If I were to describe this in one word... it would be eerie.. or ominous.. or something like that. Goddamn this is good

Written by Alex F on 16.11.2012 at 17:48

If I were to describe this in one word... it would be eerie.. or ominous.. or something like that. Goddamn this is good

Yeah that would be the best way to describe it. It's hard to find death metal like this, in all the songs, deep down in the mix, there are constant layers of weirdness of some sort. I love how dense it all is.

Written by [user id=4365] on 29.11.2012 at 22:01

Yeah that would be the best way to describe it. It's hard to find death metal like this, in all the songs, deep down in the mix, there are constant layers of weirdness of some sort. I love how dense it all is.

There are definitely layers a'plenty, it's like the world's biggest cake. The ambient tracks mix in so well with everything else going on, especially the vocals (which might be the highlight of the album for me) even tracks like Hierophant Disposal Facility manage to keep me pulled, just listening to everything going on.

Fuck it, giving this a 9. It's flaws are minimal and the amount I've listened to this album exceeds most of the other albums from this year

This shit is hella creepy. Fucking colossal atmosphere and such a perfect production. Man, what a debut.

The ghostly wails / keys really remind me of this:

Written by [user id=4365] on 11.12.2012 at 23:44

The ghostly wails / keys really remind me of this:

Wait that's exactly what they sound like... woah.

Written by Alex F on 12.12.2012 at 00:21

Wait that's exactly what they sound like... woah.

If I had the know-how, I'd strip away the rest of the music on this record and see exactly what they do sound like. Of course that's part of the beauty of the mix here that you can never quite grasp anything completely.

When I first listened I honestly thought I had 2 songs playing

^had exactly the same impression

pretty excellent anyway

Written by PowerThrash on 12.12.2012 at 02:10

When I first listened I honestly thought I had 2 songs playing

You'd be amazed how often I accidentally have a song on YouTube and Spotify playing at the same time and not realise. And usually after I do realise and turn one off I usually think it sounded better with both playing

I actually had a chance to listen to this on headphones whilst walking last night and the layers are much easier to distinguish. The production really is first rate (if you dig this approach anyway).

Written by [user id=4365] on 12.12.2012 at 13:34

I actually had a chance to listen to this on headphones whilst walking last night

This... out walking... at night... you are a braver man than I.

Written by R'Vannith on 12.12.2012 at 15:51


This... out walking... at night... you are a braver man than I.

I live life on the edge

The title is dog Latin for: 'On the chewing of the dead in heaps.' I laughed.

Written by Arcesse Eum on 14.12.2012 at 17:58

The title is dog Latin for: 'On the chewing of the dead in heaps.' I laughed.

Yeah that's pretty much around what I guessed

Vinyl (only) bonus track:

Written by Paz on 16.01.2013 at 14:28

Vinyl (only) bonus track:

That is one fantastic track

Liked the ambient effects in the whole album and especially "Hierophant Disposal Facility"

This honestly what I like in an album, extremely long songs, ominous overtones, slow doom metal sound with a death metal singer and also pretty good to drink too

Written by RottingDeathHead on 11.02.2013 at 05:35

This honestly what I like in an album, extremely long songs, ominous overtones, slow doom metal sound with a death metal singer and also pretty good to drink too

Wouldn't really call it doom metal. Sure, it sounds heavy as hell and it has some slow passages but it's still very much death metal, just the "doomy" kind.

Probably my most played album from 2012 after the year ended.

Written by [user id=142921] on 21.05.2014 at 14:47
It feels...so preternatural.

I think that's the point.

God, I'd love to know where those samples in Anno Mortii are from. I'm fairly certain the line "This is how we ruin the world?" is from Cube, but I have no idea where "They're all here; everyone has died... everyone who's responsible" is from.

Am I the only one who thinks that the last song feels out of place? It's one of my favourites but the feeling is rather different from the rest of the album (almost feels like another band playing).

Pretty sure if you stripped away the metal on this album (or at least Pendulum) it would sound like something very similar to this.

I am more than sure that "Crematorium Angelicum" is the best song ever written by Matron. Is it just me or it sounds like Evoken meets Darkspace but in death metal dressing?

Mmm...delicious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Spf6_8sKc

Written by Paz on 01.03.2016 at 22:22


Mmm...delicious

Still the go-to as best Ævangelist as of now?

Written by Alakazam on 12.08.2022 at 12:51

Still the go-to as best Ævangelist as of now?

I think omniquity is ultimately more potent.

Omniquity is good but this is still leaps and bounds above it. The atmosphere on this album simply cannot be matched.

Shame about the staggering quality drop after this album.

Written by mz on 12.08.2022 at 13:50

I think omniquity is ultimately more potent.

It's their best song by far. Too bad the vinyl version of that release isn't attached to this one but their next.