Death Metal
Season Of Mist
Release Date – February 21st 2025
Line Up:
Dennis Rondum – Vocals
Jonas Bryssling – Guitar
Christian Muenzner – Guitar
Erlend Caspersen – Bass
KC Howard – Drums
Tracklist:
Obscure Exordium
Vanished
Aunt Christie’s Will
Never To Awake
The Tree
Retromorphosis
Machine
Exalted Splendour
Retromorphosis are the brainchild/baby of former Spawn Of Possession guitarist Jonas Brysling. Having reached some heady heights with his former band he dissolved it only to get itchy fingers a few years later but wanting to write something with a bit more freedom but still in the death metal realm. He called up old friends Dennis Rondum and Erlend Casperson who were well into the scheme of things.
Opening with a doomy/creepy two-minute instrumental ‘Obscure Exordium‘ they absolutely tear into ‘Vanished‘ with some blinding lead work which leads into an aural battering led by Rondum who barks the orders followed by some exquisite riffage before those riffs and leads are firmly ensconced into ‘Aunt Christie’s Will‘ with its slower technical start before it races off on KC Howard’s double kick action. ‘Never To Awake‘ crushes from the off and is relentless in its barrage then ‘The Tree‘ offers even more technical flourishes before it settles into another crusher. Screaming guitar lines and dive-bombs introduce ‘Retromorphosis‘ as Rondum gives a guttural roar, and they get going on some proper punch-up metal. Loud, fast and aggressive! ‘Machine‘ is a nine-minute epic which starts with some churchy organ before the guitars literally gatecrash the prayers with steel toe capped boots and evil smiles. It’s a chug fest that goes through different stabbing movements and has some wonderfully fluid guitar work from both Bryssling and Muenzner. Final cut ‘Exalted Splendour‘ is an absolute bruiser of a track that brings a mighty groove courtesy of Caspersen and Howard.
I am totally unfamiliar with the work of Spawn Of Possession but I will be sourcing their catalogue come pay day. This might be way different, but I want to hear the source of this fine debut. It’s fairly technical but it has more than enough for any old school death metal fan here. I can honestly say that this has seen regular plays for the last month, and it never gets boring.
Written by: Smudge
Ratings: 8/10
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