Terminus Episode 49 - Odal, Autarcie, Undeciphered, Tiradero des Cadaveres

In this week's abominable, two-headed episode of Terminus, we bring you a maximally Terminal lineup -- first TBMG with two slabs of massive central-European mountain music, then TDMG with two barrels of thoroughly illegal uranium-plated ultradeath.

TBMG takes the first half, leading off with Odal, Thurinigan forefather (and mother!) of modern heathen black metal. Odal has always worked from the shadows, but on Welten Mutter, they step out onto center stage with a classically Black Metal maneuver: Starting from their core of fiercely focused Romantic riffing, Odal moves in two directions at once, up towards the heavens and down towards the earth.

Next up is Autarcie, whose rugged Franco-ruralist BM has as much to do with the likes of Odal as it does with any of the famous French sounds. Though Autarcie has a clear-cut aesthetic, the album itself divides into two pretty distinct sets of songs, and each of your hosts finds himself drawn to a different half. We talk minimalism vs. maximalism, different ideas of "epic," and the many meanings of "French black metal."

After the break, TDMG revs up the rusty weedwhacker with Undeciphered's Beneath The Gentle Smile. This brutal death combo features  Terminus favorites Oscar Ortega (Induced, Molecular Fragmentation) and Nikhil T. (Anal Stabwound - see recent interview!), but forgoes the relative "subtlety" of their other projects for a full-frontal assault. Nevertheless, there's plenty to talk about here, including weirdly old-school breakdowns and ornate rhythmic ideas that TBMG simply can't hear.

We close out with a truly radical new project from Mexico City called Tiradero des Cadaveres ("Corpse Dump" -- holy shit). At first impact, this may sound like lo-fi, mutant "disso-death," but under the decaying flesh of modern skronk, TDMG can see cyclopean, ancient bones. TdC's raw, visceral noise attack immediately connects with TBMG, drawing some comparisons to the flagship band of "music-adjacent" metal, Concrete Winds.

 

00:00 - Introductory bullshitting / Terminus News ft. Cum Soaked Corpses Leaking Rectal Discharge

0:12:17 - Odal - Welten Mutter (Eisenwald)

1:01:37 - Autarcie - Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie. (Purity Through Fire)

1:49:41 - Interlude - Hirilorn - “The Legion That Will Never Fall,” fr. Legends of Evil and Eternal Death (Drakkar Productions, 1998)

2:01:40 - Undeciphered - Beneath the Gentle Smile (Amputated Vein Records)

2:46:30 - Tiradero des Cadaveres - The Glorious Entrance to the Spiritual Trance (Iron, Blood, and Death Corporation)

3:33:15 - Outro - Ares Kingdom - “A Dream of Armageddon,” fr. Return to Dust (NWN, 2006)

 

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