Wharflurch
“Shitter /
Slimer”
Dawnbreed Rec. / Gurgling Gore 2024
Are you familiar
with Wharflurch? Their first material was released by Waldek of Morbid Chapel a
few years ago. It was a very promising death metal demo. Then, on their debut,
the gents took a little turn with their music into more psychedelic
atmospheres, and today they return with full-length number two. I was very
curious to hear what such a band would provide, but I certainly expected the
unexpected. The first tones of this album are typical Incantation. A heavy
roller with distinctive slides on the guitars. Overwhelming and bone-crushing.
Number two, “Enochian Curse”, is already a strong reference to early Amorphis,
enriched by choruses and a rather light melody. You can feel the heaviness
here, but with a completely different tone. This track is more rocking than crushing.
Next on the list, “Death Toll Horror,” is again a throwback to the nineties
from overseas, highlighted by a punchy d-beat, with heavily vomiting vocals and
harmonies firmly under Autopsy, transitioning with time into rhythmic beats
reminiscent of kaffir pounding breakwaters. Then we move into “Headless God,” a
composition that is a mix of death metal with hardcore rhythm and keyboard
ornamentation in the background. Without haste, Wharflurch dents us more and
more into the ground. “The Empty Space” opens with a road roller in Winter
style, evolving in a moment into a very mysterious, almost shamanistic mood,
with whispering background vocals. The composition gets moving with time, but
the accompanying mysteriousness does not fade away. You can feel the tension
and a kind of eeriness in it. “Wormwood Palace”, on the other hand, is a
departure into space. Ambient introduction, atmospheric, gentle, almost sleepy
sounds, and a melody like a drug. One might suspect at this point that this is
such a calm before the storm. The storm, however, doesn’t come. The last one on
the album, “From IXXX to XBBB,” is a psychedelic instrumental trip. The track
lasts an equal ten minutes and there's a lot going on in it. Guitars tinker
with their narcotic melodies, somewhere in the background the drums pound out
monotonous rhythms... Everything ripples and seems to drift away to some
parallel world. Then comes the silence. Fuck! Rarely do I analyze an album track
by track. In this case I did so that you
can be aware of how diverse “Shitter / Slimer” is. Here, in fact, each
composition comes from a different tale. But let me tell you something. This
feeling is illusory. For listening to the whole we experience an amazing journey,
carefully planned by the authors. A yourney that is unusual, surprising and
provides a lot of experience. Maybe not a “trip of a lifetime”, but definitely
worth remembering. Wharflurch walk their own path. It is worth following it
with them.
- jesusatan
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