SEPTICFLESH

Release Year: 2023
Artist Origin: GRE
Style: orchestral intense dramatic death metal

with due respect to their ongoing evolution that always has a determined direction, effectively boasting the sweeping energy aplenty, ensemble from Athens surpasses its own creations first of all with merging separate elements of music almost perfectly, leaving not a single crack in its complex structure, where symphonic accents organically merge with a heavy guitar avalanche and thunderous percussion, while the pathos of choruses lends compositions a sense of monumental drama - the opening Dante's Inferno and Portrait of a Headless Man stand out in particular, revealing most clearly unique ability to infuse grandeur with emotional sensitivity; a plethora of extra musicians that participated in this grandiose project [2017] can be listed as usual, yet it does not tell you about the impression album makes as unity, while profound, apocalyptic vibe permanently stays inside; recent French gatefold sleeve double purple-marbled gold 45rpm vinyl edition with pro-printed inner sleeves is limited to 300 units