{"id":102590,"date":"2024-03-01T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=102590"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:18:29","slug":"album-review-fathomless-ritual-hymns-for-the-lesser-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-fathomless-ritual-hymns-for-the-lesser-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"FATHOMLESS RITUAL – Hymns For The Lesser Gods (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FATHOMLESS RITUAL
Hymns For The Lesser Gods<\/strong><\/span>
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\nTranscending Obscurity (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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For those of you who may be familiar with death metal acts such as Pukewraith, Gutvoid and Fumes, may I point you in the direction of this multicoloured miasma of mulch. The connection between all these bands is Mr. B. Dean, a talented chap from Toronto in Canada who can now add Fathomless Ritual to his repulsive roster.<\/p>\n

Channelling Demilich, Mr. Dean \u2013 first name Brendan \u2013 crafts great putrefying chunks of dizzying death metal that are both technical and grinding. If you dig atmospheric death metal like Tomb Mold then you\u2019ll find much slime n\u2019 grime to revel in here, and if you dig deep enough into the sodden layers of this release you\u2019ll find a surprising amount of groove-based technicality.<\/p>\n

Over the last few years the death metal genre has taken a more scenic path alongside a psychedelic depravity, and Mr. Dean is very much involved in such tumultuous yet surreal torrents. The structures within this fascinating slab of creepy architecture nod towards Carcass, Wharflurch, Mortiferim and the previously mentioned Demilich. Tracks such as \u2018Gelatinous Being Of Countless Forms\u2019 and \u2018Wielding The Bone Wand\u2019 fit and spit like rancid entities fornicating in a pool of bloody mud.<\/p>\n

Everything drips with a miasmic, kaleidoscopic gore, but while Fathomless Ritual is happy to peddle through those murky swamps there\u2019s no sign of instrumental clogging. The clanking groove on \u2018Cosmic Reflections From The Basin Of Blood\u2019 is a joy to behold as once again the Demilich influence comes to the fore. The same could also be said for the infectious \u2018Gorge Of The Nameless\u2019 and my favourite monstrosity \u2018Gifts For Aranaktu\u2019 that comes drizzled with a wild solo.<\/p>\n

I could easily see Fathomless Ritual merging for a split release with UK maniacs Cryptworm because this is some serious surrealism \u2013 a phantasmagoric whirlwind of parti-coloured perversion.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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