Undeathronable

Decreation

Devoted Art Propaganda 2009

These days France is well known in the extreme metal community for its experimental black metal bands (Blut Aus Nord, Deathspell Omega, etc.).  With that said, the country plays host to some extreme minded traditionalists as well.  An opening salvo of insanely rapid beats and cold riffs spray out like a wall of blasting black metal on Undeathroneable Superior Blackmetal Hymn.  The drum speed is only achievable using a drum machine, which for me actually adds to the totalitarian tone of the music.  An orchestral movement and grim vocals usher in the freezing riffs of The Hateful Torment.  The obscurity of the vocals and the distant melodic style of the guitars combine for an abyssic mood as the song continues and I am a little reminded of elements from Dodheimsgard's Satanic Art.  A bouncing riff is immediately swept under by a blast beat and Nordic melody as Erase the Past gets underway.  The song has a similar feeling as Under A Funeral Moon era Darkthrone, but with a more modern approach.  Deep, hollow melodies impose a sense of a shroud of deathly mist descending across the texture of the album.  The insane speed of the beats creates a hissing white-noise effect for the tracks which is increasingly noticeable as the album progresses.  It is certainly a factor during the dissonant guitar barrage of Dusk of Humanity.  Despite the modern trappings of a drum machine, the stark coldness and merciless cruelty of the music dominate the mood the album.  The music found here is certainly not groundbreaking or even remotely original.  However, it is played with conviction and the songwriting has a singular focus.  On Decreation, Undeathronable simultaneously exhale lifeless frost and incinerating death.