dealing with Satanism, witchcraft, and darkness. Overall, the lyrics, music, and production enhance the music’s quality and experience, allowing the listener to immerse themselves in the haunting and dark atmosphere.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Pale Night. Welcome the listener with a hauntingly beautiful composition that showcases the eerie sounds of rain, thunder, and the wind bustling through the speakers, while the spine-chilling cold synth adds depth to the piece.
We want to give a shoutout to GlobMetal for letting us review Eternal Funeral and their album, The Exorcist. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
The Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Eternal Funeral and their album, The Exorcist.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, The Exorcist may be short, but I found the album raw, depressive, captivating, emotional, and darkly powerful. The whole piece is delivered by well-executed devilmanship, which is drawn from the inspiration of the classic and old-school style of black metal bands such as Mayhem and Burzum and the depressive black metal of Shining.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The image looks like a torn page from Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger’s Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches), published in 1487, is undoubtedly one of the most essential texts in the history of witchcraft study. It serves effectively as a manual for hunting and persecuting witches.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Eternal Funeral, and their album The Exorcist.
This concludes the Eternal Funeral, The Exorcist review.
Track-Listing:
- The Exorcist
- Witches Sabbath
- Pale Night
Eternal Funeral is:
- Nemesis Funera – guitars, vocals
- Damadius Mourn – bass
- J.S Slaughter – drums
