Irreversible Mechanism

Ichor – Hadal Ascending Review

Ichor – Hadal Ascending Review

By Kenstrosity on November 29, 2018 in 2018, Death Metal, German Metal, Reviews, Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork, WOOAAARGH, Death Metal, 42 comments

“There are records—Unleash the Archers’ Apex, for example—that represent massive jumps in quality from their relative predecessors. Other records constitute evolutionary improvement rather than revolutionary ones. Ichor’s debut record, Benthic Horizon, was plagued by an awful production, tepid songwriting and pacing issues. 2014’s Depths was an incremental advancement, yet still bromidic. Fast forward four years and German death-metallers Ichor meet us face to face once more with Hadal Ascending.” Under the SEA!

Irreversible Mechanism – Immersion Review

Irreversible Mechanism – Immersion Review

By Kronos on September 14, 2018 in 2018, Belarusian Metal, Blood Music, Death Metal, Progressive Death, Reviews, Technical Death Metal, Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, 83 comments

“Irreversible Mechanism’s debut caused a bit of a stir when it came out in 2015, becoming one of the most successful new releases at the time for the now well-known metal/synthwave boutique label Blood Music. The appeal of Infinite Fields came from both its epic scale and technical wizardry, but like a lot of metal acts, the band achieved that scale via levels of choral and orchestral synthesis that would make Jari Maenpaa himself blush. As fun as it turned out to be, it was easy to write off the band as a young guitar wizard’s opulent vanity project, accomplished but ultimately lacking in the sort of levity that such maximalism chafes against. It’s not so easy to do the same with Immersion.” New flesh prevails?