Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Its precise riff changes and tempo pivots lift it above routine death metal, though its core vocabulary stays within the genre’s technical extreme-metal template.
What we noticed
- The nine-track sequence places the title track fifth, with three songs still to come rather than treating it as a finale.
- Fast blast-beat passages repeatedly give way to slower, heavier riffing; deep growls remain the vocal center rather than opening into clean-sung breaks.
- The arrangements keep returning to tightly segmented riff changes, asking the listener to follow shifts in rhythmic pattern more than a single sustained groove.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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5/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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7/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Elapsed in the Vortex of Extinction 5:14
- 2 Lament of a Sordid God 4:00
- 3 Where Hours Etch Their Name 5:47
- 4 Perished Into Inexistence 4:18
- 5 Never to Dawn 5:50
- 6 Dead Silence 2:38
- 7 Towards an Abducted Sun 3:00
- 8 Descent Into Sanguinary Seas 5:11
- 9 The Ancient Acumen 7:38
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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