Wretched
Beyond the Gate
01. Birthing Sloth
02. The Deed of Elturiel
03. In the Marrow
04. A Still Mantra
05. Cimmerian Shamballa
06. On the Horizon
07. Part I – Aberration
08. Part II – Beyond The Gate
09. My Carrion
10. The Guardians of Uraitahn
11. The Talisman
12. Eternal Translucence
[Victory | 08/03/10]
Wretched is a tough band to describe. Personally, I consider them to be technical-death metal. Some will read this and immediately think of Beneath the Massacre or Brain Drill, but Wretched sounds nothing like either. They use technical and progressive riffs throughout, but they take a back seat to the blast beats and shreds that sound most similar to The Black Dahlia Murder. The proggy and techy riffs are deliberately written as part of the song structure, and for this reason never interrupt the listening experience like one might think. This description specifically describes their latest album, Beyond the Gate.
Wretched’s first album, The Exodus of Autonomy, was a little more chuggier and at times sounded like Through The Eyes of The Dead’s Bloodlust. Beyond the Gate trades out much of the chugging (though not all of it) for plenty of screaming guitar solos. The shift in album art between the two albums coincides with this change, displaying an ominous face melting blast furnace.
Fleshwrought
