Unleashed From The Vaults – Dark Heresy – Abstract Principles Taken To Their Logical Extremes
Death metal's principles taken to unpredictable extremes!
Like the death metal version of fellow countrymen Sabbat, these anti-Christian pagans from the UK were a complete anomaly in their respective genre but, sadly, Dark Heresy’s lasting legacy boils down to just this one album.
But, what an album it is!
With concepts as complex as their compositions, these avant-garde, progressive death metallers seemed to throw every single idea into the mix, culminating in a bewildering experience that managed to be both beautiful and brutal in the same breath.
Basically, Dark Heresy sounded like an unholy union between Carcass and Testimony Of The Ancients-era Pestilence (by way of 70’s jazz-fusion perfectionists The Mahavishnu Orchestra!), with their approach to songwriting proving difficult to pin down while ensuring that Abstract Principles Taken To Their Logical Extremes remains an utterly unique experience!
You need to hear: “Hole”, the most diverse song on the album (and that’s saying something!) and a track which expertly fused death metal with a style of baroque swing/jazz music! You have never heard anything quite like this and that’s guarenteed!
Other albums covered in our Unleashed From The Vaults Series:
God Forbid – IV: The Constitution
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