Ænigmatum

Ænigmatum

(colored) Deconsecrate

20 Buck Spin

***ON ROYAL BLUE INSIDE ELECTRIC BLUE W/ NEON PINK & MUSTARD YELLOW SPLATTER VINYL!!! The idiosyncratic methodology of Portland’s Ænigmatum is instantly apparent from the whip-start blast of “Forged From Bedlam”, the opening track of their second album Deconsecrate. While the pace is frenetic, speed is never a crutch to be relied upon, but rather one deliberate device in a sprawling collection of melodically precise and technically riveting fragmented death shards.  The eight songs on Deconsecrate constitute a labyrinthian structure of twisting nuanced complexity and intricate explosive chaos. Blood-freezing and incandescently beautiful at once, Ænigmatum temper their withering elaborate intensity with astonishingly elegant melodic passages carved into the mind, like towering marble hallucinations.  Immersing in this album, one might be forgiven assuming they’d stumbled upon a lost obscurity of mid-90s Gothenburg, the dark harmonies, the dual guitars, the staggering rhythm section; but in fact Ænigmatum have bequeathed a startlingly ambitious paragon of mystifying esoteric death metal magnificence.

Ænigmatum

Deconsecrate

20 Buck Spin

The idiosyncratic methodology of Portland’s Ænigmatum is instantly apparent from the whip-start blast of “Forged From Bedlam”, the opening track of their second album Deconsecrate. While the pace is frenetic, speed is never a crutch to be relied upon, but rather one deliberate device in a sprawling collection of melodically precise and technically riveting fragmented death shards.  The eight songs on Deconsecrate constitute a labyrinthian structure of twisting nuanced complexity and intricate explosive chaos. Blood-freezing and incandescently beautiful at once, Ænigmatum temper their withering elaborate intensity with astonishingly elegant melodic passages carved into the mind, like towering marble hallucinations.  Immersing in this album, one might be forgiven assuming they’d stumbled upon a lost obscurity of mid-90s Gothenburg, the dark harmonies, the dual guitars, the staggering rhythm section; but in fact Ænigmatum have bequeathed a startlingly ambitious paragon of mystifying esoteric death metal magnificence.

Ænigmatum

S/t

Chaos Records

***Blackened Death Metal psychosis from Portland, Oregon! For fans of The Chasm, Deathspell Omega, Dissection, and Death. Featuring members of Blood Freak, Torture Rack, and Diabolic Oath! On their debut full length ÆNIGMATUM Maintain atmosphere ,soul and grit while also proudly displaying clarity and dextrous skill. Formed in early 2017 in Portland, OR by drummer PIERCE WILLIAMS (TORTURE RACK, LORD GORE, ex-BLODD FREAK, ex-COMPULSIVE SLASHER), guitarist/vocalist KELLY MCLAUGHLIN (ex-ASCENDED DEAD, ex-BLOOD FREAK, ex-BLOOD OF MARTYRS), guitarist ELI LUNDGREN (ex-ABIOSIS), and later joined by bassist BRIAN RUSH (DIABOLIC OATH, TREASONIST, POWER BEAST), ÆNIGMATUM’s first collection of material are songs written independently as far back as 12 years prior to the band’s forming. Combining the proficiency and aggression of traditional/melodic death with blackened atmosphere, eccentricities, and arrangements; the band's music is a cathartic amalgam of the divine, the obscure, and the obscene.