{"id":96560,"date":"2022-09-23T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=96560"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:12:38","slug":"ep-review-mold-ancients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-mold-ancients\/","title":{"rendered":"MOLD – Ancients EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few years ago I picked up an excellent demo by a Danish band called Mold who, rather unfortunately, disappeared shortly afterwards. I then heard that a band called Mold \u2013 possibly the same one \u2013 was to release an EP entitled Ancients<\/em>, but it turns out that this particular Mold is a black metal duo from Pennsylvania featuring Anomandaris (guitar, bass and vocals) and Icarium (drums and vocals).<\/p>\n

Thinking I was going to be disappointed I sort of nonchalantly tuned into this debut release, but was pleasantly surprised by its unholy nature, particularly on the seven-minute \u2018Doomed To Die On Distant Shores\u2019 which is my favourite song on offer. Imagine a black, seeping mass escaping from a crack in a wall, slowly oozing down the pallid face and smothering the floor. This is how I imagine \u2018Doomed\u2026\u2019; a grim, snarling and eerie discharge hinting at some of black metal\u2019s wickedest yet slow-motion expressions.<\/p>\n

The guitar tone throughout this EP is macabre and chilling. Opener \u2018Fate Lay In Wait\u2019 drifts down the spine like an unearthly presence. It\u2019s distant, remote but riddled with distortion, and that\u2019s just the intro before \u2018Ruiner\u2019 comes raging in punky, silted fashion complete with barking vocal snaps.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s certainly influence here from that second wave of evil black metal, with Mold crafting flashes of Bathory but drifting towards a more stark primitive style of grimness flaired with punk attitude.<\/p>\n

The same can be said for \u2018We Are The Ancients\u2019, where again there\u2019s that feeling of dread with the stripped back chords and then that blizzard of spiky drums and guitar. It\u2019s still good to hear primitive bands barking out the purest ingredients of black metal and still engaging rather than boring the audience.<\/p>\n

As no frills as it may be, Mold\u2019s debut outing still delivers the goods in sub-zero fashion.<\/p>\n

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

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