EP Review: Impending Doom – Hellbent (MNRK Heavy)

Hellbent is a blistering five-song blast of readily identifiable Impending Doom brutality, with just enough of a modern flourish. The five-track EP includes punishingly incisive entries into the band’s esteemed canon, which stretches back to their 2005 demo. Hellbent will be released on January 12th, 2022 via MNRK Heavy.

There’s no doubting that Impending Doom are going to bring the heavy on this EP but even that knowledge can’t prepare you for the ferocity that exudes from this 5-track beast. An unconditional hefty assault that has the band sounding more pissed off than ever.

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Kicking off with the gut-busting and head-smashing fury of Satanic Panic, Impending Doom bring the noise. Following that, New World Horror takes the crashing and crunchy sound and adds an extra layer of detestable sounding revulsion to proceedings. The guitars are akin to being whipped with barbed wire, the drums have a pounding vehemence that seems inhuman and the vocals are what the devil must sound like having lost out on a sought-after soul.

The constant and consistent viciousness makes Culture of Death another barnburner of a track. A figurative mugging at the hands of Impending Doom, whose name continues to seem incredibly apt.

The title track then intensifies the tempo but again, it’s those bloody guitars that sear through the mind like a streak of fire. Before I Must End wraps things up with the same sickening level of aggression as seen throughout. A finale of guttural and gurning horror to close out a 20-minute pummelling. A mighty memorable release, Impending Doom are starting 2022 off with a growl.

Impending Doom – Hellbent Full Track Listing:

1. Satanic Panic
2. New World Horror
3. Culture of Death
4. Hellbent
5. I Must End




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