Indian / Canadian black-death mystics Nirriti present their debut album. Following the 2020 EP that ignited quite a blaze in the underground; I hold high expectations for this LP. Out via Iron Bonehead Productions on June 19th.
Serene strings and samples begin our journey of esoteric terror and violence. Noise, percussion, vicious dissonance; Nirriti make their presence felt with a volatile and convulsive concoction of twisted malevolence. The clanking of the bass cuts gloriously through the piercing guitar assault to give a real body to the mix which is intense and claustrophobic. Vocally the reverberate cacophony is perfectly suited to the trepanning instrumental fury. While the abyssal mix is raw and harsh; there is plenty of strength and everything is hard-hitting while retaining that sparse and discordant quality. The opening moments of this record are a lesson in hostility and extremity where both are pushed to the pinnacle.
At 44 minutes in length, this is a cumbersome album for the style. With a lot of aural torture that is all over the place and yet unified by this savage pulsating heart that dissolves into itself only to take new form; it is not an easy or straightforward listen. This is probably as far into noise territory as I personally venture, but the guitar work, inhuman drumming and vocals are unmistakably of the most deranged metallic constellations. Expect a cacophony of metaphysical upheaval that will certainly leave a mark.
This album is an overwhelming onslaught of bestial carnage. Blackened death metal noise with no limits. If you are curious how far into the extreme metal can be taken, this is a pretty good answer. It’s a bit less riff oriented than the likes of Tetragrammacide but has its own style that will certainly appeal to those into the more chaotic and feral corners of musical barbarism.
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