ANGELBLAST (Swe) – ‘Throne of Ashes’ 7”EP (white vinyl)

White vinyl limted to 100 copies! It was but late 2019 when ANGELBLAST made their swift-yet-devastating entrance into the world with the Rotting Paradise EP. Although “merely” three songs, Rotting Paradise impressed with its just-blackened-enough Metal of Death attack, recalling ’90s Morbid Angel, Dissection, Necrophobic, Malevolent Creation, and Unanimated, but already with an identity of their own. But calling ANGELBLAST a “new” band was something of a misnomer, as the duo included members from old-school Swedeath cult Excruciate as well as fellow labelmates DARKENED. Now expanded to a quartet, ANGELBLAST deliver another blistering EP with the two-song Throne of Ashes. While those aforementioned references remain, here do ANGELBLAST blacken that attack even more decisively, sounding more expansive and world-eating in the process. In fact, alongside labelmates IN APHELION – who themselves will also be delivering a first full-length soon enough – one could argue that the new breed of old-school blackened death is equally secured by ANGELBLAST. Eleven minutes in total but totally breathless and epic, Throne of Ashes absolutely COMMANDS repeat plays!