▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Kalopsia ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Amongst the Ruins █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2012 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-11-17 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Godeater Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ New Jersey death metallers Kalopsia have taken a █ █ rather circuitous route in releasing their █ █ sophomore effort. They initially attracted the █ █ attention of Decibel back in June, who broke form █ █ to stream "Salt Down Earth" off what was then █ █ their demo. The record eventually found a slightly █ █ odd home, being classic American death metal █ █ released on German label Godeater. Amongst The █ █ Ruins is their first record since 2003's Exquisite █ █ Beauty of the Defiled, released by the █ █ long-defunct Think Metal. Since then, they haven't █ █ exactly been in hibernation, as the band feature █ █ current and former members of Funebrarum, █ █ Deteriorot and Dehumanized, but it did take a █ █ while for the planets to align for Kalopsia to █ █ make music as a unit again. This is one of those █ █ cases where the wait has certainly been █ █ worthwhile, as Kalopsia offer up an excellent █ █ example of thick, meaty guitar tones delivered at █ █ an absolutely punishing pace. The vocals are a █ █ high point, somehow sounding both monstrously █ █ guttural and weirdly articulate. While death metal █ █ tends to be a somewhat saturated genre, an █ █ argument that "Liar's Eulogy" or "Green Eyed █ █ Monster" are somehow unnecessary would fall flat. █ █ For those who want an extra dose of blast-driven, █ █ sweaty aggression, stinking and straight from the █ █ shore, Amongst The Ruins delivers. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Salt Sown Earth 5:17 ░ ░ 2. Green Eyed Monster 3:46 ░ ░ 3. Messiah Complex 2:58 ░ ░ 4. Marred by Tragedy 5:36 ░ ░ 5. Pillars of Ash 5:52 ░ ░ 6. Death Starts the Horror 4:17 ░ ░ 7. Liar's Eulogy 3:53 ░ ░ 8. Scatter the Remains 4:54 ░ ░ 36:33 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░