lundi 17 mars 2025

Pendulvm - Llanos de Tumbas (2024)

 

Tracklist:

1.Llanos de tumbas             

2.Old and Doomed               

3.Lento descenso al desprecio    

4.Caballero errante

Recently I've been writing a lot of reviews recently of atmospheric doomed black metal, but this one is from the cave of the pure underground from the great sick and killer Chile metal scene, Besides, I have always appreciated the Chile metal scene.

Pendulvm one-man band who bring a dark and primitive doomed horrific and morbid black /death metal with the sick old school flavor and even the art work cover has a very fit design only in black and white a full moon above cemetery that remember me cover CD’s and tapes of some great names like Apocalyptic Raids (Hellhammer), In Battle There Is No Law! (Bolt Thrower) early Darkthrone (Ravishing Grimness, Soulside Journey and maybe Hate Them) and many more the EP called Llanos de Tumbas fortunately is very brief just four tracks.

The title track, which loosely means Llanos de tumbas, shifts seamlessly between slow, lumbering doom and unsettling tempos. This sets the atmosphere that awaits you, where Anhedonist’s guttural vocals Old and Doomed stands out with its grinding intensity, presenting a terrifying force that lingers long after the track ends with slower constant and regular tempo and  much thicker and heavier sound than the other tracks, Lento Descenso Al Desprecio’ continues the horror, blending dread with an organic, churning sound. The final number, Caballero Errante, wraps up the EP, leaving you with a feeling of just being traversed through a dark nightmare, just like the album cover

In any case, a full-length album cannot be too far, in the meantime you can add Llanos de Tumbas to your collection.