KULT MOGIL - Anxiety Never Descending

February 2, 2016, 8 years ago

(Pagan)

Greg Pratt

Rating: 8.5

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KULT MOGIL - Anxiety Never Descending

I don't like the band name but do I ever like the sounds coming out of Kult Mogil's debut, the Polish band doing death metal very right: ugly, raw, and antagonistic, with a heaping pile of sludge on the menu. The six-song/40-minute mathematic promises heaviness, and while the first two tunes impress, in a big way, it's “Serene Ponds” that really knocks me over, the drummer blasting away while the rest of the band keeps things sludgey, the sounds like some weird, excellent cross between Mistress (who I only remember because they also enjoyed blasting over sludge), Hail Of Bullets, and goddamn Autopsy. 

Which means, wow, I'm loving it; the next tune, which has some Polish name there's no way my computer can deal with, is a blasting, Nile-esque dense death metal assault; closer “Palliative Messiah” is a storming, Immolation-ish journey through the depths of just how heavy death metal can be. Love the raw production, the oppressive yet energetic vibe, and the feeling that something important is happening here. One hell of a debut from one of the coolest young bands working in DM right now; if it wasn't coming out a week before year's end it definitely would have placed in my top 20 of 2015 list.



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