{"id":18414,"date":"2014-04-02T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=18414"},"modified":"2014-04-20T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T11:06:20","slug":"album-review-erebus-enthroned-temple-under-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-erebus-enthroned-temple-under-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"EREBUS ENTHRONED – Temple Under Hell (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

EREBUS ENTHRONED
Temple Under Hell<\/strong><\/span>
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\nS\u00e9ance (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Temple Under Hell<\/em> is the second full-length album from Australian black metallers Erebus Enthroned. This quartet formed back in 2006, with debut release Night\u2019s Black Angel<\/em> having emerged in 2011. The band is fronted by N, who is backed by guitarist D, bassist A and drummer M, and these guys clearly know how to create deathly black metal to get your attention.<\/p>\n

I was rather concerned that this seven-track platter was going to be just another black metal opus, but having recently been swallowed up by the satanic majesty of England\u2019s Grave Miasma, I couldn\u2019t help but fall into the cold abyss that this Australian bunch has dug.<\/p>\n

This is excellent stuff; cold, atmospheric and above all sinister in its energy and old school feel. Very much reliant on heavy rhythms and punishing percussion, Erebus Enthroned should appeal to anyone who knows their black metal. Watain, Marduk, old Darkthrone<\/a>, Funeral Mist, Satyricon and Behemoth all spring to mind at times, but despite a lack of originality, the band are a dab hand at creating ritualistic black metal that should send a few shivers down the spine.<\/p>\n

Album opener is the creeping \u2018Sorathick Pentecost\u2019, which leaks into the gloomy passage with a twisted riff and marching drum. There\u2019s nothing remote or lo-fi about this, the combo wanting to crush bones rather than lick them clean. The foul vocal gurgle is extremely effective over those pensive structures, enabling the track to simmer with brooding intensity. \u2018Sorathick Pentecost\u2019 is a sprawling ten-minute masterpiece of varying moods and tempos, and at mid-point becomes a holocaustic black metal nightmare of racing drums and wicked guitars that weave through the darkness. I\u2019m unsure what subterranean void Erebus Enthroned exists within, but the atmospherics of the place most certainly come through on this album.<\/p>\n

\u2018Trisagion\u2019 has more in common with Voivod initially as its spiked tentacles reach for the ears and then it rushes like an icy stream through the cold cavern, sparked by brisk drums and those horrid vocals which seem to be vomited from the chasm of some vile satanic dictator.<\/p>\n

The album gets stronger as it progresses, with \u2018Crucible Of Vitriol\u2019 acting as a sneering, snarling flesh stripper, while \u2018Black Sword\u2019 marries chilly death metal with blackened speed. With nary a bad track in sight, \u2018Void Wind\u2019, the gargantuan title track and the equally monstrous closer \u2018Return\u2019 all heave with armour-plated arrogance and mix crushing speed with dank weight.<\/p>\n

Temple Under Hell<\/em> is a poisonous powerhouse of a record that is leaps and bounds above the debut, and one that should get the band the recognition they deserve. Europe watch out!<\/p>\n

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

EREBUS ENTHRONEDTemple Under Hell S\u00e9ance (2014)Rating: 8\/10 Temple Under Hell is the second full-length album from Australian black metallers Erebus Enthroned. This quartet formed back in 2006, with debut release Night\u2019s Black Angel having emerged in 2011. The band is fronted by N, who is backed by guitarist D, bassist A and drummer M, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-erebus-enthroned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414","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=18414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18418,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions\/18418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}