Beneath - The Barren Throne

Beneath

The Barren Throne

by Jake "The Snake" Rogge at 03 June 2014, 5:20 AM

Iceland knows some brutal Death Metal, and it doesn’t get much more brutal then Iceland’s BENEATH.  As their second album starts with the track “Depleted Kingdom”, there is a nice sullen and sombre intro and then here comes the pain.  These fellas unleash the fury and it doesn’t stop or slow down, each track I have heard sounds more awesome than the last.

This is a how I like my Death Metal, hard, loud, fast, great riffs, good guitar harmonies; along with sweet solos and some sweep-picked arpeggios along the way. I also like how the drums vary, blast beats, and then there are times where there are 1/16^th or continuous 1/8^th notes on the kick drums, I like the variance it adds to the mix.

So far I dig every track on this album, yeah you get some similar sounding songs when you get no vocal depth ( that’s not in disrespect, it’s growling DM vocals not Power Metal where there is a 3-5 octave range) so that’s where the music comes in to play, and the music stands out and is simply stellar.  I liken these guys to AMON AMARTH as in, there isn’t a bad song on the album!!

Some of my favourite tracks are “Chalice”, Iron Jaw” “Sky Burial” “Storm Drainer”, Depleted Kingdom” and “Unearthed”, that drum intro owns.

I have heard of the band BENEATH before, but never knew much about them, I like their new album “The Barren Throne”, these guys have a bright future in the realm of Death Metal, and they have a NILE and BROKEN HOPE tinge to them and can’t wait to see these guys on tour
Horns up \\m/