{"id":73269,"date":"2018-08-17T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=73269"},"modified":"2018-10-09T15:29:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T15:29:24","slug":"album-review-carnation-chapel-of-abhorrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-carnation-chapel-of-abhorrence\/","title":{"rendered":"CARNATION – Chapel Of Abhorrence (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARNATION
Chapel Of Abhorrence<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSeason Of Mist (2018)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Entombed, Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Dismember, Carnage, Bloodbath… Throw them all into a blender and you get Carnation, a Belgium clan of ghouls who bring a frothing style of black \u2018n\u2019 roll grinding to their debut offering for Season Of Mist.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a familiar tale, admittedly, but with extra eerie chimes as the party succumbs to large lumps of mimicry to create their catchy, festering blocks of salivating groove death. I still do wonder why bands edge towards such familiar sounds, but overall Chapel Of Abhorrence<\/em> is an infectious heap boasting 11 solid songs that feature that rather symbolic air of melancholy and morbidity.<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018The Whisperer\u2019 adheres to type, but combining loose chainsaw utterings in the guitar before giving way to murky solos of sombreness. It\u2019s not quite 1990, but as albums go it does have that strong old school feel without fully immersing me in annoyance. However, right down to Simon Duson\u2019s vocal growls, there\u2019s that Swedish aping. Thankful am I then that tracks such as \u2018The Unconquerable Sun\u2019, \u2018Hatred Unleashed\u2019 and \u2018Plaguebreeder\u2019 have tints of edginess and accessibility by way of seemingly natural matches of speed and more sombre prowess, but it\u2019s still very much Swedish death metal by numbers straight outta Belgium!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still convinced that bands of this ilk should, when structuring their sound, be looking at different paths to take instead of the left hand one. The reality is, several decades after the original Swedish boom, we don\u2019t need countless newer acts ploughing the same field. Nevertheless, Carnation are clearly unflinching in their quest for that particular sound; the hammering \u2018Hellfire\u2019, the more measured \u2018Sermon Of The Dead\u2019 and \u2018Fathomless Depths\u2019 all traipse with familiarity, but it\u2019s still a good listen with strands of Jungle Rot, Vader and Grave thrown in to add extra spice to that already archetypal cover art.<\/p>\n

With the likes of Tomb Mold, Mortuous et al releasing compositions of morbidity and class, I don\u2019t see how Carnation\u2019s debut is going to make its mark, in spite of being in your face from the off and offering numerous chunks of face-ripping torment. Chapel Of Abhorrence<\/em> does make for a frustrating listen at times, even with its faster Deicide-esque tones and solid production. And as well, I do find the vocals all too similar to George \u201cCorpsegrinder\u201d Fisher (Cannibal Corpse). Through the obvious flaws, however, one may still submit to the crunching riffage and general theme, even if it is predictable fair.<\/p>\n

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

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