This album is one of those that grabbed me on the strength of the album cover. I had never heard of the band before, but that cover catches the eye with its bizarre occult artwork. That would be a pretty good description of the music as well. Ritual Necromancy plays music whose influences can be traced to the grimy, otherworldly, evil-sounding death metal of groups like Immolation, Incantation, Angelcorpse and Morbid Angel.
The sound here is absolutely massive with monolithic, bestial riffs and dark and evil atmosphere seeping through every opening. It is extremely dark and evil, with the only glimpses of brightness coming through the shredding solos and occasional leads. Otherwise it is completely murky and chaotic, the sound of a lumbering Great Old One rising from its eons-long slumber. The vocals exhibit this well with their cavernous sounding deep guttural roar. The songs are lengthy, but so well-crafted that they do not fail to keep attention. The album is spell-binding, grabbing attention and refusing to let go for the duration of the runtime.
This album fits in well with some of the other similar groups I have previously covered like Dysphotic and Howls of Ebb. There is something to be said for well-written occult death metal groups like this that sound utterly alien. Portland just continues to churn out great metal bands.
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