ALTARAGE (Sp) – ‘Nihl’ CD

With NIHL, ALTARAGE have created an even wider world-eating vortex that rips asunder the fibers of blackened death metal – and the listener’s own comfort levels. The sound across NIHL is absolutely MASSIVE – every guitar tone rich with destruction, every drum hit the echo of war, the vocals once again less like anything emanating from a human and more the sound of a derelict factory’s soul being torn apart – which then sets the stage for a full-scale sonic meltdown. Undeniably, the basis of ALTARAGE is firmly within death metal, but the band dutifully strive for the most alien hinterlands of the imagination.