A somewhat strangely formatted split LP between Swamp alumni Portal and Canadians Rites of Thy Degringolade, and certainly a mouthful of a title. Portal, as you may know, are one of the most esoteric and bizarre-sounding death metal bands currently operating. Rites of Thy Degringolade, whom I know only from this split, seem to play a more straightforward style but offset this by having a different vocalist on each of their tracks - an interesting strategy, but their contribution simply doesn't hold the same faceless menace as the Portal side, which was soon released as a free-standing EP with live bonus tracks, also included here.Drones Of Inequity
Servile Of The Manors Steer
Knell Of Antiquate Tide
I strongly advise checking out the subsequent Rites Of Thy Degringolade releases. They really do pick up a lot. Also worth checking out are Warmarch, who came after Rites... split, and Weapon who conatin their drummer. ALL excellent.
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ReplyDeleteForgot to say, if you need links to any more Rites stuff, gimme a holler!
ReplyDeleteEVERYTHING by Weapon, bar the new record, can be found here - http://www.mediafire.com/?n4yccsf5mf9pcd3
Zero - thank you for the kind words, I will certainly examine your blog at length, time permitting.
ReplyDeleteThing - thanks for the heads up. Good stuff.