{"id":102036,"date":"2023-11-17T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102036"},"modified":"2023-12-12T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:06:35","slug":"ep-review-maul-desecration-and-enchantment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-maul-desecration-and-enchantment\/","title":{"rendered":"MAUL &#8211; Desecration And Enchantment EP (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>MAUL<br \/>Desecration And Enchantment EP<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">20 Buck Spin (2023)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maul_desecrationandenchantmentep.jpg\" height=\"314\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fargo, North Dakota-based Maul is without doubt one of the best death metal bands around at the moment and this new EP is just a teaser for their forthcoming second full-length album. I\u2019d recommend picking up the cassette version of this EP as it features an extra track in the form of \u2018Worshipping Self-Deviance\u2019, so in total you would be treated to four tracks, the others being \u2018The Sacred And The Profane\u2019, \u2018Hovering, Sinking\u2019 and \u2018Disintegration Of The Soul\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>If you are familiar with Maul then you know what\u2019s coming; super-heavy death metal that isn\u2019t afraid to offer blackened flourishes within its axe work, while frontman Garrett Alvarado remains a formidable presence with his tormented shrieks. Yes, the band is a filter for that old school death metal vibe, but Maul brings something sharper, more destructive and piercing with those pummeling rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t expect any drastic changes from Maul, but \u2018Disintegration Of The Soul\u2019 does feel more expansive and there are plenty of progressive touches in the song which spans almost nine-minutes. Melodic black metal touches fuse well with the more barbaric death metal tendencies of the band, and it\u2019s worth giving the release a lot of spins just to appreciate the layers which loiter just beneath the expected structures. Just a teaser then from the guys, but the new album should be a belter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAULDesecration And Enchantment EP 20 Buck Spin (2023)Rating: 8\/10 Fargo, North Dakota-based Maul is without doubt one of the best death metal bands around at the moment and this new EP is just a teaser for their forthcoming second full-length album. I\u2019d recommend picking up the cassette version of this EP as it features an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4955],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-maul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102038,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102036\/revisions\/102038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}