Dark and haunting, French death metal band Viande‘s music is a notch above the rest of the bands peddling in this style. They add an element of unpredictability in their music and their atmosphere is truly harrowing. Decibel Magazine premiered a stunning song from their upcoming album AT THIS LINK. Excerpt –
“Viande’s music has a death metal core but emerges as something more sinister sounding”
| PRESS – – “plunges the listener into a horrific dark death” – Metallian Magazine (France) 5/6 BOMBS – “a true underground marvel” – Head-Banger Reviews (US) – “Challenging, unnerving and best of all, devastatingly heavy” – The Killchain (UK) – “unnerving yet electrifying debut album” – No Clean Singing (US) – “like a clear and distinct wave of darkness which advances” – Satan Owes Us Money (France) |
Viande (France) – L’abime dévore les âmes (Dark/Atmospheric Death Metal)
Genre – (Dark Death Metal)
Release Date – April 15th, 2021
Record Label – Transcending Obscurity Records
For fans of – Incantation, Cruciamentum, Portal, Dead Congregation, Vacivus, Fossilization, Gateway
Emanating as if from the foul-smelling, poisoned swamps, the music of debutants Viande will make you claw at your throat, enveloping you in suffocating darkness, and before you know it, it will have on your knees gasping for air, with a blood-stained bag on your head. Soon enough the clobbering begins in pitch black darkness and amidst the mind-numbing cacophony, with eerie sounds ringing about, one thing becomes clear – there are stranger, darker forces involved here. More than just another dark death metal band, Viande are conjuring up different sounds and atmospheric elements to create a truly terrifying form of death metal, one that doesn’t wallow in misery for too long and is more content bashing skulls in. The full length remains an amorphous exercise in darkness, be it with the use of bestial-sounding primordial catharsis, harrowing doom-laden passages, or just their own kind of unsettling industrial ambience, they’re on to something and it transcends mere Incantation-worship. L’abime dévore les âmes is an accomplished debut with soul-scarring qualities.
Line up –
J: vocals + visuals
B: guitars + noise
M: drums
G: live bass
Track list –
1. Les Dents Du Gouffre
2. Le Ventre Monde
3. La Tombe Avide
4. Miroir Decharne
5. Le Souffle Des Os
6. Traitre A La Vie
7. Lueurs De Cendres
8. Langues De Brume
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