Temple
Desecration - Communion Perished MLP (2014)
Iron Bonehead Productions
Review by Trevor Proctor
Once
again Iron Bonehead Productions has dredged the depths and bowels of hell and
came back with another exciting addition to its already healthy roster; how the
hell any label can come up with so many musical gems is beyond me. I’ve
reviewed quite a few releases from Iron Bonehead and associated label Invictus
Productions lately and have yet to hear anything less than superb from either.
This time Bonehead is set to release Communion Perished by Temple Desecration
from Tychy, Poland on the 27th June.
Temple Desecration was formed
in 2011 and subsequently released a demo entitled Abhorrent Rites via the Societas
Oculorum Arcanorum (S.O.A.) label in 2012, creating a stir and attracting
attention within the underground. Communion Perished is a MLP lasting just over
thirteen minutes and featuring two tracks; Ghoul Prayer and Apotheosis.
The
religious chant at the start of Ghoul Prayer and subsequent demonic shrieks set
the stage for thirteen minutes of blackened, filthy death metal as Temple Desecration
plunge you straight into the oppressive depths of their malevolent, evil filled
world – there’s no fucking about here, no frills, no fancy intros just upfront,
authentic underground death metal as Temple Desecration blasts your eardrums
and senses. The furious pace gives way after three minutes when we hear another
spoken word sample and further demonic effects prompting a slower, blackened
doom influenced section before the pace returns, obliterating the speakers and
eardrums once more - this band doesn’t just desecrate the temple; they
desecrate everything within hearing distance.
A Church bell marks the end of
Ghoul Prayer and beginning of Apotheosis and it’s another descent into the
hellish, tortured world of Temple Desecration; starting at a doomier pace
before you’re blasted in the face with torturous blackened death metal that’s
as oppressive and atmospheric as it is blasphemous. The organic, slightly muffled
production throughout Communion Perished adds to the inhuman, demonic
atmosphere generated by Temple Desecration as do the samples and effects used
during the recording; in my opinion atmosphere is essential with this type of
music and Temple Desecration create the bleakest, most tormented of worlds
without a problem.
Iron
Bonehead remains one of the most important underground labels about with bands
like Abyssal, Heresiarch, Cemetery Fog, Sheol, Skelethal and many others signed
with them at present; in Temple Desecration they have uncovered death metal
gold – if you like your death metal oppressive, suffocating, atmospheric and
damned dark and dirty this is the release for you.
Not for the faint-hearted,
death metal posers or someone looking an easily accessible listen; this is a
seriously exceptional, demonic, bloodcurdling release for those who appreciate
truly underground death metal. Another exceptional Iron Bonehead release from
another exciting band and further proof (as if we needed it) the underground is
as healthy and prolific as ever. I hope this is only the start of many releases
from this band and can’t wait to hear a full length album, in the meantime I’m
off to order their demo and pre-order this MLP from Iron Bonehead – I suggest
you do the same.
Tracklist:
1
– Ghoul Prayer
2
– Apotheosis
Temple Desecration's Communion Perished MLP is released by Iron Bonehead Productions on 27th June 2014.
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