EP Review: Boethiah – Celestial Gateway (Rotted Life)

With the release of their new EP entitled Celestial Gateway, Boethiah takes the template of their self-released debut and ventures to far-flung, interstellar dimensions, with 6 tracks of sinister, cosmically crushing death metal. Think Dismember, Morbid Angel, Horrendous and Fleshcrawl.

The album is out on September 21st 2018 via Rotted Life and with a cassette version also available via Camo Pants Records.

 

 

Taking the classic Swed-death metal sound of the early 90’s, Boethiah blend the harshness of that with elements of doom, dark melody and dirty chugging riffs. The science fiction theme that surrounds the EP allows Boethiah to drift through the cosmos painting a vivid picture of nothingness.

A stop-start Charting the Unknown doesn’t quite light a fire under the behinds of listeners before Succumbing to the Maelstrom throws a canister of fuel over things! While the former might have been found lacking, that is not the case with the latter. A crusty track that fuses dirty guitar hooks with chugging percussion and deep, guttural vocals.

The EP grows and grows from that point onward. Drifting into the Void is layered with dark melodies while retaining Boethiah’s signature aggression. Beneath the Mist’s eerie and hallucinatory style shows some really intriguing range before Black Sea (Of Infinity) goes for the killing doomy blow.

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Boethiah – Celestial Gateway Full Track Listing:

1. Approaching the Gateway
2. Charting the Unknown
3. Succumbing to the Maelstrom
4. Drifting into the Void
5. Beneath the Mist
6. Black Sea (Of Infinity)

You can order the EP now via Rotted Life on Bandcamp as well as physical copies here. The cassette version is available here.




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