{"id":95155,"date":"2022-08-08T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T23:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=95155"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:17:32","slug":"album-review-swarn-whispers-from-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-swarn-whispers-from-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"SWARN – Whispers From Beyond (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWARN
Whispers From Beyond<\/strong><\/span>
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\nWarhorn (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Oozing into earshot like some rank and fetid Swedish death metal heap of the macabre, Estonian metalheads Swarn have erupted with one of the year\u2019s biggest surprises. I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect from this album having not followed the band who since their formation in 2016 have released a few singles and EPs, as well as a full-length debut \u2013 Black Flame Order<\/em> \u2013 in 2019.<\/p>\n

This trio does have a strong Swedish vibe although the vocals have more of a distorted bite, and while the songs are a tad overlong this remains a rather atmospheric and dank death metal offering that is destructive as a doom-laden beast. And this is particularly evident on the humid opener \u2018Grimoire XIII\u2019 which lumbers for its duration as an ashen, aching lump of evil.<\/p>\n

The buzzsaw guitar tone of \u2018Mirror Entity\u2019 seethes effectively, but what set it apart are those vocals which are grim, throaty warbles of utter death. And those who take great pleasure for more foreboding expressions of gloom will revel in the stark \u2018Whisperer From Stars\u2019 which is a cosmically weird traipse into interstellar stratospheres combined with murky releases before the strange and sinister chugs of \u2018Abysmal Hallucinations\u2019 completes this six-track affair. The latter is a gargantuan, abyssal cut running for 20 minutes, but it drags you into its clammy hole like some clammy octopus dragging you into its foul beak of despair.<\/p>\n

Swarn are happy to supply pace within the low-spirited framework of what is essentially grainy death metal, but there\u2019s still a lot going on as the band experiments with creepy, stark musicianship to create those unpleasant atmospherics. Of all the tracks, it\u2019s only really \u2018Fearlancers\u2019 which nods to the \u201cnormal\u201d side of death metal, but it\u2019s still a rather cold and hammering outburst that for me evokes images of high, cold stone walls and cavernous realms of unnameable horror.<\/p>\n

Swarn may not garner the interest they deserve, but hopefully their varied scheming amidst those horrid flurries and shadowy trudges will bring them some exposure.<\/p>\n

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

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