Muscular black metal - a fitting term that I’ve come across in relation to Cavus’ debut assault. Fester and Putrefy offers 45 minutes of crushing, bassy and hence almost sludgy black metal, sound-wise close to bands à la Diocletian. Considering the band’s homeland, this isn’t the most played style there, so though nothing new is to be expected, Fester and Putrefy is still refreshing in its own way.
After the introduction track’s atonal guitar screeches are done, Cavus attacks with a sledgehammer named ”Fist of the Titan”. Tempo is commonly kept somewhere in the middle grounds though fast bursts occur often, too. Due to the rather generic musical style, highlight moments are hard to spot but the most I enjoy e.g. ”Death Rattle” with its chorus(-like?) proclamations and the gloomy and trance-inducing atmosphere on ”Eyeless Gaze” that even flirts a bit with melody. The production is well done, not rehearsal-like but neither polished; dark, muddy, full, all instruments audible.
One common problem in this style is the total playing time, and this applies to Fester and Putrefy, too. 45 minutes is simply too much. Like Black Witchery does, I would love to see these bands creating close to 30-minute albums so that the constant chaos wouldn’t start dulling the listener. Luckily, Cavus isn’t the most generic band in this field as they realize to incorporate some melody to the sound as well. Fester and Putrefy is a recommendable piece of black metal with some balls.
After the introduction track’s atonal guitar screeches are done, Cavus attacks with a sledgehammer named ”Fist of the Titan”. Tempo is commonly kept somewhere in the middle grounds though fast bursts occur often, too. Due to the rather generic musical style, highlight moments are hard to spot but the most I enjoy e.g. ”Death Rattle” with its chorus(-like?) proclamations and the gloomy and trance-inducing atmosphere on ”Eyeless Gaze” that even flirts a bit with melody. The production is well done, not rehearsal-like but neither polished; dark, muddy, full, all instruments audible.
One common problem in this style is the total playing time, and this applies to Fester and Putrefy, too. 45 minutes is simply too much. Like Black Witchery does, I would love to see these bands creating close to 30-minute albums so that the constant chaos wouldn’t start dulling the listener. Luckily, Cavus isn’t the most generic band in this field as they realize to incorporate some melody to the sound as well. Fester and Putrefy is a recommendable piece of black metal with some balls.
3 / 5
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