EPHEL DUATH “On Death And Cosmos”

EPHEL DUATH
“On Death And Cosmos”
(Agonia)
Ephel Duath is a name that I’ve been aware of for a long time but never bothered to check out. For all different reasons I have no idea why it’s taken me this long. I guess it has had something to do with not being let down by the hype that surrounds the band. I’ve read people raving over this like it should be the next big thing since sliced bread. And while I do like the sound the band create I wouldn’t put them on a pedestal just yet. That there’s an avant-garde touch to it I’ll give them. But that alone does not a great record make. You gotta have some substance to it. And I feel that Epehl Duath do have enough substance to stand strong alone without the hype. Musically I get flashbacks to a band called Monumentum from Italy. I admire anybody that tries to take metal one step further. Anders Ekdahl