Cruciamentum / Vasaelth - Eroding Chaos Unto Ascendant Flesh

CRUCIAMENTUM / VASAELETH - Eroding Chaos Unto Ascendant Flesh (HELLS HEADBANGERS - Split 7" 2011)

This excellent split 7” titled “Eroding Chaos Unto Ascendant Flesh“ was on my wantlist for many years (all in all, it was originally released back in 2011!). But I never had a chance to grab a copy... until few weeks ago, when I finally managed to get one and more so, I did it for a reasonable price. Like I sometimes say, it’s “better late than never”, I am just happy to finally have it. Especially because this is just a stellar piece of death metal and both bands did awesome job here. 

Cruciamentum goes first and let me just say that – along with Grave Miasma and Lvcifyre – they are my favourite UK band for some time now. It's a shame that Cruciamentum are so slow and don’t record music so often - all in all, it’s been nearly eight years since the release of “Charnel Passages”. But maybe it’s the quality that matters, not the quantity. And quality is here, of corpse, with a crushing metal of death, which slays with its intensity, savagery and viciousness of riffage and vocals. Cruciamentum obviously has a bit in common with such legends as Morbid Angel, Incantation, Immolation and some younger acts like Funebrarum or Ignivomous, but I dare to say that they just stand on their own field of death metal morbidity with even more demonic and ghastly sound. “Rites to the Abduction of Essence” really has a great atmosphere, this song is very diverse and brilliantly composed, it just has everything I love about death metal. Damn, there are even some parts which include keyboards, what makes the sound even more interesting and darker. Brilliant song. 

Side B brings a monolith called Vasaeleth, who – to be honest – is a band that I am familiar because of the name rather than the music. Well, from their whole discography I only have two 7” splits in my collection (one with Vorum and this one here) and I don’t remember if I’ve ever listened to their album or MLP. Anyways, “Profane Ceremonial Exudation” from this split is a solid dose of harsh and bestial death metal. The production is slightly raw, the music is a bit more chaotic and ferocious when compared to Cruciamentum and generally, it is very intense and savage stuff. This song definitely reeks of old school, blasphemous death metal, I can easily put it aside with such bands as Dead Congregation, Ignivomous or Hatespawn and they would all be equal. It's a shame that Vasaeleth split up few years ago, but I am defintiely going to search for their album now. 

Verdict: 80/100