In one word I would have to call the album, unimaginative. All the elements of Absu are there but nothing really stands out, it almost feels like these are songs they cut out of the 2009 release because they simply weren’t all that good.

Every Absu release has at least a few sections where to this day but I can’t help but grin and get all giddy because of the sheer brilliance that is blasting through my ear holes. This is usually due in a big way to Proscriptor’s drumming. Syncopated drum patterns driving under a sky of solid of wailing leads with a carfull of solid riffs.

This time around there doesn’t seem to be much off-the-wall or out-of-the-box drumming like we’re used to. It’s just standard fare played at hyper speeds. This only draws attention to the mediocrity of the rest of the arrangement. There’s no cool fusion-y stuff going on and the album as a whole sounds very “Vanilla”.

The ambiance of the album is also lacking. Other Absu releases truly earned the “Mythological Occult Metal” moniker. They sounded as if some ancient Celtic beast had been awakened and was creating music via three guys from Texas. This album sounds like three guys from Texas with great musical ability got together to sing about some ancient Celtic beast. Similar, but in no way the same.

2.5 out of 5

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Playlist:
Ghost Snorter – Fall
Absu – …of the Dead Who Never Rest in Their Tombs Are the Attendance of Familiar Spirits Including:
A.) Diversified Signs Inscribed
B.) Our Earth of Black
C.) Voor
Dream Theater – In The Name of God
Children of Bodom – Silent Night, Bodom Night
Adagio – Vamphyri
Impaled – Wrought in Hell
Opeth – Hope Leaves
Lamb of God – In Your Words

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