. . \_ _/ \ \ / / __\ \ / /__ \ __\ /__ / . \ \ / / / __ _____ ___ _\_\ /_/_ ___/ /___ _ ___ / / ___ \ / \ /___ ___ / \__ ___/ / / \___ ___ ____ / / \__ _/ \__ __/ / \ / ___/ / / \___ / \_____/ _____/ / / \ /___/ /____\ ____/_/ /_/ / \ _ \ _____/_ / /_ / / / ____/_\ ____/\ / / / / / \_ / / _______/ / / ____/__/ \ _\ / / / / ____ /____/ /____ / / / / / / /____/_____ /_____/ / \ ______/____ / /____/ /_______ _._ /_____/ / /_____/___ /_ / _._ / . /____/_ // / . \ _/_ / /. / _\_ / / B L E E D i N G / __\ _ \ \ / /___ / ___\ \ /__ / . \ __\ / / \ \ /_/ \_\ : Artist :: Fossilization : : Album :: Leprous Daylight : : Year :: 2023 : _:_ . . _:_ :/ / \ \: / _\ ___ _ _ ___ /_ \ / /____\ /____\ \ /_/ \_\ : : : Genre :: Death Metal Source :: WEB/MP3 : : Label :: Everlasting Spew Records R.date :: 2023-09-08 : : Size :: 87.84 MB S.date :: 2023-09-08 : : : : Bitrate :: CBR 320kbps : : Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Joint Stereo : : URL :: http://deezer.com/album/463840155 : : : : : : : : 1. Archµan Gateway 0:55 : : 2. Once Was God 4:59 : : 3. Oracle of Reversion 5:01 : : 4. At the Heart of the Nest 4:24 : : 5. Leprous Daylight 5:03 : : 6. The Night Spoke the Tongue of Flames 4:55 : : 7. Eon 5:39 : : 8. Wrought in the Abyss 5:36 : : : : : : ------- : : 36:32 : _:_ . . _:_ :/ / \ \: / _\ ___ _ _ ___ /_ \ / /____\ /____\ \ /_/ \_\ : : : IÆve been listening to, thinking, and talking about : : Incantation a lot lately. If I had wanted a palate cleanser : : after our monumental ranking piece, I could have chosen a : : better promo than FossilizationÆs caverncore debut : : full-length Leprous Daylight. Sπo PauloÆs V and P are no : : strangers to the AMG gauntlet, making up half of sludge doom : : outfit Jupiterian, whom weÆve favorably reviewed twice. For : : this project, the Brazilian duo, like their New Jersey : : forebearers, make grimy death metal full of searing tremolo : : riffs, disgustingly guttural vocals, and wretched doom : : stretches. ItÆs an ideal soundtrack for lurking in crypts or : : desecrating holy spaces, but having just spent countless : : hours with the true masters of their niche, can Leprous : : Daylight hold a candle to such befouled darkness? : : : : With my head already so full of John McEnteeÆs career output, : : itÆs easy if overly reductive to point to correlations on : : Leprous Daylight. Lead single ôOnce Was Godö leans very : : Diabolical Conquest, for instance, while ôAt the Heart of the : : Nestö is more Vanquished In Vengeance. That signature easy : : oscillation between blazing death metal gallops and doomy : : footslogs are also on point throughout. This may all sound : : like overt worship, but thankfully Fossilization is more than : : pastiche. As Leprous Daylight progresses, hints of Jupiterian : : creep into the album, at first in sludgy spirit, but : : eventually in structure as well. The two doomiest tracks, : : ôEonö and ôWrought In the Abyss,ö close out the album with a : : sound that splits the difference between ôOnce Was Godö and : : something like ôStarlessö from Protosapien. Sludge a turn-off : : for you? donÆt worry. This is still firmly in death/doom : : territory. : : : : If scuzzy riffcraft and clattering complexity interest you, : : youÆll want to give this one a spin or ten. Fossilization : : excel at the kind of burly tremolo riffs that buzz and scrape : : through the muck while filling the air with an oppressive : : closeness. Case in point is the opening riff to first proper : : track ôOnce Was God,ö which combines with dexterous machine : : gun drumming to blast the doors right off in the opening : : salvo. The band applies such riffs in shades, like the more : : subtle but no less sinister one at the 1:45 mark in the title : : track. Production gives a nice low, chunky tone to the : : guitars while maintaining a metallic tang, like a hammer : : strike on an anvil or tasting the iron in your own blood. On : : the other side of the spectrum, some of the doom passages : : push as close to majestic as they can without inducing : : whiplash given the grittiness of the median sound. The most : : extreme examples of this arrive in the final minute of : : ôWrought In the Abyss,ö as well as one minute into ôAt the : : Heart of the Nest,ö but both instances are so smoothly : : integrated into the clamorous whole that nothing feels : : jarring. : : : : Such smooth transitions and natural flow between ideas are a : : distinct feature of Leprous Daylight. This is certainly a net : : positive and a testament to V and PÆs outstanding : : musicianship, but itÆs also a slight detriment. More on that : : in a minute. This album is immersive in the sense that the : : moment you hit play, youÆre borne along twists, turns, and : : tempo changes on dense, restless waves of riffs and drum : : fills with few perches upon which to find footing for : : contemplation. Even the slower doom passages relentlessly : : mutate underfoot in order to pack as many riffs in as : : possible. The entire album flashes by in 37 minutes, making : : Leprous Daylight an exhilarating listen. That said, it takes : : more than a few listens to commit passages to memory. There : : are plenty of top-notch riffs here, but not much in the way : : of immediate hooks, and some listeners may find they donÆt : : have the patience to parse these depths. Those familiar with : : the Incantations and Dead Congregations of the world wonÆt : : have this issue. : : : : With Leprous Daylight, Fossilization has delivered on the : : promise they showed on their acclaimed 2021 EP and 2022 split : : with Ritual Necromancy. As much as I like sludge doom, this : : is superior to V and PÆs work in Jupiterian, and may just be : : the better Incantation record of 2023. The more they lean : : into their own idiosyncrasies, the better future releases can : : be, but for now, theyÆve made an enviable debut record. : : : _:_ _:_ /__ /\ /\ __\ __ /__/ /___ / \ ___\ \__\ __ /----/ /----/-- --\----\ \----\ ___ /\/ /________ ________\ \/\ ___ \/ /________ /___ . . ___\ ________\ \/ \ \ \ ___/ / /__ / \_ _/ \ __\ \ \___ / / / \ \ \ \___ / / \/ \ \ / / \/ \ \ ___/ / / / __\ \ \ _/ / _\_ __\ \ / /__ _/_ \ \_ / / /__ \___ \ \ \ / / \ __\ /__ / \ \ / / / ___/ \/\ \ / /___ \ \ ___ / / ___\ \ / /\/ ____\ / /___/___ ____ _\_\ / \___ /_/_ ____ ___\___\ \ /____ \____/ / _____/ / _/ \ __/ / / \_ \ \_____ \ \____/ -/ /__/------------\__ \ /___ __/------------\__\ \- / /__ / /_ / __\ \ _` / / /__ `_ / /_____ //_/ \ / /______/ \ / / \ \ / /__ __\ \ /__ / \ __\ / / \ \ / / \ \ / \