{"product_id":"astriferous-atavistic-unraveling-lp","title":"Astriferous - Atavistic Unraveling LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eContinuing the primordial descent that kicked off in earnest with their 2023 debut album, \u003ci\u003ePulsations From the Black Orb\u003c\/i\u003e, ASTRIFEROUS return with their second full-length, \u003ci\u003eAtavistic Unraveling\u003c\/i\u003e. Much like that celebrated debut, the Costa Ricans’ sophomore album is perfectly titled: truly, the sensations one finds spread across this dread landscape are an \u003ci\u003eAtavistic Unraveling\u003c\/i\u003e. Thankfully, ASTRIFEROUS’ foundation has changed little – the swarming morbidity of early ’90s Finnish death metal fused with classic South American madness – but there are (dread) developments that prove the band are just now hitting their stride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its title, \u003ci\u003eAtavistic Unraveling\u003c\/i\u003e shows ASTRIFEROUS at their tightest and sharpest, with chops and execution meeting at a nexus of impossibly horrific proportions. Duly armed, the quartet take their songwriting to strange, skronking lengths, rendering their angularity both an unsettling and utterly attacking thing. Likewise, the slight cleaning-up of production has paid dividends, allowing these malformed ruminations to fully seep into the listener’s psyche – mangling the mind, wracking the body – whilst emerging with just enough linear propulsion to land the record on the right side of art rather than riff salad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollectively, these changes have made ASTRIFEROUS even more world-eating than before, further cementing their homeland’s death metal scene as one of the most potent around. \u003ci\u003eAtavistic Unraveling \u003c\/i\u003eawaits those who dare…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Me Saco Un Ojo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306690191735,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0337\/6689\/9845\/files\/a1201541361_10.jpg?v=1784193704","url":"https:\/\/www.cryptofthewizard.com\/products\/astriferous-atavistic-unraveling-lp","provider":"Crypt of the Wizard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}