Embrace Of Thorns - Praying For Absolution (2011)

 

 Embrace of Thorns is among the few bands that continue to successfully redefine and augment their sound. With each successive release, the band has come closer to achieving the apex of their particular darkness. With their album, “Praying for Absolution,” Embrace of Thorns draw ever closer to perfect ascension. As on their monumental “Atonement Ritual” album, Embrace of Thorns once again employ repetition to enhance the hypnotic effect of the tracks. With this album, however, Embrace of Thorns take a more dynamic approach. All of the band’s constituent parts are perfectly aligned. The guitars are coordinated to unleash black torrents of desolation upon the percussive mania that forms the core of the tracks. The vocals, ominous and macabre, guide the forces conjured by the sonic rites taking place. Characterized by instantaneous transitions between harrowing Death Doom and frenzied Black/Death, “Praying for Absolution” evokes a sense of endless death and perpetual rebirth. The cycle of destruction and becoming. The nexus point of absolution and ecstatic depravity. Divine blood reawakens the senses in the service of darkness.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

-Tracklist:

 Disc 1

Side A
1. Unlocking the Gate of Nergal     00:58       instrumental
2. Ancient Waters Speak     06:11
3. A Mass for Fiends Forlorn     05:24
4. Serpent's Mark     02:26       instrumental

Side B
5. The Origin of Scourge     02:54
6. Debris Crowns His Earthly Worms     04:36
7. In Somberness Purified     04:36
8. Conscicide (Reaping the Callous Fruits)     03:48

30:53
     
Disc 2

 Single-sided
1. Awakening the Dead     00:49       instrumental
2. Ruins of Man Scattered like Ash     04:28
3. Scarred by Moloch     04:06
4. Praying for Absolution     05:15
5. Incantation of the Four Gates     01:28       instrumental

16:06

 

 -Line up:

⛧Herald of Demonic Pestilence : Guitars, Vocals (backing)
⛧Nuctemeron Bestial Ravisher of the Divine Harmony : Drums, Vocals (backing)
⛧Archfiend DevilPig : Vocals, Bass, Drums
⛧Abomination Virginborn : Guitars
⛧Necromancer666 aka Christ Molestor : Bass.

 

 

Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions. ANTI-GOTH 205

 Recorded by Hermit Harry Zourelidis at Feedback Studio.

 Mastered by Hegumen Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio.

Artwork of unholy icons: Hieroschemamonk Marko Marov.

 Reverse-board printed gatefold jacket, double transparent red vinyl with the 4th side silk-screened, and 24"x24" poster printed on uncoated stock.