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Ecdysis Review

Horrendous - Ecdysis
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Ecdysis

TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
Released
GenresDeath Metal
LabelsDark Descent Records
Length43:56
Ranked#226 for 2014 , #6,876 all-time
Album rating :  81 / 100
Votes :  5  (1 review)
Reviewer :  level 1         Rating :  95 / 100
This album is unbelievably good. Powerful nod-your-head riffs in Pavor Nocturnus, Monarch, and Heaven's Deceit, to the powerful epitome of a hard day's work done, Titan, clipping the album off with beautiful lyrics about the sweet release of deathly slumber. Ecdysis literally means the shedding of the skin of a snake, and this is exactly what geniuses Horrendous have done. Their previous studio album, The Chills, was a great piece of death metal with excellent song writing, but no consideration for dynamic range in the production creating a sound we have all heard before and our ears grow tired of. Ecdysis had a booming kick drum and soaring operatic backing vocals that could not achieve the emotional power that they do without the production space created by the 9 and 10db dynamic range this album clocks in at!

An absolute triumph in song writing, mixing, mastering and death metal. A booming grind, with energetic bursts of fire spitting throughout the meatier riffage, and some of the best lead guitar work I've heard in a while.

Not to mention the delicious The Vermillion, with layer upon layer of silky acoustic guitar...

Buy this album.
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Track listing (Songs)

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1.The Stranger7:24901
2.Weeping Relic4:04901
3.Heaven's Receit3:15951
4.Resonator3:45901
5.The Vermillion2:591001
6.Nepenthe4:29901
7.Monarch4:04951
8.When the Walls Fell2:29901
9.Pavor Nocturnus6:341001
10.Titan4:511001

Line-up (members)

  • Matt Knox : Guitars, Vocals, Bass
  • Damian Herring : Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Synths
  • Jamie Knox : Drums, Backing Vocals
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