Veneration’s debut release from Indonesia was filled with Old School Black Metal, featuring hints of Thrash and even Blackened Heavy Metal-like melodies. With ‘The Core of Revelation (Triumphant Resistance)’, they maintain the same approach.
Although the sound isn’t unpolished, the music itself is, keeping the genre’s founding acts in mind. They blend this with the approach of the early Hellenic scene, without adopting its majestic qualities. In that regard, ‘The Core of Revelation (Triumphant Resistance)’ has a more neutral sound than the occult nature of, for example, Varathron.
It’s not exceptionally special, but it’s executed with the right spirit, and that’s certainly worthwile.
