╔═════════════════════════════[UTP.PRESENTS]══════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hatalom-Of_Sorrow_And_Human_Dust-EP-WEB-2018-UTP ║ ║ ║ ╠═════════════════════════════[RELEASE.iNFO]══════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ARTiST......: Hatalom ║ ║ ALBUM.......: Of Sorrow And Human Dust ║ ║ TYPE........: Extended Play ║ ║ LABEL.......: Independent ║ ║ GENRE.......: Death Metal ║ ║ ║ ║ LANGUAGE....: English SOURCE.....: WEB ║ ║ RiP.DATE....: 07-28-2018 GRABBER....: ║ ║ RETAiL.DATE.: 07-10-2018 ENCODER....: LAME3.99 [alt-]preset insane ║ ║ CATALOG.....: n/a QUALiTY....: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo ║ ║ ║ ║ WEB.STORE...: http://hatalom.bandcamp.com/ ║ ║ ║ ╠═════════════════════════════[RELEASE.NOTES]═════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Quite recently Quebec natives Hatalom finally dropped their sharply ║ ║ crafted and pummeling debut EP, Of Sorrow And Human Dust. There's a ║ ║ lot to enjoy within this dense six-song offering, but my favorite ║ ║ part about the music here is the bands well thought out approach to ║ ║ intertwining brutal and progressive focused strains of technical ║ ║ death metal together in a litany of different ways. It makes for a ║ ║ best of both world's approach, whether you prefer pure steamrolling ║ ║ annihilation, or earth-shaking heaviness that induce involuntary ║ ║ headbanging, or the cerebral aura of tech shred euphoria, Of Sorrow ║ ║ And Human Dust has you covered. ║ ║ ║ ║ The release kicks off with a swift instrumental number called 'Under ║ ║ Vitiated Skies' which, far from being a stock throwaway intro, sets ║ ║ the stage for all the musical ground they cover, ranging from it's ║ ║ soft and prog-tinged opening to a frenetic and razor-sharp brutality ║ ║ loaded latter passages. So by the time that 'Artificial Suffering' ║ ║ kicks in soon after and rains down hellfire and massive waves of ║ ║ heaviness, you're already primed and ready for the high-octane and ║ ║ diverse musical approach Hatalom employs. ║ ║ ║ ║ Each track on Of Sorrow And Human Dust impresses with something ║ ║ different to offer until it ends on itÆs highest note with 'La ║ ║ BeautΘ RΘside dans le Silence des Hommes'. The intricate maze-like ║ ║ songs that make up the release usually fall at or close to the ║ ║ three-minute minute mark overall, making for concise yet jam-packed ║ ║ cuts that are prime tech-death free of filler. The EP is bookended ║ ║ by it's longest and most memorable cuts, 'Through the Eyes of ║ ║ Perception' and 'La BeautΘ RΘside dans le Silence des Hommes'. Both ║ ║ tracks show Hataolm stretching their wings so to speak, using a ║ ║ longer run time to conjure up ever more multi-faceted, and ║ ║ adventurous music equally driven by a maddening feeling of swarming ║ ║ chaos that reminds me of Beneath The Massacre in parts of each of ║ ║ the last two songs most hellacious and demented points. ║ ║ ║ ║ Musically, this release reminds me most of Origin and Archspire, ║ ║ aided by groove laden Soreption and Psycroptic influenced elements, ║ ║ spruced up with Beyond Creation and Decrepit Birth's proggy and ║ ║ ethereal flair and lead styles, and enhanced with just the right ║ ║ amount of modern melodic death metal riffing and melody a la The ║ ║ Black Dahlia Murder. What band's like Hatalom do well is re-combine ║ ║ from a wide swath of different kinds of tech-death and death metal ║ ║ in order to form a synthesis that, at least from a writing ║ ║ standpoint, is all their own. ║ ║ ║ ╠═══════════════════════════════[TRACK.LiST]══════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ 01 Under Vitiated Skies (Instrumental) 2:10 ║ ║ 02 Artificial Suffering 3:23 ║ ║ 03 The Observer 3:30 ║ ║ 04 Sapiens of the Void 3:37 ║ ║ 05 Through the Eyes of Perception 5:13 ║ ║ 06 La BeautΘ RΘside Dans Le Silence Des Hommes 6:15 ║ ║ ║ ║ TOTAL SiZE.: 6 Files/58.51MB/24:08 min ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════[⌐2018]═════════════════════════════════╝