California's VoidCeremony have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very progressive and technical form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Abditum" which was released by 20 Buck Spin.
Saturday, January 3, 2026
VoidCeremony/Abditum/20 Buck Spin/2025 Full Length Review
California's VoidCeremony have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very progressive and technical form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Abditum" which was released by 20 Buck Spin.
Saturday, June 29, 2024
VoidCeremony/Threads Of Unknowing/20 Buck Spin/2023 Full Length Review
California's VoidCeremony have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of a progressive and blackened form of death metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Threads of Unknowing" which was released by 20 Buck Spin.
A very fast and brutal sound starts off the album along with a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while the vocals also add in a lot of death metal growls and the solos and leads also bring in a very melodic yet extreme metal sound.
Clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording while the music also has its progressive moments. Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the songs also adding in a great amount of black metal elements and melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with some high pitched screams also being utilized at times as well as some of the tracks also adding in a small amount of synths and touches of jazz fusion can also be heard at times, one song is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the philosophical vision of an ancient and forgotten future.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from VoidCeremony and if you are a fan of progressive and blackened death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Writhing In The Facade Of Time" and "Forlorn Portrait: Ruins of An Ageless Slumber". 8 out of 10.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
VoidCeremony/Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel/20 Buck Spin/2020
VoidCeremony are a band from Ramona, California that has had music reviewed before on this zine and on this recording plays a progressive form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their 2020 album "Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel" which was released by 20 Buck Spin.
A very heavy and technical sound starts off the album while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. Vocals are mostly death metal growls along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats as well as the riffs also adding in a small amount of dark sounding melodies.
At times the music also gets very progressive sounding while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. All of the bass guitar parts are also done on a fretless bass as well as the songs also adding in a decent amount of black metal elements, when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very progressive and technical style.
One of the tracks is also very long and epic in length along with the faster riffing also adding in a decent amount of tremolo picking and as the album progresses an instrumental is also added onto the recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Dark Spiritualism, Occultism and Philosophy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from VoidCeremony and if you are a fan of progressive blackened death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Sacrosanct Delusions" and "Solemn Reflections Of the Void". 8 out of 10.
https://voidceremony.bandcamp.com
Thursday, December 14, 2017
VoidCeremony/Foul Origins Of Humanity/Blood Harvest/2018 EP Review
VoidCeremony are a band from Ramona, California that plays a progressive mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their ep "Foul Origins Of Humanity" which will be released in 2018 by Blood Harvest.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts of the ep before going into a very fast direction which also uses a great amount of blast beats along with some grim black metal screams while t he riffs also use a great amount of tremolo picking and dark sounding melodies as well as the music also having its progressive moments.
A great amount of death metal elements can be heard in the bands musical style while the solos and leads are also heavily rooted in the 90's era of the previously mentioned genre along with the songs also bringing in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as some growls also being used at times and the last track is very long and epic in length and also all instrumental.
VoidCeremony plays a musical style that mixes black and death metal together with some progressive elements to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark spiritualism, anti religion, occultism and philosophy themes.
In my opinion VoidCeremony are a very great sounding progressive mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Time Sorceries". 8 out of 10.
http://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/foul-origins-of-humanity



