Chronicles - Astōdān (2020)
Bangladesh
Independent
Chronicles
(or “ChronicleS” as the band prefers to spell it) is a young death metal
band from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and “Astōdān”
is their latest demo. When I think of the Bangladeshi scene, bands
like Orator, Morbidity, and Nafarmaan comes to mind. That being said,
it's always interesting to hear new and upcoming bands from the South
Asian scene. The demo has a fairly underproduced sound, which gives
the music a sinister, subterranean-like feel, paired with their
predilection for occult themes pertaining to Angra-Mainyu. These five
songs are fairly well played, and while I wouldn't really say it's
anything special, the music on this demo is quite good and
straight-forward, with a sound that gives nods to bands like Mortem,
Autopsy, Necrovore, etc. The demo offers five tracks of raw, abyssic
death metal, including a dandy cover of Hellhammer's Messiah, showing
their appreciation for the classics. Overall, it's a decent entry
from a young Bangladeshi horde showing a knack for blasphemous
black/death metal. The underground is alive in Bangladesh and bands like Chronicles is proof of that. (HT)