Remnants of Existence

2020 - despite being a weak year - brought some meaningful albums, even among less associated names. One of them is the Greek Blessed By Perversion, whose "Remnants Of Existence" quite seriously surprises - especially in the context of "Between Roots And Darkness". While earlier this band evoked the most associations with the late Deicide and basically did not differ much from the known patents, the quintet flew with it much further on the "Remnants...". The music on "Remnants..." can be described as a mix of Vital Remains, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide (sic!) or Morbid Angel, without so many fast paces, but a lot of climate and technique! To make it even more interesting, Blessed By Perversion also added some ideas completely unrelated to the above-mentioned bands, which means that something like original patents appeared in the music of the Greeks. In general, something that is currently highly desirable in this style.

So, "Remnants Of Existence" is still death metal sticking mostly to medium temp, though more brutal than its predecessor and with much more momentum. It surprises with ingenuity (and the number of "catching") riffs (like those from "Atonement Refused", "Within Monumental Chaos" or "Galery Of Bones"), with even stronger vocals, again very reasonable melody or ease in changing between motives (by the way, very good varied). The Greeks simply gave the above patents in such an individual way that even if something is associated with a band, in their performance it takes on a completely different feeling and shows that you do not have to play anything fancy to overwhelm with ingenuity and sound peculiar. However, at this point, I must emphasize that the band does not stick to "Remnants..." everything that is standard for death metal. Well, the whole cd was completed here with...keyboard inserts close to a symphonic black metal! And the best part is that Blessed By Perversion didn't get failed up at all. Of course, I would prefer the band to emphasize the bass more than to displaying the keyboards, but as I say, it's not something that is very disturbing to the album - especially since it functions in the background.

The strangest thing is that "Remnants Of Existence" has only 5 tracks (+ intro), which in turn makes up only a 24-minute disc. This time generally suits me there, because it's better than having too many song (and the album will get more times to listen), but one additional or hidden/bonus track would certainly not hurt the whole of "Remnants...". Especially since there is a lot to listen to and the band itself has made a significant step forward.

Originally on: https://subiektywnymetal.blogspot.com/2021/03/blessed-by-perversion-remnants-of.html