Temple Desecration - Communion Perished

    Now before we start, I realise that a good percentage of the Metal fraternity, may not necessarily be huge fans or followers of the Blackened Death Metal sub genre, I myself , sort of fell into it via the Depressive Suicidal Black Metal and Doom route but as an intro into a really fascinating and    Now before we start, I realise that a good percentage of the Metal fraternity, may not necessarily be huge fans or followers of the Blackened Death Metal sub genre, I myself , sort of fell into it via the Depressive Suicidal Black Metal and Doom route but as an intro into a really fascinating and under exposed niche element of the musical wheel of Metal, then you would be hard pressed to find a finer example than this.   Poland's Temple Desecration hit us with their debut 12" MLP, titled "Communion Perished", ok, so we have a mere two tracks on display but that is totally irrelevant, as it is what you do with those two tracks, that is the important thing. Opener "Ghoul Prayer", gently caresses with its monastic chanting before boring a huge hole in your head with an onslaught of carnivorous, gut wrenching horror. An anarchic, and yet perfectly controlled gutteral vocal takes us on a voyage of defiling abhorrence, superbly held together by a guitar and drum sound that just screams quality, fading occasionally, for the desperate wailings and lamenting cries of tortured souls. Crunching riffs and tolling bells lead us seamlessly into the [...]

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