Taken together, the two sides of Theosulphuros have something of a yin yang quality to them – the more structured Precaria, riding herd on the wild nature of Darkness, driving chaos relentlessly forward and the more chaotic ÔROS KAÙ whose wild rhythms reveal a central, mesmeric calm being birthed.
…I hear caustic, acidic sludge, bonkers dissonance and hard left turns, and mesmeric melancholy…
There will be a moment in your future when you get to press play on this album for this first time, and that moment will be amazing!
Musically ugly, the nasty riffs, abrasive drumming, destructive bass, and visceral howls of rage-filled horror mirror the ugly underbelly of society, an underbelly that has always been there, but that has been crawling ever further into the light during the tenure of this administration.
The final product is gripping, painful to behold, and wonderfully cathartic.
What this album offers, aside from pure catharsis, is a somewhat conclusive end to this cycle
The key ingredient on this darkly majestic album is riffs.
What has been wonderful is, even though it was Cammie’s vocals that drew me in, it’s the entire package that keeps bringing me back, and making this album one of my most listened to this year, on a playlist stuffed full of black metal, death metal, and grindcore.
The best way I can describe it (and this falls short of what it really is) is Napalm Death mixed with Cognizant.
It’s as if you had an M4 Sherman tank that could convert into an ‘82 Firebird with the push of a button.