Athenaeum Of Sin Reviews

Immediately, as the listener presses that play button, one is welcomed to the opening piece, Intro, which welcomes the listener with a darkened piano introduction, following suit with the second track Divine Hypocrisy, and the remaining eight pieces. As the listener continues their dark journey with the second song and the music. The Consecratory Secretion welcomes the listener’s ears with an intro of dark melodic/rhythmic riffage and drum strikes – hitting that minute mark of the song. A surge of brutalization and complex extreme instrumental playing and insane and sick vocals all kicks in and continues until the end of the album.

Apokatastasis‘ The Consecratory Secretion delivers and provides the listener’s ears with this impressive fluid mix of (weaving together) elements of brutal death metal and melodic black metal with a sinner atmosphere that’s pushed in the background. This creates a musical spectrum that drives the barrier with the music, giving the listener this excellent balance between “aggression”, “technicality”, “heavy”, “dark”, “pure headbanger” and “brutal” as hell

Apokatastasis‘ The Consecratory Secretion presents the listener with the old-school death metal of Immolation, the brutal death metal of Cryptopsy with the melodic death black metal influences of Dissection and a tint of technicality of Necrophagist. While each song captures various moods, tempos, and atmospheres for the whole musical piece – an extreme and brutal delight consisting of ten powerful, heavy, and brutal songs and music that is well-arranged and composed; this includes the composing and arrangement of the instrumental/vocal work, which is all delivered by incredible devilmanship, an exhibition of perfection. Another brain mosher melter and bleeder of the eardrums.

A musical spectrum that’s a perfect creation of giving the listener’s ears an instrumental and vocal art of vocals that push the elements. -The vocal style familiar as Malus provides the listener with Ross Doland of Immolation style guttural vocals with an even more guttural brutal death metal style added to the mix. The instrumental work of technical/complex, melodic/groove-laden blackened death riffage, pulsing bass riffs, severe hard-hitting drum strikes and blast beats – all wrap in a technical, complex, and sinner atmosphere and soundscape.