
BLOODY RITUAL - Abyss Of The Thousand Cries Digi-CD
Reissue of the 1994 demo in digipak format.
Based on the "Abyss of the Thousand Cries" demo, this formation provide deeply atmospheric thrash/death laid out in long compositions where hard-hitting passages intercept with quiet meditative ones. At times the approach swings towards the doom/gothic field ("Clavicula Salomonis Regis/Monastery Of Celebration") in the vein of Cemetery; but one shouldn't ignore the epic thrashers ("Immortal Sins") which also "roam" around. The vocalist is a deep guttural death metal shouter who complements the morose music just fine.
The “Knowledge of Shadow” demo is a heavier more atmospheric behemoth, “Becomes Deity” also attempting something more devious and semi-technical, before the squashing violent rhythms of “Knowledge of Shadow” and “Obscur Belief” bring proto-death to the fore with grim determination. The bigger musical sentiments of “Prophecy” are well noted, and “Knowledge of Shadow” recalls fuller-blooded thrash ways of expression