Sunday, 15 November 2015

BurialMount - Devil's Work (Sound Riot, 2005)




Originally recorded in 2003 and after a rather tumultuous series of mishaps with their record label, the album was finally released in 2005 through Sound Riot Records. Oh well, better late than never… Although of a Finnish origin, Devil's Work is not exactly your typical primitive filth galore that we've come to love from the Finnish scene. Instead it employs a relatively clear production, relying mostly on aggressive, thrash-tinged riffage moving within a distinctly death metal framework. Making extensive use of abrasive guitar work and a pummeling drum-attack, it is an album more death metal than anything else. And lest we forget, Raven’s sickening vocal delivery doesn’t fall short in keeping up with the album’s inexorable brutality. Influences abound; from that slow Incantation-esque sickness to early Swedish forerunners Entombed and Grave. There is however a hazy melodic undertone present which makes itself known at times, accentuated in parts by sporadic passages which bring to mind old In Flames among others. Burial Mound’s incisive, no-nonsense approach won’t necessarily blast you off your seat but all in all it does go well with a couple of pints and an appropriate mood. 

(originally written for Tartarean Desire - 2005?)

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