Sentient Ruin is on a role with new releases this year, and I am not complaining at all. Recently the band has put out a handful of cassette tapes and this EP from Apostasy is one of those new releases. Apostasy first released, “The Unknown Path,” back in 2020 and is teaming up with Sentient Ruin to put out the EP on a physical format for fans to purchase. Apostasy is a very talented extreme metal band that combines merciless sounding thrash metal with raw and primate black metal elements.
These Chilean thrash metal maniacs have been around since the late 80s, but eventually ended up taking a rather long break and did not put out new music until about 2018. Ever since their return the band looks to have been delivering some blistering releases, and I can tell you that, “The Unknown Path,” is one decimating release. If you are fan of ruthless thrash similar to that of Destruction, Morbid Saint and early Slayer, then this album is going to hook you in right away.
The tracks featured on the EP are extremely raw sounding and come roaring at you like fiendish hell hounds looking tear something apart limb from limb. “Defeating the Speed,” is a scorching piece of music that does not mess around and wastes little time conjuring up a chaotic sounding musical landscape. The vocals are what really caught my attention when I started listening to the track, especially how the vocalist is able to deliver the lyrics with such sinister aggression.
One can tell that this band does not look to break away from the old school thrash blueprint, which to some might seem a bit repetitive. However, I felt as though that even though the riffs on this album are not the most technically innovative sounding at times, the band did a really solid job creating songs that convey a fearsome old school extreme metal attitude. “Sign of Saturnus,” is one track that I found to be very haunting in terms of how the band went about crafting these haunting arrangements which ended up making for one evil sounding piece of music. The final song, “The Shining Light,” is another solid track and keeps the blasphemous energy flowing with more savage guitar work and ear shattering drum parts. Again, the music is nothing new to the world of metal, although the execution is a lot better than some of the new metal releases I have had sent to me.
Apostasy is a band that I highly recommend checking out if you are into old school sounding extreme thrash/black metal. “The Unknown Path,” is a great introduction if you have not heard of this band before, and the music will be sure to scare the people in the car next to you when driving around your city blasting this at full volume. I swear that there are enough sacrilegious chord progressions on this release to wake up the dead and start of demonic zombie uprising!
Check out the full EP below :
Sentient Ruin Bandcamp:
https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/the-unknown-path
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