BLOOD INCANTATION, DEAD CONGREGATION, FACELESS BURIAL @ ALTAR, HOBART, 30-10-22
This Halloween eve show is an international affair with US metallers Blood Incantation supported by Dead Congregation from Greece and the Australian trio Faceless Burial. All three groups share vivid old school death metal elements with an appreciative Hobart audience at inner city venue Altar. Of the three, Blood Incantation most successfully inspire appraisal of metal’s evolution as a multi-faceted monstrosity. Faceless Burial’s sonic brutality has its structural integrity in the trails blazed by DM pioneers Death, Autopsy and Suffocation. The Melbourne-based group’s 30-minute opening set is a pummelling gauntlet of ferocious drumming and crunchy riffs. Their style has drawn comparisons to Canadian revivalists Tomb Mould; they can also occasionally evoke the proto-metal leanings of prog forebears King Crimson. Dead Congregation singer Anastasis Valtsanis is the most vociferous death growler of the evening. As lead guitarist, he works pinch harmonics that squeal like agitated pi