Diabolic Oath "Profane Death Exodus"

    The amount of uncompromising brutality that Diabolic Oath deals out on their debut full-length album, “Profane Death Exodus,” is almost unfathomable. This blackened death metal act from Portland, OR summons forth a punishing release with endless amounts of cataclysmic aggression.

    Joining forces with Sentient Ruin, one of the most maniacal extreme music labels around right now, Diabolic Oath is looking to make a colossal impact with the release of their debut album. The use of fretless guitars allows the band to construct these abysmal sounding riff compositions, which perfectly complements the sinister vocal attack. You feel completely overwhelmed at times by the sheer vitriolic force that this band delivers when hammering out their deafening brand of extreme metal music.

    I would say that the songwriting on this album is very strong and the ability to pull together such chaos in an attempt to hit listeners with a might bludgeoning of extreme artistic expression is very impressive. I’ve noticed a lot of young up and coming death metal acts fail to put forth the effort in building vivid atmospheres and end up writing repetitive compositions that are rather forgettable. I find that this album features some truly exceptional atmospheres that definitely grabbed my attention and showed how this band is not in the business of trying to become another gimmicky extreme metal band. 

    The opening song, “Towards Exalted Coronation,” is a beast of a track and contains a hellish war metal like guitar assault, but eventually transitions into a slow avalanche of gritty doom. Throughout the album you feel the musicianship, songwriting and attitude become even more savage, to where you are descending into a realm of infinite destruction. “Immaculate Conjuration of Infernal Recrudescence,” is one song that I found really taps into the dynamic and unholy sounding world of extreme musical creativity that almost seems limitless. You are always finding yourself being pulled in multiple directions by the frantic guitar and bass riffs, while also taking a massive hit to gut from the ear-splitting drum parts.

    Towards the end of the album songs like, “Opening the Gates to Blasphemic Domination” and “Chalice of Conquering Blood,” continued to display that ruthless aggression and formidable extreme creativity that the first few songs on the album seemed to convey. I thought, “Chalice of Conquering Blood,” was one of the most enigmatic songs off of the album and the wide range of harrowing tempo changes never lost that vicious sounding edge.

    This entire album is an onslaught of diabolic intensity, which I find the extreme music needs more of right now. I think Diabolic Oath’s approach to building apocalyptic sounding atmospheres filled with unpredictable dynamics is something listeners will notice right away. I highly recommend this album for extreme music fiends, especially those looking to step into a gateway of unrelenting brutality.

    Also, whoever did the album cover for this release is a genius, because after you listen to the album and then look at the album cover, you feel like the artwork matches exactly what was going through your mind when listening to the album. That is when you know an album is definitely worth getting!

Check out the song "Opening the Gates to Blasphemic Domination" below. Also, album comes out June 26, 2020 :

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