Pestilent Hex "The Ashen Abhorrence" allover printed cassete with embossed logo!!

- Clear cases with UV-printed cover and spine. (Print on the box)
- 8-panel J-card
- 4/4 UV-printed cassettes
- Limited to 100 copies!!

Released by Korpituli Productions under licence from Debemur Morti.

This is the first and so far the only release of the Finnish duo, which formed in 2017. Both members, as always, have many other projects, mainly death and doom metal ones, but Pestilent Hex serves them to express their feelings in the symphonic black metal genre. In order not to beat around the bush, it's worth noting right away that when their music is dominated by keyboards, they are no different from the symphonic classics of the Norwegians – Emperor of course, and then all other famous keyboard-based black metal bands like Dimmu Borgir, Troll, Arcturus, Old Man's Child, and so on. Oh yes, and sometimes the British Cradle Of Filth, how could it be without them.
From this point of view, "The Ashen Abhorrence" is just a repetition of the old-school, there is nothing interesting here. Much worse is that these either melodic or pompous/triumphant keyboards sometimes drown out even storming drums, not to mention the guitar. Meanwhile, you can hear something interesting in the guitar parts. The riffs and leads range from old-school to a modern black metal attitude and sometimes even to a post-black metal tinge. Captivating guitar melodies often come across throughout the album, Pestilent Hex are also good at harmonies between lead and keyboards ('Mephistophelean Liaison', 'Old Hag').
All the songs are long enough to show off the variety, but that doesn't always work. 'Old Hag' seems to be the most successful in terms of solidity and continuity of the melodic plot – in other songs the transitions are often not very harmonious, the longest song 'Banishment' demonstrates this fault best. Its only merit is the opening blastbeat riff, rough and even vicious, uncharacteristic for the album, as to the rest this song is clearly drawn out and seems to be made of glued pieces. A formulaic album, but not so bad for a debut.

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