Anubis Rising - Funerary Preamble
A tough chore for any critic here. I really like what this band is doing, yet their style is near impossible to describe let alone categorize. This disc is a compilation of efforts featuring The Funerary Preamble EP (2004), The Scales of Truth EP (2002), three cuts from the Uphill Battle split (2001), and a previously unreleased Eyehategod cover. I don’t know how this original act has evaded my watchful eye for the past five years, but better late than never. Very Sludgey, spacious, and downtrodden with gritty, sometimes Blackened screams and occasional Death growls. Every now and then they will drift away into Space Rock, sometimes bordering on shoegazing atmosphere, intact with decent clean vocals. Other times things escalate into full-on mosh territory, but the underlying melancholy and despair is always present. Truly difficult to pigeonhole but not to enjoy, if you can imagine elements of Eyehategod, Neurosis, Burst, Cave-In, Opeth, The Great Deceiver, and Asunder all rolled into one you’re on the cusp of contemplation. Creative and original, just fucking check it out.
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