Album Review: Unfathomable Ruination – Enraged and Unbound (Willowtip Records)

Carl Fisher 2 min read

On Enraged and Unbound, Unfathomable Ruination delves into the darker side of the human psyche. Each song plumbing the depths of the deepest mental illness and exploring the primitive violence that lies within us all. As if that weren’t enough, the band is extremely proud to announce two of the best vocalists in Death Metal – Julien Truchan from Benighted and Sven de Caluwé from Aborted – are honored guests on the album! Sven performs on ‘Occulta Violentiam’ and Julien on ‘Defy the Architect.’

Three years in the making, Enraged and Unbound will be released on November 22nd 2019 via Willowtip Records.

Oh, this is a sickening album. We’re talking the most stomach-churning of death metal, the kind that is so raw that it’s not to be consumed as it may poison. Unfathomable Ruination are the belly worms of metal.

They’re not unique in plying their trade in the most horrendous way possible but they are certainly the most consistent. Nine tracks spread across 43 minutes, where these filth-mongers just don’t let up. Let that sink in for a moment. This is 43 minutes of utterly brutalising blackened death mixed with grind.

If your reaction to that isn’t “well, that just sounds tickety-boo” then this isn’t the album for you unfortunately. A shame because, while it is metal at its unhealthiest, the temptation to sit back and enjoy is far too strong. Unfathomable Ruination are playing unbelievably heavy music but it’s a focused effort resulting in some huge sounding numbers. An Obsidian Perception, Defy the Architect with Julian Truchan and Occulta Violentiam with Sven de Caluwé as three good examples.

Bruised and bloody it will leave you but it’s worth the pain and suffering.

Unfathomable Ruination – Enraged and Unbound Full Track Listing:

1. An Obsidian Perception
2. Enraged and Unbound
3. Codebreaker
4. Defy the Architect
5. A Prophetic Compulsion
6. Maniacal Disillusion
7. Fibres
8. Occulta Violentiam
9. Protoplasmic Imprisonment

 

 

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Unfathomable Ruination - Enraged and Unbound (Willowtip Records)
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