Northern California death dealers Vile Rites spent a long time perfecting their sound—guitarist/vocalist Alex Miletich began writing for the project in 2017 while living in Portland—before settling on the progressive death metal sound heard on their debut album, Senescence.
Clocking in around the forty minute mark, the songs on Senescence become progressively more ambitious the further into the album the listener goes, ending on the one-two punch of “Transcendent Putrefaction” and “Banished to Solitude.” While still rooted in the expected death metal, both tracks explore dynamics and incorporate softer parts that slow Vile Rites down and allow the band to revel in the atmosphere (and guitar solos) they’ve created.
Senescence is out August 16 on Carbonized Records, but you can listen to it via the Bandcamp embed below.
