Review 2572 : Pyre – Where Obscurity Sways – English

Pyre return from their native Russia.

Formed in 2011, they are making a name for themselves in the local scene, but also among Death Metal connoisseurs. In 2025, Dym Nox (bass/vocals/drums, Blazing Rust, Portfire, ex-Drama, ex-Ulvdalir…), Roman Rotten (guitar, Blazing Rust, ex-Drama, ex-Ulvdalir) and Fred Obsinner (guitar, ex-Chamber of Torture) sign with Osmose Productions for the release of their third album, Where Obscurity Sways.

The album kicks off with the eponymous Where Obscurity Sways, where Old School Death Metal’s morbid smell is already permeating the air, whether with dark, disturbing harmonics or furious accelerations complemented by vocals. Heavy influences also contaminate From the Stygian Depths, the next track, which quickly lets the leads impose themselves between two moments of thick rage, sometimes reminiscent of the Death/Doom scene, while Domains Of The Nameless Rites is tinged with a rather melodic darkness. Violence of course resurfaces in abrasive waves, but the track remains weighing enough to carry us through to Wandering…, a dissonant minute-long interlude where we can easily regain our composure before Murderous Transcendence hits us in its turn. We feel all the fury in the vocal parts of this track, with its interesting peaks of technicality, especially on guitar which becomes quite melancholy, continuing with Writhing Souls, where the introduction picks up where the previous track left off. The blaze is followed by a jerky rhythm that alternates between frantic moments and macabre slowness, before Chanting Ancient Incantations lets itself be infused with Black Metal to develop its occult charge. The adventure continues with Pestilential Fumes, which returns to the roots of the trio’s style, albeit a little dissonant, especially on the finale that leads into Descending… where the musicians expose us to their most disquieting sounds to introduce Prognostic Of The Apocalypse, which tramples everything in its path and assures us of a definite neckbreaker to surround the hypnotic harmonics that will close the album.

Pyre‘s Death Metal reminds me of two great names on the scene, one from England, the other from the Netherlands. There’s no doubt that Where Obscurity Sways is inspired by them, but the album offers some really solid riffs that have nothing to envy them!

85/100

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