Apotheosis of Death: III. Ascension Through Vanquished Flesh

from The Apotheosis of Death by Exordium Mors

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2014 is an important year for the New Zealand metal scene, especially since seeing the release of the first full-length from the country's premier Blackened Thrash band, EXORDIUM MORS; musically drawing from artists such as BEHEMOTH, VADER and BATHORY, there is something contained within “The Apotheosis of Death” for every extreme metal fan. This band is a testament as to why the NZ metal scene should not be underestimated.

Building on the primordial force from hell that was their previous EP, the full-length is brandishing a fresh kind of grandioseness that I did not expect layered above the brutality; “Axiom” projects this right from the start. Reminding me a little of IMMORTAL, the riffs unfurl with a dark and infernal purpose, contrastingly ordinal in its delivery. “Ascension through Vanquished Flesh” invokes the raw vitriol that we heard on the previous effort; it is arranged in such a way that it progresses through evolutionary stages; a deliberately uneven orbit through periods of unbound chaos, frantic scrapings at unstable, cracking footholds, until the system crashes around it, almost in profound realisation. It is perhaps the band's best testimony to their technical skill, especially to that of the vocal delivery: primeval and erratic snarls, unconfined by structures that I promise are most unlike many extreme Metal bands you have heard.

“Abandone all Hope” is a unique amalgamation of genres, with a strong Thrash Metal presence down to a hypnotic, group chant, layered under the hellishly fast riff deliveries. It features an intriguing duality between two contrasting vocal presences, which works to add a new, unforeseen dimension to the track. The stellar lead guitar work percolates as lava through fissures; one of the strongest, if not my personal favourite, tracks on the record. “Blade of Brutus” is the album's Leviathan, running for over 8 minutes, and sums up the album in all manner of ways. Representing a message of philosophical significance, it simultaneously progressive and bombastic, and gathers together a myriad of soundscapes from the heavy and claustrophobic, to the chest-beating and fire-spitting.

It is no wonder this band can be proud to claim as once sharing a stage with BEHEMOTH; well-established in their home country, Metal of this calibre deserves not to be restricted by geography and communication boundaries, but to be experienced by all the world's lovers of the blackened, the deadly, the thrashing and the downright evil.

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lyrics

Whispers of my enemies long dead echo around me
I beg not for forgiveness or their venomous mercy
My mortal coil crushed into pieces like my broken bones
The conquering spirit ignited in its destructive glory

"Through Emaciated Flesh, I arise..."

Forsaken and alone, (I gaze upon) the emptiness of space
The stars in their wickedness taunting me like my enemies
I shall drink from their skulls and destroy their legacy
Transmutation through flesh, let this wolf of Romulus ascend

I am a sworn enemy of all that is holy
My legacy will be my immortality.......arise the Ouroboros in Flames x2
As the swarm of vultures pursues
Rapidly my life is consumed...... arise the Ouroboros in Flames x2

Upon the Precipice of Life and Death, I rise in this accursed ground
To the bonded chains of flesh, I am no longer bound
I was born of this earth and soon this torment will end
A revenant beyond flesh, this wolf of Romulus shall ascend

Crawling back from the depths (ON WINGS OF DEATH)
An agonising rebirth as I climb the Jacob's Ladder
All of my mortal fibre seek out the will to power!
Let this wolf of Romulus descend
In vengeance, I arise through vanquished flesh
None shall mourn for the disgraced dead
Let this wolf of Romulus descend
The Ouroboros will arise in flames (ON WINGS OF DEATH)
Entombed in Ashes this world shall be
Transmutated through flesh (ON WINGS OF DEATH)
Sacrifice, perish and demise am I
Viciously the vultures tear at my broken flesh
Bow down to the Apotheosis of Death
Let this wolf of Romulus descend
My half-eaten carcass a sacrifice to the earth
Bear witness to this glorious rebirth
Let this wolf of Romulus descend
The slaves shall echo my ethos (ON WINGS OF DEATH)
Let this wolf of Romulus descend...(UNTO THEIR FLESH) x2

"Through Emaciated Flesh, I arise."

"Through Vanquished Flesh, I arise."