After two EPs, of which the last one, ‘Faceless Evil’, is a solid release, American Death Metal act Eternal returns with their debut full-length.
With the previous EPs I mentioned Death and Morgoth as examples for the Floridian and European scene as their influences. With ‘Cryptic Lust’ they have thrown some other influences as well, as ‘Hammer of Eternal Torment’ starts like a Deicide blast and ‘Spectral Immolation’ gets all Morbid Angel and, no surprise there, Immolation’s ‘Failures for Gods’ on your ass.
You won’t hear something new or innovational on this album, but when it is done right, it is done right, right? So lots of Death, an occasional Deicide outburst, Morbid Angel / Immolation inspired riff in a track…and why not; old Vital Remains. As closing track Eternal has covered Mayhem’s ‘Deathcrush’ and did good job with it. In my ‘Forsaken Memories’ review I mentioned the potential of Eternal and I think they have shown it on this album.
‘Cryptic Lust’ turns out to be a very very good and pleasant listen and definitely worth checking out if Old School Death Metal get your juices running.
