Elsewhere, there’s additional adrenaline and dexterity to the performances. In particular, opener Feasting On Eyes ignites with feisty precision, showcasing dynamic percussion and multilayered screams before gradually subsiding into a gentler pace. Later, Clawing To The Top Of The Dead offers more hypnotically hellish changeups, just as Contort Until Death eventually settles into perhaps the strongest groove of them all amidst coating itself in superbly atmospheric distortion. Plus, at least a couple of songs (Mandatory Cannibalism and Jawbone Ritual) incorporate enough multipart complexity and depth to border on being progressive.
Labyrinth Of Veins is a rewardingly intense, vicious, and deceptively intricate debut from Static Abyss. It’s a testament to its creators' individual talents and combined chemistry that the LP is consistently enticing and striving. Indeed, the duo rival virtually everything else currently happening in death-doom.
Verdict: 4/5
For fans of: Autopsy, Obituary, Entombed, Deicide
Labyrinth Of Veins is released on April 22 via Peaceville