For those of you who are passionate about haunting, cavernous, doom-laden death metal — listen up. Nekus has returned with a new song from their upcoming album, Death Apophenia. Clearly the band has been on a creative warpath, as this follows up last year’s Sepulchral Divination and their split with Ceremonial Bloodbath. As a publication that’s happy to traffic in such sounds, Decibel is proud to bring you “Accursed Murmur.”
The track opens quietly and ominously, but soon enough builds up with drums and guitars setting the cursed scene — pulling the listener into the maelstrom that kicks off at the 1:12 mark. From there, it’s a pure death-doom nightmare of riffs, growls, and punishingly heavy rhythms. If you like power and atmosphere in equal measure, you’re going to love this. I also honor the band for finding the perfect balance of rawness and clarity. A lot of cavernous-sounding bands make things so airy that you can’t even hear anything. This band wisely avoids this error.
Check out “Accursed Murmer” below. Death Apophenia comes out on November 15 via Sentient Ruin Laboratories.
