Ambevilence - Ambevilence

AMBEVILENCE - Ambevilence (SEPULCHRAL VOICE Records 10"MLP 2015)

This enigmatic project hails from Germany, but that's pretty much all facts I can say about Ambevilence, as there's absolutely zero information who's hidden behind this band or whatsoever. This 10" EP is their first, but also last, recording - some time ago Ambevilence changed their name for Omegavortex. And well, what I say... I think this is one of the most interesting recent German death metal recordings. These two songs really bring something fresh and different to the traditional death metal sound, with slightly more progressive style and broadened influences, which even bring some black metal elements into the music. 

The whole EP has this sort of cosmic, yet sinister atmosphere, which is expanded by ghastly intros / outros that are all over these two songs. And yes, there are only two tracks here, but each of them is very lengthy, so you could imagine that Ambevilence will do everything to use this time effectively and bring a lot of variety into their music. They certainly do. Such "Metamorphic Evil", after the mentioned intro, welcomes us with crushing and really brilliant slow-paced riff, which I absolutely love, but which soon gives way to the ferocious, fast paced part. This is when the music becomes a bit chaotic, dissonant and cacophonous, but it loses its heaviness for the aggression. My favourite is the slower stuff, so I am very glad that another more progressive and more mid / slow paced part appears towards the end of the song, with really interesting and memorable riff. This is also when the atmosphere becomes darker and more eerie. "Metamorphic Evil" quickly proves that the song structure and arrangements are never so obvious for Ambevilence, which is definitely a positive aspect of their music. "Sigil of the Perverse" is better of the two songs though, it generally repeats a lot of ideas from the side A track, but with nearly nine minutes on the clock, it doesn’t allow the listener to feel tired. 

It’s almost a shame that this EP ends so quickly, because Ambevilence music sounds as intriguing as exciting. But well, luckily we have something like bandcamp, where you could find one more song from the same recording session. It's called “Malevolent Chaos” and one could only wish it was also featured on the vinyl, such vicious this beast is!!! I'm really curious then what Omegavortex is like, I believe their first recording is available already, so maybe I will have a chance to give it a listen. 

Verdict: 75/100