VILE RITES: Senescence CD

Progressive death metal has a reputation for getting lost up its own concept art. Vile Rites from Santa Rosa, California are here to remind you it doesn't have to be that way.

Senescence is death metal that actually goes somewhere. The psychedelic element isn't a gimmick, it's woven into the structure in a way that makes the heaviness hit harder when it lands, like watching a bad trip resolve into something genuinely menacing. This is for the corner of the alternative music world that grew up on Death's later catalogue and wondered what would happen if you pushed further into the strange. Technically ambitious without losing the aggression, and dark enough that it earns its place on any gothic or metal shelf without apology.

United States (Santa Rosa, California). Genre: Progressive Death Metal / Psychedelic Death Metal.

Fans of: Death, Cynic, Artificial Brain