The poisonous death metal duo known as Vasaeleth returned this year with the barbarous five-track statement All Uproarious Darkness, now issued on vinyl via 20 Buck Spin. Like the Bone Sickness 12-inch release earlier in 2013, Vasaeleth unleashes death with a less-is-more approach, summoning forth five songs in just under 19 minutes, warranting repeated beatings. Raw, noxious, swirling murk and punishing brutality announce Vasaeleth as possibly the most horrifying young death metal band in the US; methodical in their madness. “… the 19 minutes of All Uproarious Darkness contains equal parts unpurified hostility and unprocessed cold-bloodedness. It’s the perfect representation of the underbelly of the Earth vomiting the grotesque into the face of modernity…” —PopMatters.com “Vasaeleth are excellent at blasting through their manic paces, but they’re deadliest when they slow it down, ramp up the intensity, and just fucking punish.” —Pitchfork.com “Like a demon’s birth in the darkest depths of hell, the death metal of Vasaeleth is a wretched natal ritual giving life to a truly horrific beast.” —CvltNation.com “The sound here is deliberately ugly, lo-fi and old school, yet despite all this, the music never sounds dated or tired.” —GhostCultMag.com [9/10 Rating] “Your skull takes a serious pounding due to Antinom’s furious drumming, and the band sounds like a demon-spawned machine moving and slicing its way through anything standing in front of it, with mercy never even entering into the equation.” —MeatMeadMetal.com “Open your window, turn off the lights and breathe, but don’t...
LP $16.00
11/26/2013
In 2010, death metal duo Vasaeleth released their debut LP Cryptborn and Tethered to Ruin, a violent, domineering march of unholy blasphemy. Equal parts blasting chaos and slowed-down battery, Cryptborn was a monstrous album that instantly signaled Vasaeleth as a top contender to the US death metal throne. Released on vinyl by the resolutely underground Swedish label Blood Harvest in limited quantity, the scorching LP has been out of print for some time, demanding increasing sums on the secondhand market. 20 Buck Spin now makes Cryptborn available domestically on vinyl to the pleasure of all wrathful deities. “It’s the kind of primitive metal that will thrill those who’ve grown jaded with death’s current direction…” —PopMatters.com “Cryptborn and Tethered to Ruin makes you feel like you are locked in the confines of a prison for the damned, where the cries of the insane keep you awake at all hours.” —About.com “With its brutally low guttural vocals, thick old school guitar riffs, and wall of drum beats working in the background, this low-production album invokes a dense and hellish atmosphere and imagery.” —SputnikMusic.com [4.5/5 Rating] “It’s classic death metal to the marrow: dark, dingy, and dangerous, simultaneously bucking ‘core and retro trends, the kind of music that inspires adolescent animal sacrifices and ritual suicides.” —MetalPsalter.com
LP $17.50
11/26/2013
Vasaeleth made waves in the underground with their demo and debut full-length album Crypt Born & Tethered to Ruin, one of the best death metal albums released in 2010. Raw, dark, murky and atmospheric, the duo’s trademark style is that of true death manifested—a reaction against the clean and polished sound that passes for death metal of today. Vasaeleth’s latest release is the darkest and most ferocious in their repertoire. Five tracks long, clocking in at a lean 19 minutes, All Uproarious Darkness is a devastating work that makes it point quickly and definitively and doesn’t linger around for the aftermath.
CD $9.50
09/03/2013
MP3 $4.95
09/03/2013
The North American underground death metal scene, a haven for the genre since its inception in the 1980s and peak in the early '90s, is in the midst of a resurgence. The only problem is many of the bands involved are not real death metal. Nevertheless, an elite set of new groups within the movement stay true to its pure elements--acts like Father Befouled, Funebrarum, Disma, and now Vasaeleth bring the darker, uglier side of death metal to the forefront. Hailing from Georgia and Texas, Vasaeleth are a new group featuring members from Legions of Astaroth and Dagon. They've released a well-received demo and EP, Adorned and Iridescent, both in limited quantities that sold out instantly. Crypt Born and Tethered to Ruin, their ultra-brutal, doomy debut album, will cement the band's place among the premiere acts in the death metal underground. Conjuring the specters of the legendary Incantation, Autopsy, and Mortician, it delivers a bracing reminder of the old-school glory days when raw, guttural death metal ruled supreme. Aptly titled, Crypt Born is a true expression of pure, unbridled death.
CD $12.00
02/16/2010
MP3 $7.92
02/16/2010