SoulCarrion - Enthrone Death
Get ready for some heavy Old School Death Metal from Poland with SoulCarrion’s 2nd full length album, “Enthrone Death.” Similar to their first album, it is still rooted deep in the mix of Immolation meets Incantation for that reverb heavy, guttural sound mixed with surprisingly clear drumming. Greg still handles the guitars while Michal also handles guitars, bass, and drum programming. For programmed drums they actually sound very decent here, so fans will certainly enjoy them alongside the pummeling riffs that have the lo-fi Immolation/ Incantation buzz. Behind the mic they borrowed Mateusz Sibila again (at this point 2 albums in they probably should just add him a member), but the advantage of having a ‘session vocalist’ is listeners never know if they’re going to stick around or that the next album will be a big surprise.
Well, “Enthrone Death” pretty much picks up where “Infernal Agony” left us. The music is heavy and thick with a good mix of fast tracks (such as ‘Oblivion’) and then the mid paced to slower ones such as ‘Revenge is Mine’ which churns along with almost a Death n’ Roll or Death Doom feel to the music). The solos are blistering but overall the guitars and bass rumble together with that buzzsaw sound to them, so don’t expect much melody from the tracks anywhere near the vein of Melodeath or Thrash territory. The vocals try to be guttural and echoing with cavernous effect, but not nearly as guttural or buried as say a band like Witch Vomit. The music structure is pretty much the same throughout many of the tracks- start out fast and hard and slow down for the middle and then pick up again with little room for atmospherics, but it just sounds like SoulCarrion want to rip face in a minimalistic fashion while not letting the distortion take too much away and despite being fast and heavy, leave time to inject plenty of groove moments. Just listen to the crawling ‘Deathoskullum’ which might sound like a Dethklok title, but features some of the more varied drumming that isn’t just double bass slamming. Plus the solos are a bit more sinister here and the bass finally doesn’t get completely overshadowed by the guitars.
The album is short with only 8 tracks, but each one is meaty enough to leave the listener satisfied. While SoulCarrion haven’t brought forth anything that is going to really raise eyebrows, this 2nd album is full of pit starters and plenty of mosh worthy moments, be it the crunch of ‘Night Ceremony’ or the buzz saw whine of ‘World of Putridity.’ Old School Death Metal fans will be pleased with this effort and will look forward to what the band brings forth next. Probably more of the same, but that’s a good thing. Expect ears to be crushed by the force of the drums here!
3 / 5 STARS
Apr 4, 2024
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