Life Desecration, by ALTARS ABLAZE

Life Desecration

by ALTARS ABLAZE

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deewhybee This band sounds as their name implies. Some albums are monotonous. Not this one. They paint a sound picture with their music.

Ippocalyptica This is a strong contender for best extreme metal debut album of 2022, and is a very impressive blackened death metal album in its own right, moving between and within songs in a serpentine yet focused manner, all the while laying waste to your fragile human form with ease. The thrash and grind touches are very nice, and with the blast-beats, lend an immediacy to the affair that makes Life Desecration a dangerous album for highway driving purposes. Heavy! Fast! Mean! Full of riffs!

Heavy_Therapy This is a fantastic amalgamation of black and death metal, not for the faint of heart. This is what we hoped the new Behemoth would, but could never, be. "Life Desecration" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Favorite track: Life Desecration.

Christopher Braunstein This is just absolutely crushing and punishing from front to back! Excellent sonic destruction! Favorite track: Beneath The Smouldering Ruins.

Jacob Ballance This is top notch blackened death metal. One of my favorite albums i’ve heard this year. Makes me wanna drop kick a rhino. Favorite track: Glorification Of Rats.

YomaBarr Whoa. This will be a murderer of worlds. Like a bastard child of Vermin Womb and Heaving Earth, or whatever. This a debut?!?
I hardly ever listen to singles from unreleased stuff, I'd rather wait for the full album. But I can't resist these!

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mmmmm, so good... so good... [squints and mewls softly in delight...] How I love it when an album overgrows expectations! On repeat all day. A tour, please!

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	Across The Empires Of Death 00:00 / 03:19

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1.	For The Lifeless Love Of A Crucified Corpse 03:40
2.	Life Desecration 05:06
3.	Shrine Destroyer 02:21
4.	Across The Empires Of Death 03:19
5.	Drenched In Wrath And Blood 04:17
6.	With Bone Crowns And Iron Scepters 03:23
7.	Beneath The Smouldering Ruins 02:51	buy track
8.	Glorification Of Rats 05:55

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Life Desecration by ALTARS ABLAZE consists of eight songs of cutting edge death black metal which propel the genre's history into the chaotic madness of our current day and the future.
Another, so needed, defining chapter of this extraordinary and special sub-genre, which merges the most extreme elements from the black and death metal worlds, is upon us.

When it comes to extreme metal, words like “brutal” or “bestial” are often tossed around as euphemisms for “low-effort.” Many releases promise an uncompromising degree of sonic destruction, but rarely follow through with ideas interesting and well-crafted enough to deliver on that promise. Life Desecration, the debut offering from Czechia’s ALTARS ABLAZE takes a nuclear sledgehammer to that trend. Forged by seasoned veterans of the Czech extreme metal scene, Life Desecration unleashes a flurry of blackened death carnage that concentrates enough concussive force to rival the most vicious of their more primitive antecedents. But this quintet sets itself apart by refusing to sacrifice compelling artistry in the pursuit of sonic savagery.

ALTARS ABLAZE’s mode of attack hearkens back to the finest moments of the infernal blasting death metal of the late 90s (embodied by the likes of ANGELCORPSE, HATE ETERNAL and DIABOLIC), blended with the most aggressive specimens of Nordic black metal, such as 1349 and SETHERIAL. But these are merely convenient points of reference. ALTARS ABLAZE are consummately unique in their interpretation of their style, with nuanced riffing and a command of dynamics, far exceeding those of any superficially comparable act.

ALTARS ABLAZE’s rare creativity shines through in a variety of unexpected moments throughout this record, too many to mention individually. Put simply, the band is unafraid to throw listeners off-balance by introducing dense layering of guitar polyphony, riffs that cycle through multiple divergent paths, and the introduction of asymmetrical shuffling drums amidst the blasting. In just over half an hour, ALTARS ABLAZE assert themselves as a distinctive and fearsome entity, and prove that, even in a style known for relentless aggression, there is ample room for subtlety and compelling songwriting.

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released September 16, 2022

Recorded at Davos Studio.
Mixed and mastered by Christian Erkens at Cyphx-Audio.
Cover artworks by Nuno Zuki of Belial NecroArts.

Altars Ablaze is:
Michal Kusak—vocals
Tomas Halama—guitars
Frank Serak—guitars
Pavel Satra—bass
Peter Hetes—drums

www.facebook.com/ALTARS.ABLAZE

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