Today, Chaos Records,
in conspiracy with Canometal Records and Burning Coffin Records, announces
March 17th as the international release date for the highly anticipated debut
album of Chile's Sepulcrum, Lamentation of Immolated Souls. Chaos will release the album
worldwide on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats; in the band's native
Chile, Canometal will release the album on CD while Burning Coffin will release
it on tape. In lieu of this announcement, heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com
premieres the new track "Schizophrenic
Amputation." Hear Sepulcrum's
"Schizophrenic Amputation" in its entirety HERE.
Formed in 2019, Chile's Sepulcrum are
a death metal band hailing from Puerto Montt. Comprising the members Nicolás
Miranda (vocals/guitar), Sebastián Zúñiga (drums), Oscar Gibert (guitar) and
Nicolás Espinoza (bass), Sepulcrum possess
a wealth of experience in the underground scene, altogether working in or
having done time in such bands as Cavernal, Horrifying, Disharmonic,
Exinteratus, and Hallux Valgus. For them, the ever-classic sounds of '90s death
metal reign supreme, with strongest influence taken from Morbid Angel, Deicide,
Morta Skuld, Pestilence, Death, and Russia's Mortem.
Amazingly, four years into Sepulcrum's
existence and there have been no changes in the lineup. Such solidity has
proven beneficial to their songwriting and execution, as the band took to the
stage across the country and eventually released the debut EP Corpse Dividing Holes in 2020
on cassette format through Burning Coffin; a year later, Canometal released it
on CD.
Now, at long last, Sepulcrum's
worldwide debut is here with Lamentation of Immolated
Souls. Bearing ten songs in 39 minutes, Sepulcrum's first full-length
is a reverential and remarkably authentic throwback to death metal's early '90s
heyday. With uncanny ease, the quartet set forth on a masterclass in proud 'n'
powerful DEATH METAL that has many moods and moves at many speeds; there's no
subgenre stickling, staying in boxes like "Tampa death metal" or "Swedeath"
or "Finnish deathgrind" etc. Only songwriting is king here, and Sepulcrum proceed to build
labyrinth upon labyrinth across Lamentation of Immolated
Souls. Likewise, the production is absolutely key here;
highlighting the quartet's chops and overall dexterity, the recording is clear
and cutting but without losing any requisite rawness, with drums and vocals
recorded by Christian Bintrup at Soundpro Studios and all strings recorded by
comrade Victor Villanueva and mixing & mastering done by Chilean scene kingpin
Benjamín Barrantes. Of course, no classic death metal album is worth its salt
without sympatico cover art, and Francisco Ramírez (Morkt Artist) - the same
individual who did the cover art for Sepulcrum's
first EP - delivers the goods on Lamentation of Immolated
Souls. No other words needed: (un)godly glory-days death metal!
Tracklisting for Sepulcrum (Chile)'s Lamentation of Immolated Souls
1. Orbital Teratoma
2. Schizophrenic Amputation
3. Lamentation of Immolated Souls
4. The Decay
5. Legion's Mandate
6. Arousing The Putrid Flesh
7. Slitting Coagulated Mess
8. Caustic Inhalation
9. Sick Delusion
10. Traumatized by Insanity
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