After emerging on the scene with the Bearers of Black Arts demo followed by the Rites of Barbaric Demons mLP and last year's The Premonition demo, Italy's DEMONOMANCY now return with one of the most anticipated debut full-lengths released in years. With this album, entitled Throne of Demonic Proselytism, DEMONOMANCY settles into its sound focusing on a style that draws upon the dark, mid-paced atmosphere of bands like DEMONCY and ARCHGOAT, but delivered with the cutting precision of the first BLACK WITCHERY album. In contrast to many of the more "bestial" black metal bands, DEMONOMANCY do not seek to exploit cacophony and chaos; rather, the band reins in these forces in service of something more advanced. Their delivery is measured, even, and deliberate. The tension produced by the collision of the restrained violence balanced uneasily above the swirling and frenetic emanations of abyssic fury is arresting. Indeed, it is this exalted sense of controlled chaos that distinguishes DEMONOMANCY.
Review
While most of the bands that were spawned by Blasphemy's unholy influence tend to blast and grind their way through albums, the varied velocities that Demonomancy uses on this LP gives the music some much needed diversity, which their peers often lack. It's not the standard Black/Grind that most fans of Blasphemy might be looking for, but it's still a potent brew of bludgeoning and caustic Black/Death Metal - Metal Curse 4/5
