| The highly anticipated 4th full-length by this U.S. band. Comprising 4 new songs and 4 covers for a total of 34 fiery minutes, "Merciless Upheaval" is indeed aptly titled and serves as a fitting, equally feverish counterpart to their previous album, "Sacraments of Descension". Much of that is down to the same lineup being in place, as iron-fisted as ever as they effortlessly unleash cyclones of classic Death/Black Metal. Each member delivers a masterclass here, much as they did on the record´s predecessor; their crush is chaotic and controlled simultaneously, their precision betraying no small amount of power. Of the four covers, we´re treated to Perdition Temple´s renditions of Infernal Majesty, Pestilence, Shub Niggurath and of course Morbid Angel, making for an album-length experience which handily straddles past, present and future. |
