{"id":96971,"date":"2022-10-31T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=96971"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:29:41","slug":"album-review-crypt-dweller-coven-of-the-ancients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-crypt-dweller-coven-of-the-ancients\/","title":{"rendered":"CRYPT DWELLER – Coven Of The Ancients (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CRYPT DWELLER
Coven Of The Ancients<\/strong><\/span>
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\nDeath Is Imminent (2022)<\/span>
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Trudging through extremely eerie realms of fog and dankness, Klamath Falls, Oregon-based oddity Crypt Dweller oozes out its third full-length volume of gloominess. Miserably esoteric, Coven Of The Ancients<\/em> is one hell of an atmospheric lumber through death \/ doom dimensions and is the brainchild of the mysterious Brandon \u201cCorvus\u201d Cundiff.<\/p>\n

If you like deep, dark and ominous extreme metal that emits strong whiffs of the mould-ridden underground then you\u2019re going to be an immediate disciple of such dismal clanks. For 50 minutes I became enveloped in thick, gloopy mists and a pea-soup fog of musical drudgery which bestows upon you a grim, dissonance brand of macabre weight. <\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s far from being a one-dimensional death \/ doom outing. Instead, there are tracks like \u2018Count Nachtkraken\u2019 which are laced with mystical female vocals and effective Gothic synths, but the general feel is one of a bewitching dungeon that leaks weirdness and doom from its very walls, such as on the slow motion drool of \u2018Into The Well Of The Damned\u2019 and the monolithic rolls of \u2018Forbidden Spell\u2019.<\/p>\n

At the fringes of such a suffocating lumber is a cosmic coating which twinkles with a cold and desolate glee as Cundiff bellows morbid prose amidst stodgy seas of chilling turns. Don\u2019t expect any sort of pace as this is very much dense doom that acts as a pitch black blanket which occasionally sparkles with celestial coldness. But from the slogging \u2018Cloaked Mage Cult\u2019 which is again peppered with theatrical female chants, this is a rather mesmeric and spooky trip that forces you to keep watch for any ethereal manifestations that may sweep across that allegedly uninhabited Moon.<\/p>\n

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

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