Heaving Earth - Diabolic Prophecies
'Diabolic Prophecies' is Heaving Earth's debut album, and it storms its way into the death metal scene. Drawing on influences like Deicide, Immolation, and Suffocation, this album crushes its way into the earhole with brutal deep vocals, rhythmic guitar chugs, and shredding solos (such as on "Atavistic Revelations"). What fans will notice is that the guitars tend to take the lead in almost all the songs, especially when it comes to them showing off their technical stuff such as with "Humanity Exiled." Instead of sticking to either obliviously chugging away in the same format while offering brief solos, or just trying to obliviate everything by going so fast, Heaving Earth stick to creatively mixing the catchiness of thrash into their death metal style and letting the guitars create some interesting melodies during the solos that tend to be sewn together and last throughout the entire track. Fans seeking more brutal, straightforward death metal should check out "Beyond The Void," which tends to stick to typical repetitive riffs and the drums are heard more easily in their brutal bashings.
"Disciples Of Obscurity" is almost doom metal like in how much slower the pace is compared to the rest of the tracks. It almost seems fuzzier too, with more distortion creating a hazy effect around not only the guitars but also vocals as they roar away. "Hideous Idolatry" is by far the catchiest track as the band takes time to let the guitars perform catchy, segmented riffs without going too fast or switching between riffs and solos too quickly which allows listeners to settle in while still being able to headbang away. It's brutal, but a kind sort of brutal. As a whole, this album will certainly appeal to those who are fans of death metal from the old school to the ones who enjoy the technical stuff. The song titles and lyrics tend to tackle the usual 'apocalypse' theme, but then again most listen to death metal for the music, not the lyrics.
"Disciples Of Obscurity" is almost doom metal like in how much slower the pace is compared to the rest of the tracks. It almost seems fuzzier too, with more distortion creating a hazy effect around not only the guitars but also vocals as they roar away. "Hideous Idolatry" is by far the catchiest track as the band takes time to let the guitars perform catchy, segmented riffs without going too fast or switching between riffs and solos too quickly which allows listeners to settle in while still being able to headbang away. It's brutal, but a kind sort of brutal. As a whole, this album will certainly appeal to those who are fans of death metal from the old school to the ones who enjoy the technical stuff. The song titles and lyrics tend to tackle the usual 'apocalypse' theme, but then again most listen to death metal for the music, not the lyrics.
- Serpent's Domination
- Beyond The Void
- The Seething Fragments
- Atavistic Revelations
- The Shrine Of Desolation
- Humanity Exiled
- Disciples Of Obscurity
- Hideous Idolatry Violation
