Label : Hammerheart Records
Release : 11-10-2024
What do you get when you put Demilich, the first album/EP by At The Gates and Nocturnus into a blender to transform them into a huge, hideous monster that makes the great sciences weep and wonder why you made something that defies them so much? Well ... this. Indeed, this seems to be the only thing close to an aural form of Cthulhu. The full-length debut of this doom/avant-garde metal band, offers both originality and integrity and is considered a classic album. Phlebotomized began as a grindcore-like death metal band, releasing their early demos that sounded like that.
Somewhere along the way, the band decided to change their style, as "Immense, Intense, Suspense" values melodies and symphonic passages. This did not diminish the evil, depressing mood that swims through the music. This takes what Demilich wrote on "Nespithe" and builds on it. They take what Nocturnus wrote on 'The Key' and add their own little twist. It has the meandering and amorphous song structures of 'The Red in the Sky is Our's,' and some more. They create the atmosphere Portal only dreams of.
