It’s been almost 10 years since Iniquitous Savagery released their first assault of brutal death metal done in the purest of forms. While it didn’t pretend to change the game, one could attest to the fact that it very much followed the uncompromising rules of brutality. Ten years later, this sounds very much like it could be the logical follow-up. The difference is the idea that fewer and fewer acts are now going for this particular sound.
Being in the realm of those brutal death metal bands that make you want to curse yourself for having to type up a title like Edifice of Vicissitudes (or even look up the term vicissitudes for that matter), its easy to mark comparisons to older acts like Deeds of Flesh, Devourment, or Disgorge. You know, the most brutal of brutal. Ultra low gurgled vocals, a torrent of blastbeats that only relent to the dropping of massive breakdowns and grooves, and some absolutely brain-melting riffage. It’s a sound that’s almost like a time capsule of when it was most popular, and to their credit, Iniquitous Savagery very much nail it. At least a track like “Omnipotence Negates Self-Affliction” does its best to break away from the formula, even if it does rely on crushing grooves and frenetic high-speed blasts – it feels like there are some dynamic shifts here that keep it from getting too ‘same sound-y’ at the middle of the record. But regardless of that, unless you absolutely live for the most brutal of death metal, it’s going to weigh on you by the end of the record. That said, their dedication to the craft of the most devastating of brutal death metal is a testament to its authenticity.
Edifice of Vicissitudes is exactly what you’ve come to expect from brutal death metal. Punishing, uncompromising, visceral, and with just the slightest amount of technical stuff sprinkled in. Take it or leave it, but Iniquitous Savagery know exactly how to play to the strengths of the formula and squeeze out every ounce of heaviness.
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