lundi 21 septembre 2026

Unholy Redeemer - Journey Beyond Death (2026)

 

Label: Extremely Rotten Productions

Tracklist:

1. Journey Beyond Death

2. Carrion of the Gods

3. Blazing Grave Cathedrals

4. The Blades of Inversion  (Instrumental)

5. Ever Drifting... They Wait

That's always a pleasure to find a purist band of absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures of death metal because for nowadays we are invaded with ridiculous substandard styles of modern metal with their clinical album accomplished by some digital programs and some processing tools, several virtual gear and equipment in any case they use cutting-edge technology to release an unnatural album.

Fortunately, Unholy Redeemer (international band Australia/Denmark/Finland) release a pure blast of doomed brutal, old-school death metal Journey Beyond Death via Extremely Rotten Productions

First preview of Journey Beyond Death is its absolute fidelity to the standards of the late 80s and early 90s. The project does not seek to reinvent the wheel, but rather to arm it with razor-sharp spikes. The atmosphere is dank and heavy like a nightmare, driven by a production that is both organic and massive with riffs and a rhythm section of crushing intensity. Demonic, cavernous vocals crawl through the tracks, heightening a decidedly macabre and suffocating atmosphere and vocal

I don't know how the band do for for collaboration and coordination considering the geographical distance separating the members, the cooperation is perfect. You can feel the experience of veterans who know exactly how to structure tracks, alternating between devastating bursts of speed and dense, slow passages tempo changes bordering on death-doom (there is doomed touch in the album)

About the tracks to pays attention Journey Beyond Death The ideal and the perfect introduction that sets the scene a lightless abyss, the begining of the nightmare, violent and raw.

Blazing Grave Cathedrals is heavier and doomed

Overall, Journey Beyond Death is a dark, occult, and beautifully oppressive album, technically old-school and free of modern frills, as it needs none. It features an organic yet flawless production that delivers a heavy, textured sound, paying homage to genre classics in the vein of Morbid Angel, Incantation, or Krypts, without forgetting the artwork cover of the EP album who is very fit which perfectly illustrates the band's macabre world

We must thank Unholy Redeemer for their great work, big fucking horns up and don't forget to add Journey Beyond Death to your collection.