For practical reasons, I will name the band Eximperitus.
Because Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxulum has an unpronouncable name made by neologisms between several languages to invoke the Lord of Darkness. The band was created in Belarus in 2009 and musicians prefer to stay anonymous. An album was released in 2016 then Šahrartu, their second full-length, comes in 2021.
The album is made of six as occult, mysterious and intriguing tracks as the band’s name. We begin with Sahrartu, a weighing and heady instrumental introduction, that leads to Utpada. The song is heavy but captivating, and this unfurling wave of blasts and howlings on the band’s thick rhythmic strikes hard. Haunting tones keep us out of breath, then the final finally lets us catch our breath before Tahadu. The song is faster, but also darker, and those stunning hits perfectly fit to the band’s Brutal Death influences, as well as those technicality hints. Once again, the mystical tones seize riffs, then Anhutu begins. Whether the introduction is quite catchy, the steamroller that follows crushes us right after leaving us on a break before going back to violence, until the final knell. The long silence finally leads us to Inqirad, the longest song. This track is some kind of climax of the band’s oppressive and dissonant Death Metal, giving us the feeling to be in front of the Eternal Darkness’ coming on Earth, leading to a certain apocalypse. After ten minutes, Riqutu, an airy outro, comes to close this album, letting this blackness mark.
Eximperitus plays more than Death Metal. Šahrartu obviously has a basis made of strong riffs, but the band’s influences can be found in pure oppression, intense heaviness and disturbing distortion.
90/100
