REVIEW: TERMINAL DESCENT - OF DARKEST LIGHT

 

TERMINAL DESCENT - OF DARKEST LIGHT (Independent, 2001)

Produced By: Terminal Descent

Tracks: 1- Satanic Mitigation, 2- Maelstrom of Inner Conflict, 3- Atom and Eve (of Science Vs. Religion), 4- Of Darkest Light, 5-Fatality through Futility, 6- Pandemic Somnambulant transition, 7- Let Sleeping Gods Die, 8- Acorn of Deviltry, 9- Acquisition of prescience, 10- Quantum Volition, 11- Rhetorical Quest Ion, 12- Master of My Own Domain, 13- Bound to the Boundless

Cover Art by Tom Hammer

This band is extremely brutal but at the same time has many climatic elements. Yes, the guitars construct incredibly fast riffs in many tracks (with an extremely raw and primitive sound that contrasts with some of the arrangements) but in many places they play melodies and interesting guitar solos that show another dimension of Terminal Descent´s music. There are many changes on each of the songs of this album and the drumming is bestial (I would mix the bass drums louder because there are interesting passages with double bass). The combination of brutality (specially on the vocals) and melodies is an essential feature of this band´s music and I think this guys should use even more melodies over crushing guitars and fast drumming as in "Atom and Eve" that is what gives them a lot of identity.

Favorite tracks: "Of Darkest Light", "Acorn of Deviltry" and "Quantum Volition"

Contact: http://members.tripod.com/terminaldescent