Abhorrent Expanse are a band with members from Minnesota and Illinois that plays an avant garde mixture of blackened death, funeral doom metal, noise, drone and free jazz and this is a review of their 2022 album "Gateways To Resplendence" which was released as a joint effort between Amalgram Music and Lurker Bias.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album while distorted sounding drones can also be heard at times. Elements of funeral doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs along with the solos and leads also giving t he album more of a primitive edge when they are utilized.
Harsh noises are also added into the background in certain sections of the recording while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of blast beats. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls along with all of the musical instruments on the album also having a very powerful sound to them.
A couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Melodies are also added into some of the riffing as well as the home made percussion also giving the album more of an avant garde feeling when they are utilized.
A lot of t he clean sections also show an influence of free jazz as well as some of the tracks also being instrumentals. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a few songs also introducing organs, synths acoustic guitars onto the album and the production also sounds very dark.
In my opinion Abhorrent Expanse are a very great sounding avant garde mixture of blackened death, funeral doom metal, noise, drone and free jazz and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Cloak Of Ancients" "Gateways To Resplendence" "Baleful Reminders" and "Arcturian Nano Diamonds From The Tranquil Abyss". 8 out of 10.
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