Ecdysis Review
May 1, 2017
This album is unbelievably good. Powerful nod-your-head riffs in Pavor Nocturnus, Monarch, and Heaven's Deceit, to the powerful epitome of a hard day's work done, Titan, clipping the album off with beautiful lyrics about the sweet release of deathly slumber. Ecdysis literally means the shedding of the skin of a snake, and this is exactly what geniuses Horrendous have done. Their previous studio album, The Chills, was a great piece of death metal with excellent song writing, but no consideration for dynamic range in the production creating a sound we have all heard before and our ears grow tired of. Ecdysis had a booming kick drum and soaring operatic backing vocals that could not achieve the emotional power that they do without the production space created by the 9 and 10db dynamic range this album clocks in at!
An absolute triumph in song writing, mixing, mastering and death metal. A booming grind, with energetic bursts of fire spitting throughout the meatier riffage, and some of the best lead guitar work I've heard in a while.
Not to mention the delicious The Vermillion, with layer upon layer of silky acoustic guitar...
Buy this album.
An absolute triumph in song writing, mixing, mastering and death metal. A booming grind, with energetic bursts of fire spitting throughout the meatier riffage, and some of the best lead guitar work I've heard in a while.
Not to mention the delicious The Vermillion, with layer upon layer of silky acoustic guitar...
Buy this album.
3 likes
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Stranger | 7:24 | 90 | 1 |
| 2. | Weeping Relic | 4:04 | 90 | 1 |
| 3. | Heaven's Receit | 3:15 | 95 | 1 |
| 4. | Resonator | 3:45 | 90 | 1 |
| 5. | The Vermillion | 2:59 | 100 | 1 |
| 6. | Nepenthe | 4:29 | 90 | 1 |
| 7. | Monarch | 4:04 | 95 | 1 |
| 8. | When the Walls Fell | 2:29 | 90 | 1 |
| 9. | Pavor Nocturnus | 6:34 | 100 | 1 |
| 10. | Titan | 4:51 | 100 | 1 |
Line-up (members)
- Matt Knox : Guitars, Vocals, Bass
- Damian Herring : Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Synths
- Jamie Knox : Drums, Backing Vocals
4 reviews
| cover art | Artist | Album review | Reviewer | Rating | Date | Likes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Ontological Mysterium Review (2023) | 95 | Oct 9, 2023 | 2 | ||
 | | Idol Review (2018) | 80 | Oct 24, 2018 | 3 | ||
 | | Anareta Review (2015) | 100 | May 1, 2017 | 2 | ||
 | | ▶ Ecdysis Review (2014) | 95 | May 1, 2017 | 3 |
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Idol Review (2018)
툴 이즈 쿨 80/100Oct 24, 2018 Likes : 3
제가 이전에 경솔하게 이 앨범에 악평을 했었는데 물론 1집에서 강력한 데스 메탈 사운드로 리스너들을 만족시킨 horrendous의 신작이 1집을 능가하는 빡센 데스 메탈이길 기대했을 팬분들이 많겠지만 horrendous는 팬들의 기대를 깨버리는 아주 색다른 데스 메탈 앨범을 들고 돌아왔습니다. 아... Read More
▶ Ecdysis Review (2014)
Auxillarant 95/100May 1, 2017 Likes : 3
This album is unbelievably good. Powerful nod-your-head riffs in Pavor Nocturnus, Monarch, and Heaven's Deceit, to the powerful epitome of a hard day's work done, Titan, clipping the album off with beautiful lyrics about the sweet release of deathly slumber. Ecdysis literally means the shedding of the skin of a snake, and this is exactly what geniuses Horrendous have done. Thei...
Anareta Review (2015)
Auxillarant 100/100May 1, 2017 Likes : 2
Ozymandias and Acolytes are two of the finest examples of death metal. Ever. From Nihilism to Solipsism, Anareta covers considerable philosophical ground, but Ozymandias (of the eponymous poem by Percy Bysshe Shelly) brings us to consider the futility of endeavour itself in a universe that is essentially an ever shifting desert of particles that will surely eventually bury ever... Read More
