{"id":15897,"date":"2013-09-13T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2013-12-29T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T15:43:47","slug":"album-review-grave-miasma-odori-sepulcrorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-grave-miasma-odori-sepulcrorum\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAVE MIASMA – Odori Sepulcrorum (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRAVE MIASMA
Odori Sepulcrorum<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSepulchral Voice (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Grave Miasma have been on my \u201cto do\u201d list for a while now, because ever since their Exalted Emanation<\/em> EP from 2009, they\u2019ve really impressed me, and so their debut full-length opus could not come soon enough. Now it\u2019s here I\u2019m just reveling in the cold, gloomy mists of this eight-track affair.<\/p>\n

The band hails from London of all places, the last place you expect when you hear lyrics such as, \u201cAssuming posture of Shavasana, Through a narrow gateway of infinity, A thousand eyes of Vairocana, Shall watch my ascent, Transfigured stars rest in each nexus, Sacred letters surround walls\u201d<\/em>. Indeed, these are the sort of lyrics, sepulchral voices and harsh, grating rhythms I\u2019d expect from Norway, circa the grey fog of
\nDarkthrone<\/a>\u2019s 1991 debut offering Soulside Journey<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is such a bleak yet arrogant recording from a quartet who rather mysteriously go by the names Y (vocals \/ guitar), R (guitar), A (bass) and D (drums), but there\u2019s so much more to this gothic-drenched tome than meets the ears upon first listen. In fact, such is the immense quality and overall damp drizzle from this opus that I\u2019m already thinking this could be one of the best albums from 2013, over-taking Lantern\u2019s abysmal debut, Below<\/em><\/a>, when it comes to complete cavernous echoes and cesspit dwelling.<\/p>\n

The band moniker certainly does the quartet more favours than their previous name of Goat Molest\u00f6r, because this really is a record to take seriously. Fans of the aforementioned Darkthrone debut will no doubt find much to savour here with the grey walls of guitar and hoarse, echoing vocals, but this chilling affair goes beyond the realm of plundering death metal and offers up a creepy doom-like dirge which throws up a few surprise ingredients such as flutes and even a Hammond organ, although for the most part it\u2019s a record that shatters the bones with its icy stare.<\/p>\n

As the likes of \u2018Ossuary\u2019, \u2018Odoratus Sepulcrorum\u2019 and the gigantic \u2018Seven Coils\u2019 writhe their way through those foetid passageways of mould, I\u2019m finding myself topping up the hot water bottle as I prepare myself for each murky ride and yet I cannot remove this beast from the turntable such is its hypnotic appeal.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ovation To A Thousand Lost Reveries\u2019 picks up the pace and sees the combo opting for an old school death metal flesh-rake as their steely claws are prepared for a truly hideous savaging of the senses, and you just know that each victim who succumbs to this bewitching critter will be dragged into the darkest, foulest corners and left to rot as those gloomy guitars ring out through the fungi-ridden chambers forevermore.<\/p>\n

Odori Sepulcrorum<\/em> is such an atmospheric belter of a debut album, that I\u2019m almost left scratching my head, because I\u2019ve not heard something so spine-tingling since the late 80s and very early 90s. Grab your copy and remain frozen within its icy grip and pray that the rays of dawn rescue you.<\/p>\n

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

GRAVE MIASMAOdori Sepulcrorum Sepulchral Voice (2013)Rating: 9\/10 Grave Miasma have been on my \u201cto do\u201d list for a while now, because ever since their Exalted Emanation EP from 2009, they\u2019ve really impressed me, and so their debut full-length opus could not come soon enough. Now it\u2019s here I\u2019m just reveling in the cold, gloomy mists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,849],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-grave-miasma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897","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=15897"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15905,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15897\/revisions\/15905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}