Now it’s Poland’s turn to have a crack at the whip with an eclectic mix of genres all blending starting off with doom-laden melodies and eerie noises that haunt consistently. The second track sounds like the band have opted for a bit of black metal this time, although not in the usual vein but certainly with the vocal. The music then deviates into insane madness as the keyboards take hold and furthering on sounds gothic. As ‘Sweet Isolation’ begins it is obvious that the vocal sounds deranged and are along the lines of satanic black metal, however there is a change of direction as they then divert to clean vocals that sound urgent and heartfelt, although the sudden change in direction is somewhat confusing.
‘Reinvented’ is a haunting eerie track that lasts a good 10 minutes plus and is an epic encounter, this time heading for death metal in the genre stakes, with fast paced urgency and scathing lures. The keyboard plays a big part in adding depth and captivating infectiousness. ‘Mothman’ is stark and dream-like, its spindles of honed riffs coagulate into a mesmerising, seductive glow floating gently through a harsh beat however, it holds imagination and is quite a hypnotic track. ‘Mimes, Ghouls and Kings’ offers a whispered vocal intensity amid a harsh and solid rhythm that brazenly turns heavier and blacker by the second. It’s quite a rugged composition, festering with sinister edginess and a vocal that would scare Satan himself! The track is over seven minutes long so giving the listener plenty of time to come to terms with its ever changing adventures.
‘Glacier’ is another epic track with the focus being on the highly intense keyboard and underlying harshness of rhythms that twist and turn into something malignant. Vocally it is damming with lower than low toned growls that penetrate with eerie haunting keyboard noises that add spice to an already amazing track.
Although Eternal Deformity have problems deciding which genre they want to fall into, it isn’t a bad thing, as I feel they don’t want to be pigeon holed allowing for far reaching diversity which they have achieved make no mistake!
There is an excitement contained within the album, oozing from its highly strung tracks is an epic feel that does a lot to pique interest, adding to its ever changing textures, so there really is a lot to savour on this album.
Eternal Deformity No Way Out is out 18th November 2016 via Temple of Torturous Records.
