Terminus Episode 53 - Ancient Gate, Abysskvlt, Perverted Dexterity, Thos Aella

A Terminus episode under three hours long? Have our boys finally been taken by consumption contracted in a tiny French village on the search for Brenoritvrezorkre tapes? Nah, it's just a punchy one, featuring four albums of intensely focused music which charts territory all over the metal map.

We begin with the return of stalwart Terminus veterans Ancient Gate, whose new EP doesn't so much storm the castle as creep in under the twilight. Their new record features a more measured, stately sound, highly influenced by the Hellenic scene as well as a bevvy of other regional styles, but is it able to top their previous album, which charted on TBMG's year end list for 2020? You'll have to listen to find out (yes, okay, it's really good.)

Following this is the trundling yet refined funeral doom of Abysskvlt. Their third record, Phur G. Yang, provides a unique take on funeral doom by way of ritual ambient music inspired by Tibetan Buddhism, resulting in a melting pot of various sound objects, from dizzying polyphonic clean vocal arrangements to explosive bursts of electronic noise. But does it successfully carry its concept across the finish line? And what does Tibet sound like, anyway? We discuss.

After some more eastern bloc funeral doom, your hosts return with the new concertina wire topiary by Perverted Dexterity. What would a Terminus episode be without an unapproachable brutal death record? Fans of all things lacerating and paranoid will enjoy this one, which combines sophisticated rhythmic ideas with an electric, driving guitar performance, where every riff is 50 riffs and no prisoners are taken.

We conclude with the debut record of Thos Aella, whose oldschool Swedish melodic black/death stylings are catnip to TBMG's ears. Driven by whiskey, Dissection live bootlegs, and the spirit of the deep south, Thos Aella plays traditional music that nevertheless manages to find the heretofore unknown thread between Dawn and Skynyrd via explosive guitar bravado and arrogant, erudite structure. Steal a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 along with an appropriate steed- it's time to ride into battle.

 

0:00 - Intro ft. .357 Homicide

0:10:25 - Ancient Gate - Forgotten Dark Age (Hessian Firm)

0:45:55 - Abysskvlt - Phur G. Yang (Solitude Productions)

1:22:19 - Interlude - Reido - Frozen Terror fr. F:\all (Solitude Productions)

1:37:33 - Perverted Dexterity - Alacrity for Contemptuous Dissonance (Brutal Mind)

2:09:05 - Thos Aella - Abnegation Psalms (Sunshine Ward)

2:42:17 - Outro - Trayjen - “Progenitor of Loss,” fr. Walking Among the Stones of Fire (Flamme Noire, 2008)

 

 

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