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A new review section: Buried by Time And Dust

We added a new review section, coincidentally another Mayhem reference following 'The Past is Alive', with the title 'Buried by Time and Dust'. Over the years, a lot of promos have been gathering dust simply because a fresh wave of promos arrived the following month and they were consigned to oblivion. We will review them here to make a clear distinction with our other reviews. We will also use it to complete a discography in terms of reviews. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit your music or would like to join the staff.

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Turkey based Eradicate unveils their premiere demo “Demise Towards The Dasein”, mingles Death/Doom with slight tinges of Bestial War Metal, delivering a strikingly impenetrable force. Daseain refers to an existentialism term meaning “there being” that was coined by German philosopher Martin Heidegger.

An impressive effort to compose a well produced release, another top quality 2022 demo for underground fans. Integrating a mesh of styles, this four track demo stops the mark a little after 12:30, pretty straightforward and full of potent vivacity.

Cover art is eye-catching, uses a simple halloween palette of charcoal & marigold, but the zombified creature centered with violet hue helps stand out more.

Opens with foreboding minute instrumental “Maddening Darkness of Obscurity”, leading into swift strike on “Whispering Paranoia”, introducing the duality cadence of gravelly lows meets raspy shrills & carries a contentious upbeat tempo of the three remaining tunes. The bulk comes into play on “Involution Within The Void”, illustrating death/doom components midway with chimes of bell tolling while weaving in transparent riffs impeding the tempo while sustaining looming timbre.

Closing off on a cogent note with “Pseuodic Liberty of The Mind” includes audio about touring a psych ward, confirms that these titles coincide to declining helix of a schizophrenic mindset, giving more appreciation to this project’s objective for their meticulous writing. Features riffs fluctuating between fast to mid tempo scales & flexible drum work that all harmonize together with those detestable vocals.

Already a stellar debut, super stoked to hear more from these guys in the near future! (Tori Belle)