Review of Hissing's debut album by jesusatan

Hissing  

"Permanent Destitution"

Hissing is a three-man band from Seattle, USA, which was born four years ago and after the release of two EPs, a demo and a split with Sutekh Hexen, now strikes with a debut album. And they do it unceremoniously, as with "Permanent Distitution" they’re kicking the door to the death metal elite open. Or maybe  the “Portal to the elite" is even more relevant, as Portal is a key-word here. From the first tunes of the album opening "Backwards Descent" it becomes clear, that the music created by clock-headed Aussies is the closest to the hissing hearts. However, it is not mindless copying of the masters, simply the work of an exceptionally gifted apprentice. We will find here wicked tremolo riffs and dissonances, but it’s not everything the trio has to offer on the album. Each song is completely thought out and teeming with its own life, but only together they create a real monster. Once in a while you are faced to unleashed chaos, to feel crushing deceleration and brain drilling riffs afterwards. The sound of the album is gloomy but clear enough to listen, and not wonder “what the hell the author had in mind”. This is definitely not the type of an album to be given two or three hours. I’ve been immersed in it for the last two weeks and still feel I haven’t discovered all it has to offer. Give the album the time it deserves and thou shalt be rewarded. The last one on the album “Perdurance” ends up with an almost industrial motif, so hypnotizing, that willing or not I fall to the ground and crawl towards my player to press the play button, so I could find myself in the beginning of the infernal journey again. I rise and suffer for another 35 minutes, to fall ... and rise again ... And again ... And again ...  Definitely one of the best debut albums this year.

- jesusatan

Tracklist:

Backwards Descent

Pablum Abundance

Eulogy in Squalor

It Without More

Cascading Failures

Perdurance

Genre: Black/Death Metal

Profound Lore Records 2018